can not join the cluster use the agent parameter -client

[ghost]

I am running two consul servers. When I try to join them in a cluster, I get this error:

getsockopt: connection refused

$ consul join 192.168.99.2
Error connecting to Consul agent: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8400: getsockopt: connection refused

the boot the consul agent like this

consul agent -server -bootstrap-expect=1 -bind=192.168.99.2 -client=192.168.99.2 -data-dir=/usr/consul -config-dir=/etc/consul.d -node=agent-n2 -datacenter=dc1

consul agent -server -bind=192.168.99.3 -client=192.168.99.3 -data-dir=/usr/consul -config-dir=/etc/consul.d -node=agent-n2 -datacenter=dc1

consul join 192.168.99.2

the ip 192.168.99.3 is my local ip address

the result error is :

Error connecting to Consul agent: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8400: getsockopt: connection refused

but I use the next command is success join the cluster

consul agent -server -bind=192.168.99.3 -client=127.0.0.1 -data-dir=/usr/consul -config-dir=/etc/consul.d -node=agent-n2 -datacenter=dc1

why ?

[slackpad]

The consul join command is trying to connect to the client listener on the -client address. Generally we don't recommend setting -client to anything that's exposed outside the machine. If you wanted to get the join to work in the first case, use consul join -rpc-addr=192.168.99.2:8400.

[dilipmevada]

How to resolve this error?
C:\Consul>consul join 192.168.xx.xxx
Error joining address '192.168.xx.xxx': Unexpected response code: 500 (1 error(s) occurred:

• Failed to join 192.168.xx.xxx: dial tcp 192.168.xx.xxx:8301: i/o timeout)
  Failed to join any nodes.

[slackpad]

Hi @dilipmevada that looks like the server you are trying to join to maybe has a firewall blocking port 8301, or that Consul on that machine isn't listening on the interface you are expecting (check your bind configuration for Consul).