Consul as a Monitoring Solution
Explore the capabilities of Consul as a comprehensive monitoring solution in this 41-minute conference talk from LISA16. Discover how Consul goes beyond traditional monitoring by not only exposing problems through intelligent health checks but also automatically intervening to solve issues without human operators. Learn about Consul's ability to define custom scripts for checking and reporting cluster health, as well as its automatic traffic routing features that divert requests from unhealthy nodes and restore them once resolved. Gain insights into how Consul pushes the boundaries of monitoring paradigms, transforming it from a simple notification system into a proactive problem-solving tool that can reduce the need for middle-of-the-night alerts.