# Vagrant Consul Demo This demo provides a very simple `Vagrantfile` that creates two Consul server nodes, one at *172.20.20.10* and another at *172.20.20.11*. Both are running a standard Debian * distribution, and Consul is pre-installed. To get started, you can start the nodes by just doing: ``` vagrant up ``` > NOTE: If you prefer a different Vagrant box, you can set the `DEMO_BOX_NAME` > environment variable before starting `vagrant` like this: > `DEMO_BOX_NAME="ubuntu/xenial64" vagrant up` Once it is finished, you should be able to see the following: ``` vagrant status Current machine states: n1 running (virtualbox) n2 running (virtualbox) ``` At this point the two nodes are running and you can SSH in to play with them: ``` vagrant ssh n1 consul version Consul v0.7.2 Protocol 2 spoken by default, understands 2 to 3 (agent will automatically use protocol >2 when speaking to compatible agents) exit ``` and ``` vagrant ssh n2 consul version Consul v0.7.2 Protocol 2 spoken by default, understands 2 to 3 (agent will automatically use protocol >2 when speaking to compatible agents) exit ``` > NOTE: This demo will install the latest Consul release version by default, > but if you prefer a different version, you can set the `CONSUL_DEMO_VERSION` > environment variable before starting `vagrant` like this: > `CONSUL_DEMO_VERSION=0.6.4 vagrant up` ## Where to Next? To learn more about starting Consul, joining nodes into a cluster, and interacting with the agent, check out the [Getting Started guide](https://www.consul.io/intro/getting-started/install.html).