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# Consul Developer Documentation
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See [our contributing guide](../.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) to get started.
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This directory contains documentation intended for anyone interested in
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understanding, and contributing changes to, the Consul codebase.
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## Overview
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This documentation is organized into the following categories. Each category is
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either a significant architectural layer, or major functional area of Consul.
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These documents assume a basic understanding of Consul's feature set, which can
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be found in the public [user documentation].
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[user documentation]: https://www.consul.io/docs
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<sup>[source](./overview.mmd)</sup>
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## Contents
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1. [Command-Line Interface (CLI)](./cli)
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1. [HTTP API](./http-api)
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1. [Agent Configuration](./config)
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1. [RPC](./rpc)
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1. [Cluster Persistence](./persistence)
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1. [Client Agent](./client-agent)
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1. [Service Discovery](./service-discovery)
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1. [Service Mesh (Connect)](./service-mesh)
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1. [Cluster Membership](./cluster-membership)
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1. [Key/Value Store](./kv)
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1. [ACL](./acl)
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1. [Multi-Cluster Federation](./cluster-federation)
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Also see the [FAQ](./faq.md).
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## Important Directories
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Most top level directories contain Go source code. The directories listed below
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contain other important source related to Consul.
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* [ui] contains the source code for the Consul UI.
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* [website] contains the source for [consul.io](https://www.consul.io/). A pull requests
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can update the source code and Consul's documentation at the same time.
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* [.circleci] and [.github] contain the source for our CI and GitHub repository
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automation.
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* [.changelog] contains markdown files that are used by [hashicorp/go-changelog] to produce the
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[CHANGELOG.md].
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* [build-support] contains bash functions and scripts used to automate.
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development tasks. Generally these scripts are called from the [GNUmakefile].
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* [grafana] contains the source for a [Grafana dashboard] that can be used to
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monitor Consul.
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[ui]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/ui
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[website]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/website
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[.circleci]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/.circleci
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[.github]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/.github
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[.changelog]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/.changelog
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[hashicorp/go-changelog]: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-changelog
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[CHANGELOG.md]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
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[build-support]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/build-support
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[GNUmakefile]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/GNUmakefile
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[Grafana dashboard]: https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards
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[grafana]: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/tree/main/grafana
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## Contributing to these docs
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This section is meta documentation about contributing to these docs.
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### Diagrams
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The diagrams in these documents are created using the [mermaid-js live editor].
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The [mermaid-js docs] provide a complete reference for how to create and edit
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the diagrams. Use the [consul-mermaid-theme.json] (paste it into the Config tab
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in the editor) to maintain a consistent Consul style for the diagrams.
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[mermaid-js live editor]: https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid-live-editor/edit/
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[mermaid-js docs]: https://mermaid-js.github.io/mermaid/
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[consul-mermaid-theme.json]: ./consul-mermaid-theme.json
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