<s>
Consul	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
service	O
networking	O
platform	O
developed	O
by	O
HashiCorp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consul	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
2014	O
as	O
a	O
service	B-Protocol
discovery	I-Protocol
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
service	B-Protocol
discovery	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
now	O
provides	O
a	O
full-featured	O
service	B-General_Concept
mesh	I-General_Concept
for	O
secure	O
service	O
segmentation	O
across	O
any	O
cloud	B-Architecture
or	O
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
key-value	B-Data_Structure
storage	I-Data_Structure
for	O
application	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
