# Install consul-backinator with Homebrew Consul backup and restoration application. Version 1.6.6 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:consul-backinator ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install consul-backinator ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:consul-backinator - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.6.6 - **Source summary:** Consul backup and restoration application - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MPL-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - consul-backinator (cli) - consul-backinator (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.6.6 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/myENA/consul-backinator - Upstream latest detected: v1.6.6 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage consul-backinator is a Go utility for backing up and restoring Consul data, especially KV pairs, ACL tokens, and prepared queries. It is an operations-side companion to Consul rather than a HashiCorp core project. ### Project history The upstream README describes consul-backinator as a flexible Consul KV backup and restore tool written in Go using the official Consul API. Its first tagged GitHub release is labeled v1.0 and was published in June 2016. The tool grew around practical backup concerns: gzip-compressed JSON payloads, AES-256 encryption, HMAC-SHA256 validation, path transformation, S3 support, Docker images, Nomad usage, ACL backup, and prepared-query backup. ### Adoption history Adoption appears niche and ops-focused. The README documents Homebrew installation, go get, source builds, Docker Hub images, and Nomad job usage, while the input package metadata lists only Homebrew among package managers. ### How it is used Operators use the backup, restore, and dump subcommands. The README documents Consul connection settings through flags and environment variables, optional S3 URIs, encryption keys, signatures, ACL files, prepared queries, and destructive restore safeguards. ### Why package nerds care consul-backinator is significant as a package because it fills a gap around Consul disaster recovery workflows. It also shows the 2010s pattern of shipping a Go ops tool simultaneously as a single binary, Homebrew formula, Docker image, and Nomad job. ### Timeline - 2016: GitHub release v1.0 is tagged as the first tagged release. - 2016: README examples show backup output dated May 2016 and document Homebrew, Go, Docker, and Nomad installation paths. ### Related projects - Consul is the backing service. - The README credits HashiCorp's Consul daemon, Consul API, and Go package, and mentions go-discover for cloud node discovery. ### Sources - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** consul-backinator - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Cloud CLI packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/cloud-clis/) - Belongs to a cloud or infrastructure command family. - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [consul-template](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/consul-template/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure, consul. - [s3cmd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/s3cmd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [velero](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/velero/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: backup, cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [actions-batch](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/actions-batch/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aiac](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiac/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aiven-client](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aiven-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [akamai](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/akamai/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aliyun-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aliyun-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, cloud-infrastructure. - [aws-rotate-key](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-rotate-key/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure. - [aws-cdk](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aws-cdk/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: aws, cli, cloud, cloud-infrastructure, infrastructure. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/consul-backinator.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/consul-backinator.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph