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---
layout: commands
page_title: 'Commands: Namespace Create'
---
# Consul Namespace Create
Command: `consul namespace create`
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This `namespace create` command creates a namespaces using the CLI parameters provided.
This was added in Consul Enterprise 1.7.2.
## Usage
Usage: `consul namespace create -name <namespace name> [options]`
Request a namespace to be created. Construction of the namespace definition is handled by this command
from the CLI arguments.
#### API Options
@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
@include 'http_api_options_server.mdx'
#### Command Options
- `-default-policy-id=<value>` - ID of a policy from the default namespace to inject for all tokens
in this namespace. May be specified multiple times.
- `-default-policy-name=<value>` - Name of a policy from the default namespace to inject for all
tokens in this namespace. May be specified multiple times. The ACL token used with
this command must have [`acl:write` access](/docs/security/acl/acl-rules#acl-resource-rules) to the linked policy.
- `-default-role-id=<value>` - ID of a role from the default namespace to inject for all tokens in
this namespace. May be specified multiple times. The ACL token used with
this command must have [`acl:write` access](/docs/security/acl/acl-rules#acl-resource-rules) to the linked role.
- `-default-role-name=<value>` - Name of a role from the default namespace to inject for all tokens
in this namespace. May be specified multiple times.
- `-description=<string>` - A description of the namespace.
- `-format=<string>` - How to output the results. The choices are: pretty or json
- `-meta=<value>` - Metadata to set on the namespace, formatted as key=value. This flag
may be specified multiple times to set multiple meta fields
- `-name=<string>` - The namespace's name. This flag is required.
- `-show-meta` - Indicates that namespace metadata such as the raft indices should
be shown for the namespace
## Examples
Create a new Namespace:
```shell-session
$ consul namespace create -name "team-1"
Name: team-1
```
Showing Raft Metadata:
```shell-session
$ consul namespace create -name team-1 -show-meta
Name: team-1
Create Index: 339
Modify Index: 344
```
JSON Format:
```shell-session
$ consul namespace create -name team2 -description "Example Namespace" -meta "team-id=574407f3-8b26-4c84-8e51-028bb8cbdd37" -format=json
{
"Name": "team2",
"Description": "Example Namespace",
"Meta": {
"team-id": "574407f3-8b26-4c84-8e51-028bb8cbdd37"
},
"CreateIndex": 352,
"ModifyIndex": 352
}
```