thesnowmancometh
6/29/2018 - 6:50 PM

Install Consul

A bash function to install your favorite flavor of Consul.

install_consul.sh
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#!/bin/bash

function install_consul {
  CONSUL_VERSION="1.2.0"
  CURDIR=`pwd`

  if [[ $(which consul >/dev/null && consul version | head -n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2) == "v$CONSUL_VERSION" ]]; then
    echo "Consul v$CONSUL_VERSION already installed; Skipping"
    exit
  fi

  echo Fetching Consul...
  cd /tmp/
  wget -q https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/${CONSUL_VERSION}/consul_${CONSUL_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip -O consul.zip
  echo Installing Consul...
  unzip consul.zip
  sudo chmod +x consul
  sudo mv consul /usr/bin/consul
  cd ${CURDIR}
}