Ansible Role: Consul

Install Consul on CentOS servers.

Requirements

Written in Ansible 2.0.*

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below, along with default values (see defaults/main.yml):

consul_server

Install consul on server or not.

Default is true.

consul_supervisor_enabled

Install consul in supervisor or not.

Default is true.

consul_user, consul_group

User and group for consul.

Default is consul:consul.

consul_version

Default consul version is 1.9.4.

consul_url

URL to download consul package.

consul_ui

Enable UI or not.

Default is true.

consul_dir, consul_conf_dir, consul_data_dir, consul_log_dir

Directories for consul.

/home/consul/consul_0.5.0
├── bin
├── consul.d
├── data
└── logs

consul config values

Please refer to http://www.consul.io/docs/agent/options.html for more information.

rpc_services

Configure rpc services in consul.

For example, install time_service and bind to 8081 port (also add tags and check)

rpc_services:
  - name: time_service
    port: 8081
    tags: ["rpc"]
    check: "zerorpc --connect tcp://127.0.0.1:8081 --timeout 1 _zerorpc_ping"
    interval: 60s

Dependencies

• juwai.supervisor, when supervisor_enabled

Example Playbook

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - { role: juwai.consul, when: server}

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created in 2015 by Juwai Limited.