Docker image containing Consul and Envoy
Docker image containing Consul and Envoy which can also register services and central config when starting. Can be used for registering services or config, or when you need an Envoy sidecar.
Usage
docker run --rm \
-e "CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=10.5.0.2:8500" \
-e "CONSUL_GRPC_ADDR=10.5.0.2:8502" \
-e "SERVICE_CONFIG=/config/web.json" \
-v $(pwd)/service_config:/config \
nicholasjackson/consul-envoy:v1.6.0-v0.10.0 \
bash -c "consul connect envoy -sidecar-for web-v1"
Environment variables
CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR - HTTP address for the Consul agent
CONSUL_GRPC_ADDR - HTTP address for the Consul agent GRPC API, used by Envoy
SERVICE_CONFIG - path to Consul service config file
When the container starts a service config specified in the environment variable will be registered with Consul, when the container exits the service will be de-registered.
CENTRAL_CONFIG - ; separated list of central config files
When the container starts any central config file referenced in the environment variable will automatically be registered with Consul. On exit this configuration is not removed.
CENTRAL_CONFIG_DIR - directory location containing central config
When the container starts all central config in the folder referenced by the environment variable will automatically be registered with Consul. On ext this configuration is not removed.
Example of using this container with a Kubernetes job to load central config
Terraform
resource "kubernetes_config_map" "central_config" {
metadata {
name = "central-config"
}
data = {
"pong-aks-defaults.hcl" = file("${path.module}/consul_config/pong-aks-defaults.hcl")
"pong-vms-defaults.hcl" = file("${path.module}/consul_config/pong-vms-defaults.hcl")
"pong-aks-resolver.hcl" = file("${path.module}/consul_config/pong-aks-resolver.hcl")
"pong-vms-resolver.hcl" = file("${path.module}/consul_config/pong-vms-resolver.hcl")
}
}
resource "kubernetes_job" "central_config" {
depends_on = [helm_release.consul]
metadata {
name = "central-config"
}
spec {
template {
metadata {
labels = {
version = "v0.0.1"
}
}
spec{
volume {
name = kubernetes_config_map.central_config.metadata[0].name
config_map {
name = kubernetes_config_map.central_config.metadata[0].name
}
}
container {
image = "nicholasjackson/consul-envoy:v1.6.0-v0.10.0"
name = "central-config"
env {
name = "CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR"
value = "consul-consul-server:8500"
}
env {
name = "CONSUL_GRPC_ADDR"
value = "consul-consul-server:8502"
}
env {
name = "CENTRAL_CONFIG_DIR"
value = "/config"
}
volume_mount {
read_only = true
mount_path = "/config"
name = kubernetes_config_map.central_config.metadata[0].name
}
}
}
}
}
}
YAML
---
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: central-config-split
data:
1_web_defaults.yml: |
kind = "service-defaults"
name = "web"
protocol = "http"
2_api_defaults.yml: |
kind = "service-defaults"
name = "api"
protocol = "http"
3_api_resolver.yml: |
kind = "service-resolver"
name = "api"
# https://www.consul.io/api/health.html#filtering-2
# # Show Node.Meta demonstration showing performance testing a new instance type
default_subset = "v1"
subsets = {
v1 = {
filter = "Service.Meta.version == 1"
}
v2 = {
filter = "Service.Meta.version == 2"
}
}
---
apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: Job
metadata:
name: central-config-split
labels:
app: central-config-split
spec:
template:
spec:
restartPolicy: Never
volumes:
- name: central-config
configMap:
name: central-config-split
containers:
- name: central-config-split
image: "nicholasjackson/consul-envoy:v1.6.0-v0.10.0"
env:
- name: "CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR"
value: "consul-consul-server:8500"
- name: "CONSUL_GRPC_ADDR"
value: "consul-consul-server:8502"
- name: "CENTRAL_CONFIG_DIR"
value: "/config"
volumeMounts:
- name: "central-config"
readOnly: true
mountPath: "/config"