Consul Config Delete

Command: consul config delete

Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [DELETE] /v1/config/:kind/:name

The config delete command deletes the configuration entry specified by the kind and name. See the configuration entries docs for more details about configuration entries.

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 Required¹
`service:write` `operator:write` `intentions:write`

¹ The ACL required depends on the config entry kind being deleted:

Config Entry Kind	Required ACL
api-gateway	`mesh:write`
ingress-gateway	`operator:write`
proxy-defaults	`operator:write`
service-defaults	`service:write`
service-intentions	`intentions:write`
service-resolver	`service:write`
service-router	`service:write`
service-splitter	`service:write`
terminating-gateway	`operator:write`

Usage

Usage: consul config delete [options]

Command Options

-kind - Specifies the kind of the config entry to read.
-name - Specifies the name of the config entry to delete. The name of the proxy-defaults config entry must be global, and the name of the mesh config entry must be mesh.
-filename - Specifies the file describing the config entry to delete.
-cas - Perform a Check-And-Set operation. Specifying this value also requires the -modify-index flag to be set. The default value is false.
-modify-index=<int> - Unsigned integer representing the ModifyIndex of the config entry. This is used in combination with the -cas flag.

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> - Enterprise Specifies the admin partition to query. If not provided, the partition is inferred from the request's ACL token, or defaults to the default partition.

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.

Examples

$ consul config delete -kind service-defaults -name web
 
$ consul config delete -kind service-defaults -name web -cas -modify-index 26
 
$ consul config delete -filename service-defaults-web.hcl