34. cdist-type__consul_watch_event(7)

Manages consul event watches

Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>

34.1. DESCRIPTION

Generate and deploy watch definitions of type ‘event’ for a consul agent. See http://www.consul.io/docs/agent/watches.html for parameter documentation.

34.2. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

handler
the handler to invoke when the data view updates

34.3. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

datacenter
can be provided to override the agent’s default datacenter
name
restrict the watch to only events with the given name
state
if this watch is ‘present’ or ‘absent’. Defaults to ‘present’.
token
can be provided to override the agent’s default ACL token

34.4. EXAMPLES

__consul_watch_event some-id \
   --handler /usr/bin/my-handler.sh

__consul_watch_event some-id \
   --name web-deploy \
   --handler /usr/bin/my-handler.sh

34.6. COPYING

Copyright (C) 2015 Steven Armstrong. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).