=== Consul Configuration Store

The Consul Configuration Store extends the Vert.x Configuration Retriever and provides the
way to retrieve configuration from a https://www.consul.io[Consul].

==== Using the Consul Configuration Store

To use the Consul Configuration Store, add the following dependency to the
_dependencies_ section of your build descriptor:

* Maven (in your `pom.xml`):

[source,xml,subs="+attributes"]
----
<dependency>
 <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
 <artifactId>vertx-config-consul</artifactId>
 <version>4.5.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
 <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
 <artifactId>vertx-config</artifactId>
 <version>4.5.6</version>
</dependency>
----

* Gradle (in your `build.gradle` file):

[source,groovy,subs="+attributes"]
----
compile 'io.vertx:vertx-config:4.5.6'
compile 'io.vertx:vertx-config-consul:4.5.6'
----

==== Configuring the store

Once added to your classpath or dependencies, you need to configure the
`link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/config/ConfigRetriever.html[ConfigRetriever]` to use this store:

[source, java]
----
ConfigStoreOptions store = new ConfigStoreOptions()
    .setType("consul")
    .setConfig(new JsonObject()
      .put("host", "localhost")
      .put("port", 8500)
      .put("prefix", "foo")
      .put("raw-data", false)
    );

ConfigRetriever retriever = ConfigRetriever.create(vertx,
    new ConfigRetrieverOptions().addStore(store));
----

The store configuration is used to create an instance of
`link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/ext/consul/ConsulClient.html[ConsulClient]`. Check the documentation of the Vert.x Consul Client
for further details. And this is the parameters specific to the Consul Configuration Store:

`prefix`:: A prefix that will not be taken into account when building the configuration tree. Defaults to empty.
`delimiter`:: Symbol that used to split keys in the Consul storage to obtain levels in the configuration tree. Defaults to "/".
`raw-data`:: If `raw-data` is `true` no attempts to convert values is made, and you'll be able to get raw values using
 `config.getString(key)`. Defaults to true.