From a0b974620c29ec9372fa0583b4f1d0f0315062c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frank Schroeder Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 15:19:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: document that retry-join values are URL encoded Fixes #3417 --- website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md index 73fde9a7ed..22d55ca702 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/agent/options.html.md @@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ will exit with an error at startup. [go-discover](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-discover) library for doing automatic cluster joining using cloud metadata. To use retry-join with a supported cloud provider, specify the configuration on the command line or - configuration file. + configuration file as a `key=value key=value ...` string. The values need to + be URL encoded but for most practical purposes you need to replace spaces + with `+` signs. ```sh $ consul agent -retry-join "provider=my-cloud config=val ..."