Export support? about consulator

[lewispeckover]

Hmm, would it add anything over the native consul kv export?

[prologic]

Hmm tbh I didn't see that consul had consul kv import and consul kv export :D

I have to ask then... What is the purpose of this tool consulator -- Just to handle YAML representation?

[prologic]

Import and synchronize your Consul KV data from JSON and YAML

It seems the native consul kv import|export already does this well for JSON right?

[lewispeckover]

If you simply want to back up and restore then the native import/export will indeed do the trick.
This tool was created to let you work with a more logical & user-friendly representation of the data.

[prologic]

This tool was created to let you work with a more logical & user-friendly representation of the data

That's precisely how/why I came across this. I want import/export -- But I also want it in a form that's:

• Easy to read for humans
• Easy to manipulate for humans

JSON is "okay" but it gets a bit tedious when you have large quantities of it.

[prologic]

So after playing around with various tools to ingest data into Consul, yq, yj and consul itself I realise consulator doesn't need an export at all :) Turns out that consul kv import doesn't quite import plain 'ol JSON -- So I need to use your nicely written consulator anyway :)