How to Limit :8500 to loopback

Consul
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Hi, as Title says, can I limit the :8500 access to be localhost only? i cant with “client_addr”: “127.0.0.1” since other services binds too on the loopback
Ps.: w/o using iptables

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Hi @edgdelgado,

You can specify a different bind address for ports exposed by Consul under the addresses configuration option.

For example,

# DNS, gRPC, and HTTPS endpoints will bind to the first private IP
# address on the interface with a default route.
client_addr = "{{ GetPrivateIP }}"

# The HTTP endpoint will only listen on localhost.
addresses = {
  http = "127.0.0.1"
}