diff --git a/website/source/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html.markdown index f2ffcb4289..65f1edadf4 100644 --- a/website/source/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html.markdown +++ b/website/source/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html.markdown @@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ Choose the method which best suits your environment and specific use case. ~> **Notice:** The hosted version of Consul Enterprise was deprecated on March 7th, 2017 and the Atlas `auto-join` feature is no longer available. For details, see https://atlas.hashicorp.com/help/consul/alternatives. +### Manually Creating a Cluster + +To manually create a cluster, access one of the machines and run the following: + +``` +$ consul join +Successfully joined cluster by contacting 3 nodes. +``` + +Since a join operation is symmetric, it does not matter which node initiates it. Once the join is successful, one of the nodes will output something like: + +``` +[INFO] consul: adding server foo (Addr: 127.0.0.2:8300) (DC: dc1) +[INFO] consul: adding server bar (Addr: 127.0.0.1:8300) (DC: dc1) +[INFO] consul: Attempting bootstrap with nodes: [127.0.0.3:8300 127.0.0.2:8300 127.0.0.1:8300] + ... +[INFO] consul: cluster leadership acquired +``` + ## Verifying the Cluster As a sanity check, the [`consul info`](/docs/commands/info.html) command