From e65f66ac07515af7511eb6c5c2c45c4530e221e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jack Pearkes Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:19:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] website: document and warn users about disabling serf_wan port See https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/pull/3984 for more. This also fixes a link to a heading that existed twice in the document. --- website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md index cad9dd253b34..aa33ea2b69c5 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md @@ -1127,7 +1127,9 @@ Consul will not enable TLS for the HTTP API unless the `https` port has been ass * `http` - The HTTP API, -1 to disable. Default 8500. * `https` - The HTTPS API, -1 to disable. Default -1 (disabled). * `serf_lan` - The Serf LAN port. Default 8301. - * `serf_wan` - The Serf WAN port. Default 8302. + * `serf_wan` - The Serf WAN port. Default 8302. Set to -1 + to disable. **Note**: this will disable WAN federation which is not recommended. Various catalog and WAN related + endpoints will return errors or empty results. * `server` - Server RPC address. Default 8300. * `protocol` Equivalent to the @@ -1434,7 +1436,7 @@ Consul will not enable TLS for the HTTP API unless the `https` port has been ass [watch documentation](/docs/agent/watches.html) for more detail. Watches can be modified when the configuration is reloaded. -## Ports Used +## Ports Used Consul requires up to 6 different ports to work properly, some on TCP, UDP, or both protocols. Below we document the requirements for each