consul-cookbook

Installs and configures Consul.

Supported Platforms

CentOS 5.10, 6.5 Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04

Attributes

Key	Type	Description	Default
['consul']['version']	String	Version to install	0.2.0
['consul']['base_url']	String	Base URL for binary downloads	https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/
['consul']['install_method']	String	Method to install consul with when using default recipe: binary or source	binary
['consul']['install_dir']	String	Directory to install binary to.	/usr/local/bin
['consul']['service_mode']	String	Mode to run consul as: bootstrap, server, or client	bootstrap
['consul']['data_dir']	String	Location to store consul's data in	/var/lib/consul
['consul']['servers']	Array Strings	Consul servers to join	[]

Usage

consul::default

This uses the binary installation recipe by default. It also starts consul at boot time.

consul::binary_install

Include consul::binary_install in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[consul::binary_install]"
  ]
}

consul::source_install

Include consul::source_install in your node's run_list:

{
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[consul::source_install]"
  ]
}

License and Authors

Author:: John Bellone @johnbellone ([email protected])