====== Consul ======

  * [[Vault]]

  * [[https://www.consul.io/|Homepage]]
  * [[https://www.consul.io/downloads.html|Downloads]]

=== Ubuntu Installation ===

Download Consul, unpack the binary, and put it in ''/usr/local/sbin''.

Set up the user and its home directory:

<code>
mkdir /var/lib/consul
useradd consul -d /var/lib/consul
chown consul: /var/lib/consul
chmod 0700 /var/lib/consul
</code>

Create a basic configuration file in ''/etc/consul.d/server/config.json'':

<code>
mkdir -p /etc/consul.d/server
</code>

<code>
{
  "bootstrap": false,
  "server": true,
  "log_level": "INFO"
  "enable_syslog": true,
  "ui": true
}
</code>

Create an init configuration file at ''/etc/init/consul.conf'':

<code>
description "Consul server process"

start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
stop on runlevel [!12345]

respawn

setuid consul
setgid consul

exec consul agent -config-dir /etc/consul.d/server
</code>

Start the Consul service:

<code>
service consul start
</code>