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layout: docs
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page_title: ACL Guides
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sidebar_title: Access Control (ACLs)
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description: >-
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Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used
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to control access to data and APIs. Select the following guide for your use
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case.
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# ACL Documentation and Guides
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Consul uses Access Control Lists (ACLs) to secure the UI, API, CLI, service
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communications, and agent communications. At the core, ACLs operate by grouping
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rules into policies, then associating one or more policies with a token.
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The following documentation and guides will help you understand and implement
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ACLs.
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## ACL Documentation
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### ACL System
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Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used
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to control access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a Capability-based system
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that relies on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. The
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[ACL System documentation](/docs/acl/acl-system) details the functionality
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of Consul ACLs.
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### ACL Rules
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A core part of the ACL system is the rule language, which is used to describe
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the policy that must be enforced. Read the ACL rules
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[documentation](/docs/acl/acl-rules) to learn about rule specifications.
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### ACL Auth Methods
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An auth method is a component in Consul that performs authentication against a
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trusted external party to authorize the creation of an ACL tokens usable within
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the local datacenter. Read the ACL auth method
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[documentation](/docs/acl/acl-auth-methods) to learn more about how they
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work and why you may want to use them.
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### ACL Legacy System
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The ACL system in Consul 1.3.1 and older is now called legacy. For information
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on bootstrapping the legacy system, ACL rules, and a general ACL system
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overview, read the legacy [documentation](/docs/acl/acl-legacy).
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### ACL Migration
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[The migration documentation](/docs/acl/acl-migrate-tokens) details how to
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upgrade existing legacy tokens after upgrading to 1.4.0. It will briefly
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describe what changed, and then walk through the high-level migration process
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options, finally giving some specific examples of migration strategies. The new
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ACL system has improvements for the security and management of ACL tokens and
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policies.
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## Learn ACL Guide
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~> Note: the following guide is located on HashiCorp Learn. By selecting it,
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you will be directed to a new site.
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### Securing Consul with ACLs
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In this guide, you will learn how to secure the UI, API, CLI, service
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communications, and agent communications with ACLs. When securing your cluster
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you should configure the ACLs first. The ACL documentation introduces basic
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concepts and syntax for the ACL system, and we recommend that you read it
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before you begin [this
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guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/security-networking/production-acls).
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