This is a really simple library for bootstrapping the Consul KV store from a JSON or JavaScript file.

You can execute the utility from the command line:

node index.js --host 192.168.33.11 --input ./test/config.json

The total number of options include:

• --host: Host of the Consul server (default 127.0.0.1).
• --port: Port of the Consul server (default 8500).
• --input: JSON or JavaScript file with the KV's to bootstrap.
• --debug: Output debug messages to the console.

It's important to mention that this utility flattens the JavaScript object structure so that it's hierarchical nature is reflected in the Consul key structure. For example:

{
  "foo": "bar",
  "colors": {
    "red": "#ff0000",
    "blue": "#0000ff",
    "green": "#00ff00"
  },
  "services": {
    "email": {
      "host": "http://email.svcs.youeye.com"
    }
  }
}

Gets translated to:

foo -> bar
colors/red -> #ff0000
colors/blue -> #0000ff
colors/green -> #00ff00
services/email/host -> http://email.svcs.youeye.com

OK, but let's say you want an object in the hierarchy to be preserved. You can inform the utility simply by adding a property called @preserve under that object:

{
  "services": {
    "email": {
      "host": "http://email.svcs.youeye.com",
      "backend": {
        "@preserve": true,
        "pool": true,
        "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
        "port": 465,
        "secure": true,
        "auth": {
          "user": "user@gmail.com",
          "pass": "pass"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Gets translated to:

services/email/host -> http://email.svcs.youeye.com
services/email/backend -> {
                            "pool": true,
                            "host": "smtp.gmail.com",
                            "port": 465,
                            "secure": true,
                            "auth": {
                              "user": "user@gmail.com",
                              "pass": "pass"
                            }
                          }

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