You can use the official Docker Image of Consul at https://hub.docker.com/_/consul to install Consul using Docker Compose.

The contents of the Docker Compose file are as follows:

Here, I use the command “agent -dev” to start Consul in development mode. There is an additional parameter “-client=0.0.0.0” used to expose the API with the Consul UI that can be accessed using any IP address!

Now, if you run the command “docker compose up” in the directory containing the Docker Compose file with the above content, you will see the following result:

Now, if you go to http://localhost:8500/, you will see the following result:

So, we have successfully installed Consul using Docker Compose!