Consul Plugin for Steampipe

Use SQL to query nodes, acls, services and more from Consul.

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Quick start

Install

Download and install the latest Consul plugin:

steampipe plugin install consul

Configure your credentials and config file.

Add your configuration details in ~/.steampipe/config/consul.spc:

connection "consul" {
  plugin    = "consul"
  # Authentication information
  address   = "http://52.14.112.248:8500"
  token     = "c178b810-8b18-6f38-016f-725ddec5d58"
}

• token parameter is only required to query the ACL tables like consul_acl_auth_method, consul_acl_binding_rule, consul_acl_policy, consul_acl_role and consul_acl_token tables.
• namespace, and partition parameters are only required to query the consul_namespace table.

Or through environment variables:

export CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=http://18.118.144.168:4646
export CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN=c178b810-8b18-6f38-016f-725ddec5d58

Run steampipe:

steampipe query

List your Consul services:

select
  service_id,
  service_name,
  node,
  address,
  datacenter,
  namespace
from
  consul_service;

+------------------------------------------------+--------------+------------------+---------------+------------+-----------+
| service_id                                     | service_name | node             | address       | datacenter | namespace |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------+------------------+---------------+------------+-----------+
| consul                                         | consul       | ip-172-31-30-170 | 172.31.30.170 | dc1        | default   |
+------------------------------------------------+--------------+------------------+---------------+------------+-----------+

Engines

This plugin is available for the following engines:

Engine	Description
Steampipe	The Steampipe CLI exposes APIs and services as a high-performance relational database, giving you the ability to write SQL-based queries to explore dynamic data. Mods extend Steampipe's capabilities with dashboards, reports, and controls built with simple HCL. The Steampipe CLI is a turnkey solution that includes its own Postgres database, plugin management, and mod support.
Postgres FDW	Steampipe Postgres FDWs are native Postgres Foreign Data Wrappers that translate APIs to foreign tables. Unlike Steampipe CLI, which ships with its own Postgres server instance, the Steampipe Postgres FDWs can be installed in any supported Postgres database version.
SQLite Extension	Steampipe SQLite Extensions provide SQLite virtual tables that translate your queries into API calls, transparently fetching information from your API or service as you request it.
Export	Steampipe Plugin Exporters provide a flexible mechanism for exporting information from cloud services and APIs. Each exporter is a stand-alone binary that allows you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.
Turbot Pipes	Turbot Pipes is the only intelligence, automation & security platform built specifically for DevOps. Pipes provide hosted Steampipe database instances, shared dashboards, snapshots, and more.

Developing

Prerequisites:

• Steampipe
• Golang

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/turbot/steampipe-plugin-consul.git
cd steampipe-plugin-consul

Build, which automatically installs the new version to your ~/.steampipe/plugins directory:

make

Configure the plugin:

cp config/* ~/.steampipe/config
vi ~/.steampipe/config/consul.spc

Try it!

steampipe query
> .inspect consul

Further reading:

• Writing plugins
• Writing your first table

Open Source & Contributing

This repository is published under the Apache 2.0 (source code) and CC BY-NC-ND (docs) licenses. Please see our code of conduct. We look forward to collaborating with you!

Steampipe is a product produced from this open source software, exclusively by Turbot HQ, Inc. It is distributed under our commercial terms. Others are allowed to make their own distribution of the software, but cannot use any of the Turbot trademarks, cloud services, etc. You can learn more in our Open Source FAQ.

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