[awinder]

Obviously you wouldn't choose consul for this one feature, but if you're already relying on consul as service discovery in your network, why not?

You don't need to invent a change management system, you just need to utilize from a myriad of existing consul OSS.

I'm not saying consul makes all the sense in the world for you, but there's definitely sound architectural thinking behind what the parent is talking about. It's not just a bunch of crazy talk :-D