NAME

       cdist-type__consul - Install consul

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.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       None.

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.

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

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

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

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

AUTHORS

       Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc>
       Darko Poljak <darko.poljak--@--gmail.com>

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.

COPYRIGHT

       ungleich GmbH 2021