Consul is a service mesh solution that provides a full-featured control plane with service discovery, configuration, and segmentation functionality. It is available for multiple platforms, including Linux, and can be installed easily on Elementary OS Latest using the following steps:
Before proceeding with the installation of Consul, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
To download the Consul binary, you need to execute the following command in the terminal:
$ curl -L -O https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/<version>/consul_<version>_linux_amd64.zip
Replace the "
$ curl -L -O https://releases.hashicorp.com/consul/1.9.5/consul_1.9.5_linux_amd64.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the unzip utility:
$ unzip consul_<version>_linux_amd64.zip
This will create a directory named "consul" in the current working directory.
Move the extracted "consul" binary to the /usr/local/bin directory to make it available system-wide:
$ sudo mv consul /usr/local/bin/
To verify the installation, run the "consul version" command:
$ consul version
This will display the version of Consul you have installed.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Consul on Elementary OS Latest. Consul is now ready to use, and you can configure it to fit your specific needs.
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