Consul Installation Guide

This role helps you install Consul and Consul Template.

Important: This role doesn't create any configuration files; it only installs the necessary binaries and sets up startup scripts and default files. The service is not enabled automatically.

Requirements

Make sure the target machine has unzip installed.

Role Variables

The main variable for this role is _consul. This variable holds all the configurations and settings you need. Check defaults/main.yml for more information.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this role.

Example Playbook

To use this role, you will take the _consul variable from defaults/main.yml as a template for your configuration and pass it to the role.

Here’s an example of how to use the role with variables:

- hosts: servers
  var:
    CONSUL:
      ...
  roles:
     - { role: consul, tags: [ 'consul' ], _consul: "{{ CONSUL }}" }

License

Refer to the LICENSE file for details.

Author Information

The original author is Daniel Schneller, a member of the Rheinwerk project.