Enable Consul service to start at boot time

README.rst

@@ -18,7 +18,31 @@ Available states
 
 Installs and configures the Consul service.
 
+``consul.install``
+------------------
+
+Downloads and installs the Consul binary file.
+
+``consul.config``
+-----------------
+
+Provision the Consul configuration files and sources.
+
+``consul.service``
+------------------
+
+Adds the Consul service startup configuration or script to an operating system.
+
+To start a service during Salt run and enable it at boot time, you need to set following Pillar:
+
+.. code:: yaml
+
+    consul:
+      service: True
+
 ``consul-template``
 -------------------
 
 Installs and configures Consul template.
+
+.. vim: fenc=utf-8 spell spl=en cc=100 tw=99 fo=want sts=4 sw=4 et

consul/service.sls

@@ -1,27 +1,28 @@
-{% from "consul/map.jinja" import consul with context %}
+{%- from "consul/map.jinja" import consul with context -%}
 
-consul-init-script:
+consul-init-file:
   file.managed:
-    {% if salt['test.provider']('service') == 'systemd' %}
+    {%- if salt['test.provider']('service') == 'systemd' %}
     - source: salt://consul/files/consul.service
     - name: /etc/systemd/system/consul.service
     - mode: 0644
-    {% elif salt['test.provider']('service') == 'upstart' %}
+    {%- elif salt['test.provider']('service') == 'upstart' %}
     - source: salt://consul/files/consul.upstart
     - name: /etc/init/consul.conf
     - mode: 0644
-    {% else %}
+    {%- else %}
     - source: salt://consul/files/consul.sysvinit
     - name: /etc/init.d/consul
     - mode: 0755
-    {% endif %}
-    {% if consul.service != False %}
-    - watch_in:
-       - service: consul
-    {% endif %}
+    {%- endif %}
+
+{%- if consul.service %}
 
-{% if consul.service != False %}
 consul-service:
   service.running:
     - name: consul
-{% endif %}
+    - enable: True
+    - watch:
+      - file: consul-init-file
+
+{%- endif %}

pillar.example

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 consul:
-  service: true
+  # Start Consul agent service and enable it at boot time
+  service: True
 
   config:
-    server: true
+    server: True
     bind_addr: 0.0.0.0
 
-    enable_debug: true
+    enable_debug: True
 
     datacenter: eu
 
@@ -27,10 +28,13 @@ consul:
       name: /usr/local/share/consul/check_redis.py
 
 consul_template:
-  service: true
+  # Start consul-template daemon and enable it at boot time
+  service: True
+
   config:
     consul: 127.0.0.1:8500
     log_level: info
+
   tmpl:
     - name: example.com
       source: salt://files/example.com.ctmpl
@@ -39,3 +43,5 @@ consul_template:
           source: /etc/consul-template/tmpl-source/example.com.ctmpl
           destination: /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/example.com
           command: systemctl restart nginx
+
+# vim: ft=yaml