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layout: "consul"
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page_title: "Provider: Consul"
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sidebar_current: "docs-consul-index"
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---
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# Consul Provider
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[Consul](http://www.consul.io) is a tool for service discovery, configuration
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and orchestration The Consul provider exposes resources used to interact with a
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Consul cluster. The provider optionally must can be configured with
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to change default behavior.
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Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.
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## Example Usage
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```
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# Configure the Consul provider
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provider "consul" {
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address = "demo.consul.io:80"
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datacenter = "nyc1"
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}
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# Access a key in Consul
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resource "consul_keys" "app" {
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key {
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name = "ami"
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path = "service/app/launch_ami"
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default = "ami-1234"
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}
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}
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# Use our variable from Consul
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resource "aws_instance" "app" {
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ami = "${consul_keys.app.var.ami}"
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}
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```
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## Argument Reference
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The following arguments are supported:
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* `address` - (Optional) The HTP API address of the agent to use. Defaults to "127.0.0.1:8500".
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* `datacenter` - (Optional) The datacenter to use. Defaults to that of the agent.
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