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# Consul
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2013-11-04 22:15:27 +00:00
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2014-04-14 18:45:31 +00:00
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* Website: http://www.consul.io
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* IRC: `#consul` on Freenode
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* Mailing list: [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/group/consul/)
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Consul is a tool for managing and coordinating infrastructure. To do that
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it provides several key features:
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* Service Discovery - Services can register themselves and to easily
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discover other services via a DNS or HTTP interface.
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* Health Checking - Health Checking enables Consul to quickly alert
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operators about any issues in a cluster. The integration with service
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discovery prevents routing traffic to unhealthy hosts and enables service
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level circuit breakers.
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* Key/Value Store - A flexible key/value store enables storing dynamic configuration
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feature flagging, coordination, leader election and more. The simple HTTP
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API makes it easy to use anywhere.
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* Multi-Datacenter - Consul is built to be datacenter aware, and can support
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any number of regions without complex configuration.
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Consul runs on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. It is recommended to run the
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Consul servers on Linux however.
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## Quick Start
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First, [download a pre-built Consul binary](http://www.consul.io/downloads.html)
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for your operating system or [compile Consul yourself](#developing-consul).
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An extensive quick quick start is viewable on the Consul website:
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http://www.consul.io/intro/getting-started/
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## Documentation
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Full, comprehensive documentation is viewable on the Consul website:
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http://www.consul.io/docs
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## Developing Consul
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If you wish to work on Consul itself, you'll first need [Go](http://golang.org)
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installed (version 1.2+ is _required_). Make sure you have Go properly installed,
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including setting up your [GOPATH](http://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH).
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Next, clone this repository into `$GOPATH/src/github.com/hashicorp/consul` and
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then just type `make`. In a few moments, you'll have a working `consul` executable:
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```
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$ make
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...
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$ bin/consul
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...
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```
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*note: `make` will also place a copy of the binary in the first part of your $GOPATH*
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You can run tests by typing `make test`.
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If you make any changes to the code, run `make format` in order to automatically
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format the code according to Go standards.
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