luxolus
/
open-consul
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues 1 Pull Requests Packages Releases Wiki Activity

docs: intro/join: minor fixes

This commit is contained in:
Dan Frost 2014-11-26 11:49:39 +00:00
parent 2eca9b0182
commit 0b4e99dfe5
1 changed files with 7 additions and 7 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

14
website/source/intro/getting-started/join.html.markdown
View File

@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ Consul, but didn't show how this could be extended to a scalable production
service discovery infrastructure. On this page, we'll create our first
real cluster with multiple members.
When starting a Consul agent, it begins without knowledge of any other node, and is
an isolated cluster of one. To learn about other cluster members, the agent must
_join_ an existing cluster. To join an existing cluster, it only needs to know
about a _single_ existing member. After it joins, the agent will gossip with this
member and quickly discover the other members in the cluster. A Consul
agent can join any other agent, it doesn't have to be an agent in server mode.
When a Consul agent is started, it begins without knowledge of any other node,
and is an isolated cluster of one. To learn about other cluster members, the
agent must _join_ an existing cluster. To join an existing cluster, it only
needs to know about a _single_ existing member. After it joins, the agent will
gossip with this member and quickly discover the other members in the cluster.
A Consul agent can join any other agent, not just agents in server mode.
## Starting the Agents
@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ agent-one 172.20.20.10:8301 alive role=consul,dc=dc1,vsn=2,vsn_min=1,vsn_m
agent-two 172.20.20.11:8301 alive role=node,dc=dc1,vsn=2,vsn_min=1,vsn_max=2
```
-> **Remember:** To join a cluster, a Consul agent needs to only
-> **Remember:** To join a cluster, a Consul agent only needs to
learn about <em>one existing member</em>. After joining the cluster, the
agents gossip with each other to propagate full membership information.