# HashiCorp Consul
| .png?alt=media\&token=7a03d3fd-582f-4b19-9324-d3f4b34e4e27) | [HashiCorp Consul](https://www.consul.io/) is a service mesh solution providing a full featured control plane with service discovery, configuration, and segmentation functionality. This integration creates based on Consul health checks. |
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## In ilert: Create a HashiCorp Consul alert source
1. Go to **Alert sources** --> **Alert sources** and click on **Create new alert source**
2. Search for **HashiCorp Consul** in the search field, click on the HashiCorp Consul tile and click on **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams and click **Next**.
4. Select an **escalation policy** by creating a new one or assigning an existing one.
5. Select you [Alert grouping](https://docs.ilert.com/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources#alert-grouping) preference and click **Continue setup**. You may click **Do not group alerts** for now and change it later.
6. The next page show additional settings such as customer alert templates or notification prioritiy. Click on **Finish setup** for now.
7. On the final page, an API key and / or webhook URL will be generated that you will need later in this guide.
## In Consul Server: Configure Consul-Alerts
1. Install Consul-Alerts as per the guide at
2. Once the Consul-Alerts are running, we can set the ilert integration key using curl.
```bash
curl -X PUT -d 'YOUR_API_KEY' http://localhost:8500/v1/kv/consul-alerts/config/notifiers/ilert/api-key
```
3. Enable ilert notifications in Consul-Alerts.
```bash
curl -X PUT -d 'true' http://localhost:8500/v1/kv/consul-alerts/config/notifiers/ilert/enabled
```
4. (Optional) Generating a test alert by having a health check fail to confirm the integration is working.
## FAQ
**Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?**
Yes, Consul-Alerts will resolve the ilert alert once health checks are passing.
**Will alerts in ilert be accepted automatically?**
No, unfortunately Consul events are not compatible with ilert accept events.
**Can I connect Consul Server with multiple alert sources from ilert?**
No, Consul-Alerts only supports sending alerts to a single alert source.
