16.23. cdist-type__consul(7)

16.23.1. NAME

cdist-type__consul - Install consul

16.23.2. 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.

16.23.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS

None.

16.23.4. 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.

16.23.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

direct

Download and deploy consul binary directly on the target machine.

16.23.6. 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

16.23.7. 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

16.23.8. AUTHORS

16.23.9. 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.