update the init script properly as well

attributes/default.rb

@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@
 default['consul']['service_mode'] = 'bootstrap'
 default['consul']['data_dir'] = '/var/lib/consul'
 default['consul']['config_dir'] = '/etc/consul.d'
+case node['platform_family']
+when 'debian'
+  default['consul']['etc_config_dir'] = '/etc/default/consul'
+when 'rhel'
+  default['consul']['etc_config_dir'] = '/etc/sysconfig/consul'
+else
+  default['consul']['etc_config_dir'] = '/etc/sysconfig/consul'
+end
+
 default['consul']['servers'] = []
 default['consul']['init_style'] = 'init'   # 'init', 'runit'
 default['consul']['service_user'] = 'consul'
@@ -60,4 +69,4 @@
 # UI attributes
 default['consul']['client_addr'] = '0.0.0.0'
 default['consul']['ui_dir'] = '/var/lib/consul/ui'
-default['consul']['serve_ui'] = false
+default['consul']['serve_ui'] = false

recipes/_service.rb

@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@
 
 case node['consul']['init_style']
 when 'init'
-  if platform_family?('debian')
-    etc_config_dir = '/etc/default/consul'
-  else
-    etc_config_dir = '/etc/sysconfig/consul'
-  end
-
-  template etc_config_dir do
+  template node['consul']['etc_config_dir'] do
     source 'consul-sysconfig.erb'
     mode 0755
     notifies :create, 'template[/etc/init.d/consul]', :immediately

templates/default/consul-init.erb

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 #                       * Multi Datacenter
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/consul ]; then
-. /etc/sysconfig/consul
+if [ -f <%= node['consul']['etc_config_dir'] %> ]; then
+. <%= node['consul']['etc_config_dir'] %>
 fi
 
 export GOMAXPROCS=${GOMAXPROCS}