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page_title: "Commands: Intention Create"
sidebar_current: "docs-commands-intention-create"
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# Consul Intention Create
Command: `consul intention create`
The `intention create` command creates or updates an intention.
## Usage
Usage: `consul intention create [options] SRC DST`
Usage: `consul intention create [options] -f FILE...`
#### API Options
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#### Intention Create Options
* `-allow` - Set the action to "allow" for intentions. This is the default.
* `-deny` - Set the action to "deny" for intentions. This cannot be specified
with `-allow`.
* `-file` - Read intention data one or more files specified by the command
line arguments, instead of source/destination pairs.
* `-meta key=value` - Specify arbitrary KV metadata to associate with the
intention.
* `-replace` - Replace any matching intention. The replacement is done
atomically per intention.
## Examples
Create an intention `web => db`:
$ consul intention create web db
Create intentions from a set of files:
$ consul intention create -file one.json two.json
Create intentions from a directory using shell expansion:
$ consul intention create -file intentions/*.json