Silvenga / Consul-Msi

A Windows installer for a 64-bit Consul.

Consul Agent Msi Package

BREAKING CHANGE: Changed the service name from consul-agent to consul to match the standard Linux service name.

A Windows installer for a 64-bit Consul agent. Provided configurations assume client mode only.

Downloading

Releases are built by Appveyor, linked above, the built installers can be downloaded from the releases tab.

Installing

Like all MSI's, this installer supports slient installations, for example:

msiexec /i Consul.msi ADDLOCAL=Consul,Service,Dns,Firewall /qn

Or use msiexec /i Consul.msi for an interactive insallation.

Support Features

Feature Name	Description
Consul	Install the Consul agent binary and add it to the system path. This option provides no configuration files by default.
Service	Configure Consul to run as a service and configure defaults (e.g. data directory).
Dns	Configure Consul to run as a local DNS server. Modifies Window's DNSCache service to play nice with Consul and set's Consul to listen on 127.0.0.1:53.
Firewall	Confugure Window's Firewall to open ports required for LAN gossip.