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Use agent token for service/check deregistration during anti-entropy (#16097)
Use only the agent token for deregistration during anti-entropy

The previous behavior had the agent attempt to use the "service" token
(i.e. from the `token` field in a service definition file), and if that
was not set then it would use the agent token.

The previous behavior was problematic because, if the service token had
been deleted, the deregistration request would fail. The agent would
retry the deregistration during each anti-entropy sync, and the
situation would never resolve.

The new behavior is to only/always use the agent token for service and
check deregistration during anti-entropy. This approach is:

* Simpler: No fallback logic to try different tokens
* Faster (slightly): No time spent attempting the service token
* Correct: The agent token is able to deregister services on that
  agent's node, because:
  * node:write permissions allow deregistration of services/checks on
    that node.
  * The agent token must have node:write permission, or else the agent
    is not be able to (de)register itself into the catalog

Co-authored-by: Vesa Hagström <weeezes@gmail.com>
2023-02-03 08:45:11 -06:00
.changelog Use agent token for service/check deregistration during anti-entropy (#16097) 2023-02-03 08:45:11 -06:00
.circleci test: run integration tests in parallel (#16035) 2023-01-24 14:51:50 -05:00
.github docs: Migrate link formats (#15976) 2023-01-25 08:52:43 -08:00
.release Onboard consul to use new version/VERSION file and reproducible actions (#15631) 2023-01-05 12:16:47 -08:00
acl Remove legacy acl tokens (#15947) 2023-01-27 09:17:07 -06:00
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api add missing field to oss struct (#16094) 2023-01-28 03:52:52 +00:00
bench Gets benchmarks running again and does a rough pass for 0.7.1. 2016-11-29 13:02:26 -08:00
build-support Protobuf Modernization (#15949) 2023-01-11 09:39:10 -05:00
command validate certs and get stats (#16139) 2023-02-02 14:24:18 -08:00
connect emit metrics for global rate limiting (#15891) 2023-01-06 17:49:33 -06:00
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docs Expand service mesh dev docs (#15867) 2022-12-22 12:18:38 -07:00
grafana add readme outlining how to edit and publish 2021-01-12 14:47:11 -08:00
internal Protobuf Modernization (#15949) 2023-01-11 09:39:10 -05:00
ipaddr Ensure Consul is IPv6 compliant (#5468) 2019-06-04 10:02:38 -04:00
lib removes ioutil usage everywhere which was deprecated in go1.16 (#15297) 2022-11-10 10:26:01 -06:00
logging Run config entry controller routines on leader (#16054) 2023-01-25 12:21:46 -06:00
proto Ent merge move envoy extension proto (#16126) 2023-02-01 11:42:32 -08:00
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sdk add log-drop package (#15670) 2022-12-15 12:52:48 -05:00
sentinel re-run gofmt on 1.17 (#11579) 2021-11-16 12:04:01 -06:00
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test rate: add prometheus definitions, docs, and clearer names (#15945) 2023-02-03 12:01:57 +00:00
testrpc Pass remote addr of incoming HTTP requests through to RPC(..) calls (#15700) 2022-12-14 09:24:22 -06:00
tlsutil removes ioutil usage everywhere which was deprecated in go1.16 (#15297) 2022-11-10 10:26:01 -06:00
tools/internal-grpc-proxy grpc: rename public/private directories to external/internal (#13721) 2022-07-13 16:33:48 +01:00
troubleshoot refactor: move service to service validation to troubleshoot package (#16132) 2023-02-02 22:18:10 -08:00
types agent: convert listener config to TLS types (#12522) 2022-03-24 15:32:25 -04:00
ui ui/fix linting error and failing ui test (#15953) 2023-01-11 10:48:04 -07:00
version Onboard consul to use new version/VERSION file and reproducible actions (#15631) 2023-01-05 12:16:47 -08:00
website rate: add prometheus definitions, docs, and clearer names (#15945) 2023-02-03 12:01:57 +00:00
.dockerignore Update the scripting 2018-06-14 21:42:47 -04:00
.gitattributes Initial commit 2013-11-04 14:15:27 -08:00
.gitignore grpc: `protoc` plugin for generating gRPC rate limit specifications (#15564) 2023-01-04 16:07:02 +00:00
.golangci.yml removes ioutil usage everywhere which was deprecated in go1.16 (#15297) 2022-11-10 10:26:01 -06:00
CHANGELOG.md Changelog for Consul 1.14.4, 1.13.6, and 1.12.9 (#16098) 2023-01-27 16:41:07 -06:00
Dockerfile Force installation of shadow-utils for access to groupadd executable in ubi image (#15812) 2022-12-15 12:42:22 -06:00
GNUmakefile test: prevent the container tests from depending on consul (#16029) 2023-01-20 14:45:13 -06:00
LICENSE [COMPLIANCE] Update MPL-2.0 LICENSE (#14964) 2022-11-09 12:24:14 -06:00
NOTICE.md add copyright notice file 2018-07-09 10:58:26 -07:00
README.md Fixed broken links referring to tutorials running as local agent (#14954) 2022-10-11 13:01:29 -07:00
Vagrantfile Adds a basic Linux Vagrant setup, stolen from Nomad. 2017-10-06 08:10:12 -07:00
fixup_acl_move.sh Fixup script 2 2022-04-05 14:52:43 -07:00
go.mod Support Vault agent auth config for AWS/GCP CA provider auth (#15970) 2023-01-18 11:53:04 -08:00
go.sum Support Vault agent auth config for AWS/GCP CA provider auth (#15970) 2023-01-18 11:53:04 -08:00
main.go removes ioutil usage everywhere which was deprecated in go1.16 (#15297) 2022-11-10 10:26:01 -06:00

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Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.

Consul provides several key features:

  • Multi-Datacenter - Consul is built to be datacenter aware, and can support any number of regions without complex configuration.

  • Service Mesh - Consul Service Mesh enables secure service-to-service communication with automatic TLS encryption and identity-based authorization. Applications can use sidecar proxies in a service mesh configuration to establish TLS connections for inbound and outbound connections with Transparent Proxy.

  • Service Discovery - Consul makes it simple for services to register themselves and to discover other services via a DNS or HTTP interface. External services such as SaaS providers can be registered as well.

  • Health Checking - Health Checking enables Consul to quickly alert operators about any issues in a cluster. The integration with service discovery prevents routing traffic to unhealthy hosts and enables service level circuit breakers.

  • Key/Value Storage - A flexible key/value store enables storing dynamic configuration, feature flagging, coordination, leader election and more. The simple HTTP API makes it easy to use anywhere.

Consul runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, and Windows and includes an optional browser based UI. A commercial version called Consul Enterprise is also available.

Please note: We take Consul's security and our users' trust very seriously. If you believe you have found a security issue in Consul, please responsibly disclose by contacting us at security@hashicorp.com.

Quick Start

A few quick start guides are available on the Consul website:

Documentation

Full, comprehensive documentation is available on the Consul website: https://consul.io/docs

Contributing

Thank you for your interest in contributing! Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for guidance. For contributions specifically to the browser based UI, please refer to the UI's README.md for guidance.