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Consul backup and restoration application. Version 1.6.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.
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Package summary
Consul backup and restoration application
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Commands and aliases
- consul-backinator
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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 posture
Risk level: blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
Risk classifier
blue risk · medium confidence · tool
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
Signals
- text:backup
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
consul-backinator | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.6.6
manager updated2026-07-27
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:consul-backinator |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.6.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/myENA/consul-backinator |
| Repository | https://github.com/myENA/consul-backinator |
| Last updated | 2026-07-27T22:04:03+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation