consul-kv-dashboard

A dashboard web console based on Consul's key value store.

Build

$ make

Usage

Usase of ./consul-kv-dashboard:
  -asset="": Serve files located in /assets from local directory. If not specified, use built-in asset.
  -namespace="dashboard": Consul kv top level key name. (/v1/kv/{namespace}/...)
  -port=3000: http listen port
  -trigger="": trigger command
  -v=false: show vesion
  -version=false: show vesion

Quick start

1. Run consul cluster.
2. Run consul-kv-dashboard.
3. Access to http://myhost.example.com:3000/
4. Put a dashboard event to Consul KV.

$ curl -X PUT -d "content" localhost:8500/v1/kv/dashboard/example/myhost?flags=1422597159000

Consul KV's key name specification

/v1/kv/{namespace}/{category}/{node}(/{key})?flags={flags}

• {namespace} : namespace. (default: dashboard)
• {category} : dashboard category (e.g. chef, serverspec, deploy...)
• {node} : consul node name. How to get a self node name using consul API, curl -s localhost:8500/v1/agent/self | jq -r .Member.Name
• {key} : sub event name's key. (optional)
• {flags} : timestamp(unix_time) * 1000 + {status}
  • {status}
    • 0 : Success
    • 1 : Warning
    • 2 : Danger
    • 3 : Info

Trigger

$ consul-kv-dashboard -trigger /path/to/command

Invoke trigger command when dashboard item's status was changed.

Pass a changed item (encoded as json) to command's stdin.

{"category":"testing","node":"web01","address":"192.168.1.10","timestamp":"2015-01-21 11:22:33 +0900","status":"danger","key":"","data":"failure!!"}

LICENSE

MIT