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After Consul is installed, the agent must be run. The agent can either run
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in a server or client mode. Each datacenter must at least one server, and
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a recommended 3 or 5. [This guide](/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html) covers
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bootstrapping a new datacenter. All other agents run in client mode, which
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a recommended 3 or 5. A single server deployment is _**highly**_ discouraged
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as data loss is inevitable in a failure scenario. [This guide](/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html)
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covers bootstrapping a new datacenter. All other agents run in client mode, which
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is a very lightweight process that registers services, runs health checks,
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and forwards queries to servers. The agent must be run for every node that
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will be part of the cluster.
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