consul-vault: Fun with CLI

consul-vaulttools have a graphical and command line interfaces. I found CLI faster for development. So I’m sharing how to setup and use consul.

Steps

1. Set consul and vault path.

   export VAULT_ADDR=https://xxxx
   export CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=xxxx
   

2. Login to vault

   vault login -method=github -path=github
   

3. Install consul-template.
4. Run the template.

   consul-template -vault-renew-token=false -template "./config.tmpl:/tmp/out.json" -log-level debug
   

5. You can also access consul KV store from CLI. It’s much convenient to GET & PUT info.

     consul kv get -detailed database/staging/servers   
   

References

• https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/kv.html
• https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-template