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page_title: 'Commands: Join'
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sidebar_title: join
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description: >-
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The `join` command tells a Consul agent to join an existing cluster. A new
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Consul agent may join any node in the existing cluster. After joining with one
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member, the gossip communication will propagate the updated membership state
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across the cluster.
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# Consul Join
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Command: `consul join`
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The `join` command tells a Consul agent to join an existing cluster.
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A new Consul agent may join any node in the existing cluster. After joining
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with one member, the gossip communication will propagate the updated membership
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state across the cluster.
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An agent which is already part of a cluster may join an agent in a different
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cluster, causing the two clusters to be merged into a single cluster.
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul join [options] address ...`
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You may call join with multiple addresses if you want to try to join
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multiple clusters. Consul will attempt to join all addresses, and the join
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command will fail only if Consul was unable to join with any.
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#### API Options
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@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
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#### Command Options
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- `-wan` - For agents running in server mode, the agent will attempt to join
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other servers gossiping in a WAN cluster. This is used to form a bridge between
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multiple datacenters.
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