> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://notes.kodekloud.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Objective 6 Section Overview

> Learn to deploy, secure, and manage HashiCorp Consul’s Connect service mesh, covering fundamentals, proxy registration, and traffic policy management.

Learn how to deploy, secure, and manage HashiCorp Consul’s Connect service mesh. This objective guides you through service mesh fundamentals, proxy registration, traffic policy definitions (intentions), and managing those policies via CLI, UI, and API.

## Lesson Overview

Below is a summary of what you’ll cover in this lesson:

| Topic                     | Description                                                                      |
| ------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Service mesh fundamentals | Overview of Consul Connect architecture, data plane, control plane, and proxies. |
| Proxy registration        | Step-by-step guide to configuring and registering sidecar proxies.               |
| Intentions                | Creating and enforcing traffic policies to secure service-to-service traffic.    |
| Managing intentions       | Using the Consul CLI, UI, and REST API to list, update, and delete intentions.   |

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  This is one of the most challenging objectives in the [Consul Associate exam](https://www.hashicorp.com/certification/consul-associate). We’ll break down each concept with detailed examples to simplify implementation and management.
</Callout>

Let’s begin with service mesh fundamentals.

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