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> Serf is a decentralized solution for service discovery and orchestration that is lightweight, highly available, and fault tolerant. I'm confused. Isn't that
by jsiepkes 2y ago
> Serf is a decentralized solution for service discovery and orchestration that is lightweight, highly available, and fault tolerant.
I'm confused. Isn't that what consul originally was?
- oarmstrong 2y agoConsul is built upon the Serf library. https://www.serf.io/intro/vs-consul.html https://www.serf.io/intro/vs-consul.html
- stryan 2y agoIIRC Serf is mostly a library; I think the product around it is more for demonstration than actual expected use. Consul uses libserf for it's gossip protocol.
- chucky_z 2y agoSerf is used within Consul for agent to agent checks (and some communication). There's an entire subsystem called the 'serf check' that shows up within every single Consul agent. It's one component of the entire 'Consul' system.