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## Consul Web UI
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This directory contains the Consul Web UI. Consul contains a built-in
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HTTP server that serves this directoy, but any common HTTP server
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is capable of serving it.
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It uses JavaScript and [Ember](http://emberjs.com) to communicate with
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the [Consul API](http://www.consul.io/docs/agent/http.html). The basic
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features it provides are:
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- Service view. A list of your registered services, their
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health and the nodes they run on.
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- Node view. A list of your registered nodes, the services running
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on each and the health of the node.
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- Key/value view and update
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It's aware of multiple data centers, so you can get a quick global
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overview before drilling into specific data-centers for detailed
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views.
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The UI uses some internal undocumented HTTP APIs to optimize
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performance and usability.
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### Development
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Improvements and bug fixes are welcome and encouraged for the Web UI.
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The UI is built with SASS CSS, so you'll need to compile that through
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the associated makefile, as well as installing the `sass` gem.
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gem install sass
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One-time stylesheet compilation:
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make build
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Reloading compilation for development:
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make watch
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Consul ships with an HTTP server for the API and UI. By default, when
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you run the agent, it is off. However, if you pass a `-ui-dir` flag
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with a path to this directoy, you'll be able to access the UI via the
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Consul HTTP server address, which defaults to `localhost:8500/ui`.
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An example of this command, from inside the `ui/` directory, would be:
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consul agent -bootstrap -server -data-dir /tmp/ -ui-dir .
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