How to Monitor the Consul Windows Service with Service Protector

HashiCorp Consul helps to run distributed systems, providing discovery, segmentation and configuration services. It can be installed as a Windows Service, to start automatically whenever your server reboots:

In this short guide, we'll show you how to ensure Consul is always running, for 100% uptime.

To monitor the Consul Windows Service with Service Protector:

1. Download and install Service Protector.

2. Start Service Protector.

3. Select Protector > Add to open the Add Protector window:

   

4. On the General tab, in the Service to protect field, select your Consul Windows Service:

   

5. If you want to prevent Consul from consuming too much RAM, switch to the Monitor tab and activate the memory threshold feature. Enter the maximum number of megabytes that Consul should consume before it should be stopped and restarted:

   

6. We're done with the basic setup so click the Save button to record your settings. In a few seconds, an entry for Consul will show up in the Service Protector window.

   The shield icon in the Protected column will be green, indicating that Consul is already being monitored by Service Protector:

   

7. And that's it! Next time your computer boots, Consul will start up automatically and Service Protector will start monitoring the service to restart it quickly it if it crashes for any reason.

   We encourage you to edit the Consul entry in Service Protector and check out the many other settings that may be helpful in your environment.

   For example, restart the service if it hogs the CPU, send an email notification if the service stops, and much more.

Trouble protecting the Consul Windows Service?

• From Service Protector, select Protector > Report Activity > Today to bring up an HTML report detailing the interaction between Service Protector and Consul.

• Browse the Service Protector FAQ for answers to commonly asked questions and troubleshooting tips.

• Contact us and we will be happy to help!