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## ACL System Overview
The ACL system is designed to be easy to use and fast to enforce while providing administrative insight.
The diagram below shows the relationships between most of the components of the ACL system:
![ACL system component relationships](/img/acl-token-policy-rule-relationship.png)
At the highest level, there are two major components to the ACL system:
- **ACL Policies** - Policies allow the grouping of a set of rules into a logical unit that can be reused and linked with
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rules:
| Resource | Scope |
| --------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [`acl`](/docs/acl/acl-rules#acl-resource-rules) | Operations for managing the ACL system [ACL API](/api/acl/acl) |
| [`agent`](/docs/acl/acl-rules#agent-rules) | Utility operations in the [Agent API](/api/agent), other than service and check registration |
| [`event`](/docs/acl/acl-rules#event-rules) | Listing and firing events in the [Event API](/api/event) |

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