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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Install Consul"
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sidebar_current: "docs-install-install"
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description: |-
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Installing Consul is simple. You can download a precompiled binary or compile
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from source. This page details both methods.
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---
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# Install Consul
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Installing Consul is simple. There are two approaches to installing Consul:
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1. Using a [precompiled binary](#precompiled-binaries)
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1. Installing [from source](#compiling-from-source)
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Downloading a precompiled binary is easiest, and we provide downloads over TLS
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along with SHA256 sums to verify the binary. We also distribute a PGP signature
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with the SHA256 sums that can be verified.
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## Precompiled Binaries
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To install the precompiled binary, [download](/downloads.html) the appropriate
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package for your system. Consul is currently packaged as a zip file. We do not
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have any near term plans to provide system packages.
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Once the zip is downloaded, unzip it into any directory. The `consul` binary
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inside is all that is necessary to run Consul (or `consul.exe` for Windows). Any
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additional files, if any, aren't required to run Consul.
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Copy the binary to anywhere on your system. If you intend to access it from the
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command-line, make sure to place it somewhere on your `PATH`.
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## Compiling from Source
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To compile from source, you will need [Go](https://golang.org) installed and
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configured properly (including a `GOPATH` environment variable set), as well as
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a copy of [`git`](https://www.git-scm.com/) in your `PATH`.
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1. Clone the Consul repository from GitHub into your `GOPATH`:
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```shell
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$ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/hashicorp && cd !$
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$ git clone https://github.com/hashicorp/consul.git
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$ cd consul
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```
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1. Bootstrap the project. This will download and compile libraries and tools
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needed to compile Consul:
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```shell
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$ make tools
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```
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1. Build Consul for your current system and put the binary in `./bin/`
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(relative to the git checkout). The `make dev` target is just a shortcut that
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builds `consul` for only your local build environment (no cross-compiled
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targets).
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```shell
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$ make dev
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```
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## Verifying the Installation
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To verify Consul is properly installed, run `consul -v` on your system. You
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should see help output. If you are executing it from the command line, make sure
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it is on your PATH or you may get an error about Consul not being found.
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```shell
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$ consul -v
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```
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