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api | ACL Policies - HTTP API | api-acl-policies | The /acl/policy endpoints manage Consul's ACL Policies. |
-> 1.4.0+: The APIs are available in Consul versions 1.4.0 and later. The documentation for the legacy ACL API is here
ACL Policy HTTP API
The /acl/policy
endpoints create, read,
update, list and
delete ACL policies in Consul.
For more information on how to setup ACLs, please see the ACL Guide.
Create a Policy
This endpoint creates a new ACL policy.
Method | Path | Produces |
---|---|---|
PUT |
/acl/policy |
application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
---|---|---|---|
NO |
none |
none |
acl:write |
Parameters
-
Name
(string: <required>)
- Specifies a name for the ACL policy. The name can contain alphanumeric characters, dashes-
, and underscores_
. This name must be unique. -
Description
(string: "")
- Free form human readable description of the policy. -
Rules
(string: "")
- Specifies rules for the ACL policy. The format of theRules
property is detailed in the ACL Rules documentation. -
Datacenters
(array<string>)
- Specifies the datacenters the policy is valid within. When no datacenters are provided the policy is valid in all datacenters including those which do not yet exist but may in the future. -
Namespace
(string: "")
- (Enterprise Only) Specifies the namespace to create the policy. If not provided in the JSON body, the value of thens
URL query parameter or in theX-Consul-Namespace
header will be used. If not provided at all, the namespace will default to thedefault
namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
Sample Payload
{
"Name": "node-read",
"Description": "Grants read access to all node information",
"Rules": "node_prefix \"\" { policy = \"read\"}",
"Datacenters": ["dc1"]
}
Sample Request
$ curl -X PUT \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/policy
Sample Response
{
"ID": "e359bd81-baca-903e-7e64-1ccd9fdc78f5",
"Name": "node-read",
"Description": "Grants read access to all node information",
"Rules": "node_prefix \"\" { policy = \"read\"}",
"Datacenters": [
"dc1"
],
"Hash": "OtZUUKhInTLEqTPfNSSOYbRiSBKm3c4vI2p6MxZnGWc=",
"CreateIndex": 14,
"ModifyIndex": 14
}
Read a Policy
This endpoint reads an ACL policy with the given ID.
Method | Path | Produces |
---|---|---|
GET |
/acl/policy/:id |
application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
---|---|---|---|
YES |
all |
none |
acl:read |
Parameters
-
id
(string: <required>)
- Specifies the UUID of the ACL policy to read. This is required and is specified as part of the URL path. -
ns
(string: "")
- (Enterprise Only) Specifies the namespace to lookup the policy. This value can be specified as thens
URL query parameter or theX-Consul-Namespace
header. If not provided by either, the namespace will default to thedefault
namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
Sample Request
$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/policy/e359bd81-baca-903e-7e64-1ccd9fdc78f5
Sample Response
{
"ID": "e359bd81-baca-903e-7e64-1ccd9fdc78f5",
"Name": "node-read",
"Description": "Grants read access to all node information",
"Rules": "node_prefix \"\" { policy = \"read\"}",
"Datacenters": [
"dc1"
],
"Hash": "OtZUUKhInTLEqTPfNSSOYbRiSBKm3c4vI2p6MxZnGWc=",
"CreateIndex": 14,
"ModifyIndex": 14
}
Update a Policy
This endpoint updates an existing ACL policy.
Method | Path | Produces |
---|---|---|
PUT |
/acl/policy/:id |
application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
---|---|---|---|
NO |
none |
none |
acl:write |
Parameters
-
ID
(string: <required>)
- Specifies the ID of the policy to update. This is required in the URL path but may also be specified in the JSON body. If specified in both places then they must match exactly. -
Name
(string: <required>)
- Specifies a name for the ACL policy. The name can only contain alphanumeric characters as well as-
and_
and must be unique. -
Description
(string: "")
- Free form human readable description of this policy. -
Rules
(string: "")
- Specifies rules for this ACL policy. The format of theRules
property is detailed in the ACL Rules documentation. -
Datacenters
(array<string>)
- Specifies the datacenters this policy is valid within. When no datacenters are provided the policy is valid in all datacenters including those which do not yet exist but may in the future. -
Namespace
(string: "")
- (Enterprise Only) Specifies the namespace of the policy to update. If not provided in the JSON body, the value of thens
URL query parameter or in theX-Consul-Namespace
header will be used. If not provided at all, the namespace will default to thedefault
namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
Sample Payload
{
"ID": "c01a1f82-44be-41b0-a686-685fb6e0f485",
"Name": "register-app-service",
"Description": "Grants write permissions necessary to register the 'app' service",
"Rules": "service \"app\" { policy = \"write\"}",
}
Sample Request
$ curl -X PUT \
--data @payload.json \
http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/policy/c01a1f82-44be-41b0-a686-685fb6e0f485
Sample Response
{
"ID": "c01a1f82-44be-41b0-a686-685fb6e0f485",
"Name": "register-app-service",
"Description": "Grants write permissions necessary to register the 'app' service",
"Rules": "service \"app\" { policy = \"write\"}",
"Hash": "OtZUUKhInTLEqTPfNSSOYbRiSBKm3c4vI2p6MxZnGWc=",
"CreateIndex": 14,
"ModifyIndex": 28
}
Delete a Policy
This endpoint deletes an ACL policy.
Method | Path | Produces |
---|---|---|
DELETE |
/acl/policy/:id |
application/json |
Even though the return type is application/json, the value is either true or false indicating whether the delete succeeded.
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
---|---|---|---|
NO |
none |
none |
acl:write |
Parameters
-
id
(string: <required>)
- Specifies the UUID of the ACL policy to delete. This is required and is specified as part of the URL path. -
ns
(string: "")
- (Enterprise Only) Specifies the namespace of the policy to delete. This value can be specified as thens
URL query parameter or theX-Consul-Namespace
header. If not provided by either, the namespace will default to thedefault
namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
Sample Request
$ curl -X DELETE \
http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/policy/8f246b77-f3e1-ff88-5b48-8ec93abf3e05
Sample Response
true
List Policies
This endpoint lists all the ACL policies.
Method | Path | Produces |
---|---|---|
GET |
/acl/policies |
application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
---|---|---|---|
YES |
all |
none |
acl:read |
Parameters
ns
(string: "")
- (Enterprise Only) Specifies the namespace to list the Policies for. This value can be specified as thens
URL query parameter or theX-Consul-Namespace
header. If not provided by either, the namespace will default to thedefault
namespace. The namespace may be specified as '*' and then results will be returned for all namespaces. Added in Consul 1.7.0.
Sample Request
$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/policies
Sample Response
-> Note - The policies rules are not included in the listing and must be retrieved by the policy reading endpoint
[
{
"CreateIndex": 4,
"Datacenters": null,
"Description": "Builtin Policy that grants unlimited access",
"Hash": "swIQt6up+s0cV4kePfJ2aRdKCLaQyykF4Hl1Nfdeumk=",
"ID": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
"ModifyIndex": 4,
"Name": "global-management"
},
{
"CreateIndex": 14,
"Datacenters": [
"dc1"
],
"Description": "Grants read access to all node information",
"Hash": "OtZUUKhInTLEqTPfNSSOYbRiSBKm3c4vI2p6MxZnGWc=",
"ID": "e359bd81-baca-903e-7e64-1ccd9fdc78f5",
"ModifyIndex": 14,
"Name": "node-read"
}
]