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# Run the Consul Agent
After Consul is installed, the agent must be run. The agent can either run
in a server or client mode. Each datacenter must have at least one server,
After Consul is installed, the agent must be run. The agent can run either
in server or client mode. Each datacenter must have at least one server,
although 3 or 5 is recommended. A single server deployment is _**highly**_ discouraged
as data loss is inevitable in a failure scenario. [This guide](/docs/guides/bootstrapping.html)
covers bootstrapping a new datacenter. All other agents run in client mode, which
@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ By gracefully leaving, Consul notifies other cluster members that the
node _left_. If you had forcibly killed the agent process, other members
of the cluster would have detected that the node _failed_. When a member leaves,
its services and checks are removed from the catalog. When a member fails,
its health is simply marked as critical, but is not removed from the catalog.
its health is simply marked as critical, but it is not removed from the catalog.
Consul will automatically try to reconnect to _failed_ nodes, which allows it
to recover from certain network conditions, while _left_ nodes are no longer contacted.
Additionally, if an agent is operating as a server, a graceful leave is important
to avoid causing a potential availability outage affecting the [consensus protocol](/docs/internals/consensus.html).
See the [guides section](/docs/guides/index.html) to safely add and remove servers.
See the [guides section](/docs/guides/index.html) for how to safely add
and remove servers.

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