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  Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a Capability-based system that relies on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. It is very similar to AWS IAM in many ways.
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# ACL System

This content has been moved into the [ACL Guide](/docs/guides/acl.html).

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See [Complete ACL Coverage in Consul 0.8](/docs/guides/acl.html#complete-acl-coverage-in-consul-0-8)
for details about ACL changes in Consul 0.8 and later.
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			`Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a Capability-based system that relies on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. It is very similar to AWS IAM in many ways.`
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			`# ACL System`

Fixes deep link on ACL bounce page. 2017-04-06 14:55:23 +00:00			`This content has been moved into the [ACL Guide](/docs/guides/acl.html).`

Does a complete rework of the ACL guide. 2017-04-05 04:13:18 +00:00			`<a name="version_8_acls"></a>`
Fixes deep link on ACL bounce page. 2017-04-06 14:55:23 +00:00			`See [Complete ACL Coverage in Consul 0.8](/docs/guides/acl.html#complete-acl-coverage-in-consul-0-8)`
			`for details about ACL changes in Consul 0.8 and later.`