zakswindow / consul-helm

Helm chart to install Consul and other associated components.

Consul Helm Chart

This repository contains the official HashiCorp Helm chart for installing and configuring Consul on Kubernetes. This chart supports multiple use cases of Consul on Kubernetes, depending on the values provided.

For full documentation on this Helm chart along with all the ways you can use Consul with Kubernetes, please see the Consul and Kubernetes documentation.

Prerequisites

• Helm 2.10+ or Helm 3.0+
• Kubernetes 1.9+ - This is the earliest version of Kubernetes tested. It is possible that this chart works with earlier versions but it is untested.

Usage

Detailed installation instructions for Consul on Kubernetes are found here.

Add the HashiCorp Helm Repository:

$ helm repo add hashicorp https://helm.releases.hashicorp.com
hashicorp" has been added to your repositories

Ensure you have access to the consul chart:

$ helm search repo hashicorp/consul
NAME                CHART VERSION   APP VERSION DESCRIPTION
hashicorp/consul    0.20.1          1.7.2       Official HashiCorp Consul Chart

Now you're ready to install Consul! To install Consul with the default configuration using Helm 3 run:

$ helm install consul hashicorp/consul --set global.name=consul
NAME: consul

Please see the many options supported in the values.yaml file. These are also fully documented directly on the Consul website.