Command line client for the Consul HTTP API
See #1
I started writing consulctl because there isn't a feature-complete command line client for Consul that supports TLS and basic auth available right now. That's all fine and good if you like crafting long tedious curl commands, but some of us are lazy and prefer setting flags to URL queries. consulctl aims to be Consul's answer to the very well done etcdctl.
This project is nowhere near complete, but most of the API is covered with at least list and get/set method commands where appropriate. Going forward there will likely be changes to commands and flags as I work out where functions should live in the CLI structure. The CLI help should be all you need to get started, let me know if something is broken.
Note: Due to the way Consul handles services and agents, the URL you hit is important. Don't point this client at a load-balanced or clustered endpoint if you plan on working with services or checks as these are node-specific.
NAME:
consulctl - Command line client for Consul
USAGE:
consulctl [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
0.0.1
COMMANDS:
acl Manipulate the ACL catalog
backup Dump Consul's KV and Service databases to JSON
check Manipulate the health check catalog
event View or fire events
kv, store Manipulate the key-value store
restore Restore a JSON backup
agent Manipulate the current agent
service Manipulate the service catalog
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--cacert, -r (Optional) SSL client CA cert [$CONSULCTL_CACERT]
--cert, -c (Optional) SSL client cert [$CONSULCTL_CERT]
--key, -k (Optional) SSL client key [$CONSULCTL_KEY]
--datacenter, -d "dc1" Datacenter [$CONSULCTL_DATACENTER]
--addr, -a "http://127.0.0.1:8500" Consul API address [$CONSULCTL_ADDR]
--insecure, -i (Optional) Skip SSL host verification [$CONSULCTL_INSECURE]
--username, -n (Optional) HTTP Basic auth user [$CONSULCTL_USERNAME]
--password, -p (Optional) HTTP Basic auth password [$CONSULCTL_PASSWORD]
--token, -t (Optional) Consul ACL Token [$CONSULCTL_TOKEN]
--verbose, -j Use verbose output (usually means JSON) [$CONSULCTL_VERBOSE]
--help, -h show help
--version, -v print the version