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Consul ACL Policy List

Command: consul acl policy list

Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [GET] /v1/acl/policies

The acl policy list command lists all policies. By default it will not show metadata.

The table below shows this command's required ACLs. Configuration of blocking queries and agent caching are not supported from commands, but may be from the corresponding HTTP endpoint.

ACL Required
acl:read

Usage

Usage: consul acl policy list

API Options

  • -ca-file=<value> - Path to a CA file to use for TLS when communicating with Consul. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_CACERT environment variable.

  • -ca-path=<value> - Path to a directory of CA certificates to use for TLS when communicating with Consul. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_CAPATH environment variable.

  • -client-cert=<value> - Path to a client cert file to use for TLS when verify_incoming is enabled. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_CLIENT_CERT environment variable.

  • -client-key=<value> - Path to a client key file to use for TLS when verify_incoming is enabled. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_CLIENT_KEY environment variable.

  • -http-addr=<addr> - Address of the Consul agent with the port. This can be an IP address or DNS address, but it must include the port. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR environment variable. In Consul 0.8 and later, the default value is http://127.0.0.1:8500, and https can optionally be used instead. The scheme can also be set to HTTPS by setting the environment variable CONSUL_HTTP_SSL=true. This may be a unix domain socket using unix:///path/to/socket if the agent is configured to listen that way.

  • -tls-server-name=<value> - The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_TLS_SERVER_NAME environment variable.

  • -token=<value> - ACL token to use in the request. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN environment variable. If unspecified, the query will default to the token of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.

  • -token-file=<value> - File containing the ACL token to use in the request instead of one specified via the -token argument or CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN environment variable. This can also be specified via the CONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN_FILE environment variable.

  • -datacenter=<name> - Name of the datacenter to query. If unspecified, the query will default to the datacenter of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.

  • -stale - Permit any Consul server (non-leader) to respond to this request. This allows for lower latency and higher throughput, but can result in stale data. This option has no effect on non-read operations. The default value is false.

Command Options

  • -meta - Indicates that policy metadata such as the content hash and Raft indices should be shown for each entry.

  • -format={pretty|json} - Command output format. The default value is pretty.

Enterprise Options

  • -namespace=<string> - Specifies the namespace to query. If not provided, the namespace will be inferred from the request's ACL token, or will default to the default namespace. Namespaces are a Consul Enterprise feature added in v1.7.0.
  • -partition=<string> - Specifies the partition to query. If not provided, the partition will be inferred from the request's ACL token, or will default to the default partition. Partitions are a Consul Enterprise feature added in v1.11.0.

Examples

Default listing.

$ consul acl policy list
global-management:
   ID:           00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
   Description:  Builtin Policy that grants unlimited access
   Datacenters:
acl-replication:
   ID:           35b8ecb0-707c-ee18-2002-81b238b54b38
   Description:  Policy capable of replicating ACL policies
   Datacenters:

Show Metadata.

$ consul acl policy list -meta
global-management:
   ID:           00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001
   Description:  Builtin Policy that grants unlimited access
   Datacenters:
   Hash:         b30210b7aba9facd1c57891e3df27669174a08b690cb2905e0797535f75eba69
   Create Index: 4
   Modify Index: 4
node-services-read:
   ID:           06acc965-df4b-5a99-58cb-3250930c6324
   Description:  Can read any node and service
   Datacenters:
   Hash:         19d2a73dcd315506af73bfff1492779a0dc0235066fcac07f432fb2cc3402133
   Create Index: 244
   Modify Index: 244
acl-replication:
   ID:           ca44555b-a2d8-94de-d763-88caffdaf11f
   Description:  Token capable of replicating ACL policies
   Datacenters:  dc1, dc2
   Hash:         b94669679cc24e0d064412e4aa90b470b7f900a8e0801f65feaf1f7d716a5390
   Create Index: 198
   Modify Index: 198