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Consul ACL Role Create

Command: consul acl role create

Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [PUT] /v1/acl/role

The acl role create command creates new roles.

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:write

Usage

Usage: consul acl role create [options] [args]

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

  • -description=<string> - A description of the role.

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

  • -name=<string> - The new role's name. This flag is required.

  • -node-identity=<value> - Name of a node identity to use for this role. May be specified multiple times. Format is NODENAME:DATACENTER. Added in Consul 1.8.1.

  • -policy-id=<value> - ID of a policy to use for this role. May be specified multiple times

  • -policy-name=<value> - Name of a policy to use for this role. May be specified multiple times

  • -service-identity=<value> - Name of a service identity to use for this role. May be specified multiple times. Format is the SERVICENAME or SERVICENAME:DATACENTER1,DATACENTER2,...

  • -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

Create a new role with one policy:

$ consul acl role create -name "crawler" -description "web crawler role" -policy-name "crawler-kv"
ID:           57147d87-6bf7-f794-1a6e-7d038c4e4ae9
Name:         crawler
Description:  web crawler role
Policies:
   2f8f99c7-edd9-2f09-7e4b-a1f519eb4fc2 - crawler-kv

Create a new role with one service identity:

$ consul acl role create -name archiver -description 'archiver role' -service-identity "archiver:dc2"
ID:           a365fdc9-ac71-e754-0645-7ab6bd747301
Name:         archiver
Description:  archiver role
Service Identities:
   archiver (Datacenters: dc2)