File README.SUSE.md of Package consul
# Consul SUSE package The Consul SUSE Package does not create any special configuration for your agent. Instead, it's up to you to provide the config if you want to run Consul in agent mode. The systemd service file provided by the SUSE package expects the configuration to be placed in the `/etc/consul` directory. Moreover, the package has also created the `/var/lib/consul` directory, which is the preferred path for the data of Consul. Last but not least, this package creates the `consul` user and group. This user owns both the `/etc/consul` and the `/var/lib/consul` directories. We have written down an example config for a client and a server: - client: `/usr/share/doc/packages/consul/client.json`. - server: `/usr/share/doc/packages/consul/server.json`. Please refer to https://www.consul.io/docs/index.html for more in-depth configuration.