Do something based on leadership status using consul.io
It's just a python script with no additional modules. Download it and stick it somewhere.
NOTE A consul agent is required to be installed where you run this script.
$ consul-do
Usage: consul-do KEY [DEBUG]
Useful for running cronjobs in HA mode.
Run something like this on two or more servers:
* * * * * /usr/bin/consul-do JOB-1 && /path/to/job1
*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/consul-do JOB-2 && /path/to/job2
Only one of the servers will be elected leader and will therefore run the job. Should the leader fail, a follower will take over.
To enable debug mode, add anything as a second argument. E.g.
$ consul-do JOB-1 debug
Running...
Found nodename: test.internal
Found KV store
Found session: e32c055d-c6ed-e277-45ad-079ba218bb01
Found session node, we're the leader
....
If you require a consul ACL
$ CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN="mytoken" consul-do ...
$ vagrant up
Run the following on each respective server
$ consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect 1 -data-dir /tmp/consul -node=agent-one -bind=172.20.20.10
$ consul agent -server -join 172.20.20.10 -data-dir /tmp/consul -node=agent-two -bind=172.20.20.11
$ consul agent -server -join 172.20.20.10 -data-dir /tmp/consul -node=agent-three -bind=172.20.20.12
Now you can run a command on each server
$ while true; do /vagrant/consul-do testing && date; sleep 10; done