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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Autopilot"
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sidebar_current: "docs-guides-autopilot"
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description: |-
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This guide covers how to configure and use Autopilot features.
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---
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# Autopilot
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Autopilot is a set of new features added in Consul 0.8 to allow for automatic
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operator-friendly management of Consul servers. It includes cleanup of dead
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servers, monitoring the state of the Raft cluster, and stable server introduction.
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To enable Autopilot features (with the exception of dead server cleanup),
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the [`raft_protocol`](/docs/agent/options.html#_raft_protocol) setting in
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the Agent configuration must be set to 3 or higher on all servers. In Consul
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0.8 this setting defaults to 2; in Consul 0.9 it will default to 3. For more
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information, see the [Version Upgrade section](/docs/upgrade-specific.html#raft_protocol)
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on Raft Protocol versions.
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## Configuration
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The configuration of Autopilot is loaded by the leader from the agent's
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[`autopilot`](/docs/agent/options.html#autopilot) settings when initially
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bootstrapping the cluster. After bootstrapping, the configuration can
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be viewed or modified either via the [`operator autopilot`]
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(/docs/commands/operator/autopilot.html) subcommand or the
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[`/v1/operator/autopilot/configuration`](/api/operator.html#autopilot-configuration)
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HTTP endpoint:
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```
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$ consul operator autopilot get-config
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CleanupDeadServers = true
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LastContactThreshold = 200ms
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MaxTrailingLogs = 250
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ServerStabilizationTime = 10s
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RedundancyZoneTag = ""
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DisableUpgradeMigration = false
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$ consul operator autopilot set-config -cleanup-dead-servers=false
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Configuration updated!
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$ consul operator autopilot get-config
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CleanupDeadServers = false
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LastContactThreshold = 200ms
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MaxTrailingLogs = 250
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ServerStabilizationTime = 10s
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RedundancyZoneTag = ""
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DisableUpgradeMigration = false
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```
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## Dead Server Cleanup
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Dead servers will periodically be cleaned up and removed from the Raft peer
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set, to prevent them from interfering with the quorum size and leader elections.
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This cleanup will also happen whenever a new server is successfully added to the
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cluster.
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Prior to Autopilot, it would take 72 hours for dead servers to be automatically reaped,
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or operators had to script a `consul force-leave`. If another server failure occurred,
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it could jeopardize the quorum, even if the failed Consul server had been automatically
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replaced. Autopilot helps prevent these kinds of outages by quickly removing failed
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servers as soon as a replacement Consul server comes online.
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This option can be disabled by running `consul operator autopilot set-config`
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with the `-cleanup-dead-servers=false` option.
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## Server Health Checking
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An internal health check runs on the leader to track the stability of servers.
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</br>A server is considered healthy if:
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- It has a SerfHealth status of 'Alive'
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- The time since its last contact with the current leader is below
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`LastContactThreshold`
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- Its latest Raft term matches the leader's term
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- The number of Raft log entries it trails the leader by does not exceed
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`MaxTrailingLogs`
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The status of these health checks can be viewed through the [`/v1/operator/autopilot/health`]
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(/api/operator.html#autopilot-health) HTTP endpoint, with a top level
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`Healthy` field indicating the overall status of the cluster:
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```
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$ curl localhost:8500/v1/operator/autopilot/health
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{
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"Healthy": true,
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"FailureTolerance": 0,
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"Servers": [
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{
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"ID": "e349749b-3303-3ddf-959c-b5885a0e1f6e",
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"Name": "node1",
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"Address": "127.0.0.1:8300",
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"SerfStatus": "alive",
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"Version": "0.8.0",
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"Leader": true,
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"LastContact": "0s",
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"LastTerm": 2,
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"LastIndex": 10,
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"Healthy": true,
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"Voter": true,
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"StableSince": "2017-03-28T18:28:52Z"
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},
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{
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"ID": "e35bde83-4e9c-434f-a6ef-453f44ee21ea",
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"Name": "node2",
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"Address": "127.0.0.1:8705",
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"SerfStatus": "alive",
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"Version": "0.8.0",
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"Leader": false,
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"LastContact": "35.371007ms",
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"LastTerm": 2,
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"LastIndex": 10,
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"Healthy": true,
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"Voter": false,
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"StableSince": "2017-03-28T18:29:10Z"
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}
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]
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}
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```
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## Stable Server Introduction
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When a new server is added to the cluster, there is a waiting period where it
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must be healthy and stable for a certain amount of time before being promoted
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to a full, voting member. This can be configured via the `ServerStabilizationTime`
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setting.
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---
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~> The following Autopilot features are available only in
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[Consul Enterprise](https://www.hashicorp.com/consul.html) version 0.8.0 and later.
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## Server Read Scaling
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With the [`-non-voting-server`](/docs/agent/options.html#_non_voting_server) option, a
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server can be explicitly marked as a non-voter and will never be promoted to a voting
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member. This can be useful when more read scaling is needed; being a non-voter means
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that the server will still have data replicated to it, but it will not be part of the
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quorum that the leader must wait for before committing log entries.
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## Redundancy Zones
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Prior to Autopilot, it was difficult to deploy servers in a way that took advantage of
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isolated failure domains such as AWS Availability Zones; users would be forced to either
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have an overly-large quorum (2-3 nodes per AZ) or give up redundancy within an AZ by
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deploying just one server in each.
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If the `RedundancyZoneTag` setting is set, Consul will use its value to look for a
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zone in each server's specified [`-node-meta`](/docs/agent/options.html#_node_meta)
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tag. For example, if `RedundancyZoneTag` is set to `zone`, and `-node-meta zone:east1a`
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is used when starting a server, that server's redundancy zone will be `east1a`.
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Consul will then use these values to partition the servers by redundancy zone, and will
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aim to keep one voting server per zone. Extra servers in each zone will stay as non-voters
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on standby to be promoted if the active voter leaves or dies.
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## Upgrade Migrations
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Autopilot in Consul Enterprise supports upgrade migrations by default. To disable this
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functionality, set `DisableUpgradeMigration` to true.
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When a new server is added and Autopilot detects that its Consul version is newer than
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that of the existing servers, Autopilot will avoid promoting the new server until enough
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newer-versioned servers have been added to the cluster. When the count of new servers
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equals or exceeds that of the old servers, Autopilot will begin promoting the new servers
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to voters and demoting the old servers. After this is finished, the old servers can be
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safely removed from the cluster.
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To check the consul version of the servers, either the [autopilot health]
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(/api/operator.html#autopilot-health) endpoint or the `consul members`
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command can be used:
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```
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$ consul members
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Node Address Status Type Build Protocol DC
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node1 127.0.0.1:8301 alive server 0.7.5 2 dc1
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node2 127.0.0.1:8703 alive server 0.7.5 2 dc1
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node3 127.0.0.1:8803 alive server 0.7.5 2 dc1
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node4 127.0.0.1:8203 alive server 0.8.0 2 dc1
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```
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