# consul

> Distributed key-value store with health checking and service discovery.
> Some subcommands such as `consul kv` have their own usage documentation.
> More information: <https://www.consul.io/commands>.

- Check the Consul version:

`consul --version`

- Show general help:

`consul --help`

- Show help for a sub-command:

`consul {{sub-command}} --help`