Install Consul on CentOS 7 AMD64

_etc_consul.d_consul.json

{
"server": true,
"rejoin_after_leave": true,
"enable_syslog": false,
"syslog_facility": "local5",
"data_dir": "/var/consul/data",
"ui_dir": "/var/consul/ui",
"datacenter": "dc1",
"statsd_addr": "<some IP>:8125",
"recursor": "<some IP>"
}

consul history

#consul history

[root@doc8app1 ~]# history|grep consul
  105  rpm -ivh https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.5.2_linux_amd64.zip
  107  wget https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.5.2_linux_amd64.zip
  111  consul
  112  ./consul 
  113  mv consul /usr/bin
  114  mv /usr/bin/consul /usr/local/bin/
  115  mkdir -p /var/lib/consul
  116  mkdir -p /usr/share/consul
  117  mkdir -p /etc/consul/conf.d
  118  curl -OL https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_web_ui.zip
  120  mv dist /usr/share/consul/ui
  123  yum search consul
  124  consul agent
  125  consul agent /var/lib/consul
  126  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul
  127  consul agent --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui &
  128  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui &
  129  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -bind=0.0.0.0 &
  132  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -bind=0.0.0.0 &
  134  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -bind=10.165.41.47 &
  136  consul agent -h | grep client
  137  consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -client=10.165.41.47 &
  140  consul agent -server --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -client=10.165.41.47 &
  142  consul agent -server --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -client=10.165.41.47 &
  144  consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -client=10.165.41.47 &
  146  ps -ef|grep consul
  149  consul_members.sh
  150  consul members
  160  dig @127.0.0.1 -p 8600 web.service.consul SRV

consul.sh

#!/bin/bash
yum install -y curl unzip

mkdir -p /var/lib/consul
mkdir -p /usr/share/consul
mkdir -p /etc/consul/conf.d

curl -OL https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_linux_amd64.zip
unzip 0.3.1_linux_amd64.zip
mv consul /usr/local/bin/consul

curl -OL https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul/0.3.1_web_ui.zip
unzip 0.3.1_web_ui.zip
mv dist /usr/share/consul/ui

consul_hosts.txt

docker-machine create -d virtualbox consul-1
docker-machine create -d virtualbox consul-2
HOSTA=$(docker-machine ip consul-1)
HOSTB=$(docker-machine ip consul-2)

eval $(docker-machine env consul-1)

docker run -d --name consul -h consul-1 \
 -p 8300:8300 -p 8301:8301 -p 8301:8301/udp \
 -p 8302:8302/udp -p 8400:8400 -p 8500:8500 \
 -p 172.17.42.1:53:8600/udp \
 gliderlabs/consul agent -data-dir /data -server \
 -client 0.0.0.0 \
 -advertise $HOSTA -bootstrap-expect 2
 
 eval $(docker-machine env consul-2)
 
  docker run -d --name consul -h consul-2 \
 -p 8300:8300 -p 8301:8301 -p 8301:8301/udp \
 -p 8302:8302/udp -p 8400:8400 -p 8500:8500 \
 -p 172.17.42.1:53:8600/udp \
 gliderlabs/consul agent -data-dir /data -server \
 -client 0.0.0.0 \
 -advertise $HOSTB -join $HOSTA
 
 
 #check for members
 
 docker exec consul consul members
Node      Address              Status  Type    Build  Protocol  DC
consul-1  192.168.99.101:8301  alive   server  0.5.2  2         dc1
consul-2  192.168.99.102:8301  alive   server  0.5.2  2         dc1

consul_members.sh

consul members

osx_consult.txt

#http://www.maori.geek.nz/docker_web_services_with_consul/

docker run -it -h node -p 8500:8500 -p 8600:53/udp progrium/consul -server -bootstrap -advertise $(docker-machine ip default)

start_agent.sh

consul agent --data-dir=/var/lib/consul &

start_web_ui_and_agent_for_single_consul_server_with_ui.sh

#For a single Consul server - bootstrap expect
consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 --data-dir=/var/lib/consul --ui-dir=/usr/share/consul/ui -client=10.165.41.47 &

youtube_video.txt

#Orchestrating Docker with Terraform and Consul by Mitchell Hashimoto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi89DZiWfqg