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You can use Docker to have a local CONSUL installation for development if:
You're having troubles having prerequisites installed.
You want to do a quick local installation just to try CONSUL or make a demo.
You prefer not to interfer with other rails installations.
Prerequisites
You should have installed Docker and Docker Compose in your machine:
macOS
You can follow the official docker install​
Or if you have homebrew and cask installed you can just:
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brew install docker
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brew install docker-compose
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brew cask install docker
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open -a docker
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You'll be asked to give Docker app permissions and type your password, then you're set.
Linux
1.Install Docker:
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D
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sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo ubuntu-xenial main'
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sudo apt-get update
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apt-cache policy docker-engine
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sudo apt-get install -y docker-engine
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1.Install Docker Compose
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sudo curl -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.15.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)"
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sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
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Windows
Go to the [https://www.docker.com/get-started](Get Started with Docker) page. Under Docker Desktop, select Download for Windows with default options checked, and run. Should take about 5 minutes.
If you encounter the "WSL 2 installation incomplete" error:
1.Start PowerShell as Administrator
2.Run dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
3.Run dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
4.Install WSL2 Linux kernel update package for x64 machines​
5.Run wsl --set-default-version 2
6.Restart your PC
7.The Docker Enginer will start up. Give it a few minutes. You now have the option of using the docker desktop app (GUI) and docker PowerShell/Bash commands
Installation
Clone the repo on your computer and enter the folder:
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git clone https://github.com/consul/consul.git
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cd consul
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macOS & Linux
Then lets create our secrets and database config files based on examples:
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cp config/secrets.yml.example config/secrets.yml
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cp config/database-docker.yml.example config/database.yml
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Then you'll have to build the container with:
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose build
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Start the database service:
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose up -d database
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You can now initialize your development DB and populate it with:
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose run app rake db:create db:migrate
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose run app rake db:dev_seed
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Windows
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Running local CONSUL with Docker
macOS & Linux
Now we can finally run the application with:
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose up
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And you'll be able to access it at your browser visiting http://localhost:3000​
Additionally, if you want to run the rails console just run in another terminal:
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POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password docker-compose run app rails console
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To verify the containers are up execute:
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docker ps .
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You should see output similar to this: 
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Windows
Pending to be completed... Contributions Welcome!
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Run these commands at Consul's directory, to erase all your previous Consul's Docker images and containers. Then restart the Docker installation process:
1.Remove all CONSUL images:
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docker-compose down --rmi all -v --remove-orphans
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1.Remove all CONSUL containers
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docker-compose rm -f -s -v
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1.Verify if there is some container yet:
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docker ps -a
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Case positive, remove each one manually:
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docker container rm <container_id>
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Running local CONSUL with Docker
macOS & Linux
Windows
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