From 5c993a3f5f4fa7858ceeb5e3e867079cf82a060f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Pearkes Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2018 10:25:25 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarification for serf_wan documentation (#4459) * updates docs for agent options trying to add a little more clarity to suggestion that folks should use port 8302 for both LAN and WAN comms * website: clarify language for serf wan port behavior --- website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md index 81459b67a..364f7bf15 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md @@ -1451,11 +1451,10 @@ port. * Serf LAN (Default 8301). This is used to handle gossip in the LAN. Required by all agents. TCP and UDP. -* Serf WAN (Default 8302). This is used by servers to gossip over the - WAN to other servers. TCP and UDP. As of Consul 0.8, it is recommended to - enable connection between servers through port 8302 for both TCP and UDP on - the LAN interface as well for the WAN Join Flooding feature. See also: - [Consul 0.8.0 CHANGELOG](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#080-april-5-2017) and [GH-3058](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/3058) +* Serf WAN (Default 8302). This is used by servers to gossip over the WAN, to + other servers. TCP and UDP. As of Consul 0.8 the WAN join flooding feature requires + the Serf WAN port (TCP/UDP) to be listening on both WAN and LAN interfaces. See also: + [Consul 0.8.0 CHANGELOG](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#080-april-5-2017) and [GH-3058](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/issues/3058) * HTTP API (Default 8500). This is used by clients to talk to the HTTP API. TCP only.