sidecar_service Block

The sidecar_service block allows configuring various options for the sidecar proxy managed by Nomad for Consul Connect integration. It is valid only within the context of a connect block.

job "countdash" {  datacenters = ["dc1"]  group "api" {    network {      mode = "bridge"    }    service {      name = "count-api"      port = "9001"      connect {        sidecar_service {}      }    }    task "web" {      driver = "docker"      config {        image = "hashicorpdev/counter-api:v3"      }    }  }}

sidecar_service Parameters

• disable_default_tcp_check (bool: false) - disable the default TCP health check.

• meta (map<string|string>: nil) - Specifies arbitrary KV metadata pairs.

• port (string: ) - Port label for sidecar service.

• proxy (proxy: nil) - This is used to configure the sidecar proxy service.

• tags (array<string>: nil) - Custom Consul service tags for the sidecar service.

sidecar_service Examples

The following example is a minimal sidecar_service block with defaults

  connect {    sidecar_service {}  }

The following example includes specifying upstreams and meta.

   sidecar_service {     proxy {       upstreams {         destination_name = "count-api"         local_bind_port = 8080       }     }     meta {       "test-key" = "test-value"     }   }