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layout: commands
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page_title: 'Commands: Join'
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description: >-
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The `join` command tells a Consul agent to join an existing cluster. A new
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Consul agent may join any node in the existing cluster. After joining with one
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member, the gossip communication will propagate the updated membership state
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across the cluster.
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---
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# Consul Join
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Command: `consul join`
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Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [\[PUT\] /v1/agent/join/:address](/api-docs/agent#join-agent)
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The `join` command tells a Consul agent to join an existing cluster.
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A new Consul agent may join any node in the existing cluster. After joining
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with one member, the gossip communication will propagate the updated membership
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state across the cluster.
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An agent which is already part of a cluster may join an agent in a different
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cluster, causing the two clusters to be merged into a single cluster.
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The table below shows this command's [required ACLs](/api#authentication). Configuration of
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[blocking queries](/api-docs/features/blocking) and [agent caching](/api-docs/features/caching)
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are not supported from commands, but may be from the corresponding HTTP endpoint.
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| ACL Required |
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| ------------- |
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| `agent:write` |
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul join [options] address ...`
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You may call `join` with multiple addresses if you want attempt to join the cluster
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through multiple nodes. Consul will attempt to join all addresses. The join
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command will fail only if Consul was unable to join any of the specified addresses.
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#### Command Options
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- `-wan` - For agents running in server mode, the agent will attempt to join
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other servers gossiping in a WAN cluster. This is used to form a bridge between
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multiple datacenters.
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#### API Options
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@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
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