16.19. cdist-type__consul(7)¶

16.19.1. NAME¶

cdist-type__consul - Install consul

16.19.2. DESCRIPTION¶

Downloads and installs the consul binary from https://dl.bintray.com/mitchellh/consul. Note that the consul binary is downloaded on the server (the machine running cdist) and then deployed to the target host using the __file type unless --direct parameter is used.

16.19.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶

None.

16.19.4. OPTIONAL PARAMETERS¶

state: either 'present' or 'absent'. Defaults to 'present'
version: which version of consul to install. See ./files/versions for a list of supported versions. Defaults to the latest known version.

16.19.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶

direct: Download and deploy consul binary directly on the target machine.

16.19.6. MESSAGES¶

If consul binary is created using __staged_file then underlaying __file type messages are emitted.

If consul binary is created by direct method then the following messages are emitted:

/usr/local/bin/consul created: consul binary was created

16.19.7. EXAMPLES¶

# just install using defaults
__consul

# install by downloading consul binary directly on the target machine
__consul --direct

# specific version
__consul \
   --version 0.4.1

16.19.8. AUTHORS¶

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

Darko Poljak <darko.poljak--@--gmail.com>

16.19.9. COPYING¶

Copyright (C) 2015 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.