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James Phillips bc29610124 Adds support for snapshots and restores. (#2396)
* Updates Raft library to get new snapshot/restore API.

* Basic backup and restore working, but need some cleanup.

* Breaks out a snapshot module and adds a SHA256 integrity check.

* Adds snapshot ACL and fills in some missing comments.

* Require a consistent read for snapshots.

* Make sure snapshot works if ACLs aren't enabled.

* Adds a bit of package documentation.

* Returns an empty response from restore to avoid EOF errors.

* Adds API client support for snapshots.

* Makes internal file names match on-disk file snapshots.

* Adds DC and token coverage for snapshot API test.

* Adds missing documentation.

* Adds a unit test for the snapshot client endpoint.

* Moves the connection pool out of the client for easier testing.

* Fixes an incidental issue in the prepared query unit test.

I realized I had two servers in bootstrap mode so this wasn't a good setup.

* Adds a half close to the TCP stream and fixes panic on error.

* Adds client and endpoint tests for snapshots.

* Moves the pool back into the snapshot RPC client.

* Adds a TLS test and fixes half-closes for TLS connections.

* Tweaks some comments.

* Adds a low-level snapshot test.

This is independent of Consul so we can pull this out into a library
later if we want to.

* Cleans up snapshot and archive and completes archive tests.

* Sends a clear error for snapshot operations in dev mode.

Snapshots require the Raft snapshots to be readable, which isn't supported
in dev mode. Send a clear error instead of a deep-down Raft one.

* Adds docs for the snapshot endpoint.

* Adds a stale mode and index feedback for snapshot saves.

This gives folks a way to extract data even if the cluster has no
leader.

* Changes the internal format of a snapshot from zip to tgz.

* Pulls in Raft fix to cancel inflight before a restore.

* Pulls in new Raft restore interface.

* Adds metadata to snapshot saves and a verify function.

* Adds basic save and restore snapshot CLI commands.

* Gets rid of tarball extensions and adds restore message.

* Fixes an incidental bad link in the KV docs.

* Adds documentation for the snapshot CLI commands.

* Scuttle any request body when a snapshot is saved.

* Fixes archive unit test error message check.

* Allows for nil output writers in snapshot RPC handlers.

* Renames hash list Decode to DecodeAndVerify.

* Closes the client connection for snapshot ops.

* Lowers timeout for restore ops.

* Updates Raft vendor to get new Restore signature and integrates with Consul.

* Bounces the leader's internal state when we do a restore.
2016-10-25 19:20:24 -07:00

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---
layout: "docs"
page_title: "Commands: KV"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-kv"
---
# Consul KV
Command: `consul kv`
The `kv` command is used to interact with Consul's key-value store via the
command line. It exposes top-level commands for inserting, updating, reading,
and deleting from the store. This command is available in Consul 0.7.1 and
later.
The key-value store is also accessible via the
[HTTP API](/docs/agent/http/kv.html).
## Usage
Usage: `consul kv <subcommand>`
For the exact documentation for your Consul version, run `consul kv -h` to view
the complete list of subcommands.
```text
Usage: consul kv <subcommand> [options] [args]
# ...
Subcommands:
delete Removes data from the KV store
get Retrieves or lists data from the KV store
put Sets or updates data in the KV store
```
For more information, examples, and usage about a subcommand, click on the name
of the subcommand in the sidebar or one of the links below:
- [delete](/docs/commands/kv/delete.html)
- [get](/docs/commands/kv/get.html)
- [put](/docs/commands/kv/put.html)
## Basic Examples
To create or update the key named "redis/config/connections" to the value "5" in
Consul's key-value store:
```text
$ consul kv put redis/config/connections 5
Success! Data written to: redis/config/connections
```
To read a value back from Consul:
```text
$ consul kv get redis/config/connections
5
```
Or you can query for detailed information:
```text
$ consul kv get -detailed redis/config/connections
CreateIndex 336
Flags 0
Key redis/config/connections
LockIndex 0
ModifyIndex 336
Session -
Value 5
```
Finally, deleting a key is just as easy:
```text
$ consul kv delete redis/config/connections
Success! Data deleted at key: redis/config/connections
```
For more examples, ask for subcommand help or view the subcommand documentation
by clicking on one of the links in the sidebar.