open-consul/website/content/commands/namespace/write.mdx

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layout: commands
page_title: 'Commands: Namespace Write'
---

# Consul Namespace Write

Command: `consul namespace write`

<EnterpriseAlert />

This `namespace write` command creates or updates a namespace's configuration from its full definition. This was added in Consul Enterprise 1.7.0.

## Usage

Usage: `consul namespace write <namespace definition>`

The `<namespace definition>` must either be a file path or `-` to indicate that
the definition should be read from stdin. The definition can be in either JSON
or HCL format. See [here](/docs/enterprise/namespaces#namespace-definition) for a description of the namespace definition.

#### API Options

@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'

@include 'http_api_options_server.mdx'

#### Command Options

- `-format=<string>` - How to output the results. The choices are: pretty or json

- `-meta` - Indicates that namespace metadata such as the raft indices should be
  shown for the namespace

## Examples

Create a new Namespace:

```shell-session
$ consul namespace write - <<< 'Name = "team-1"'
Name: team-1
Description:
```

Showing Raft Metadata:

```shell-session
$ consul namespace write -meta - <<< 'Name = "team-1"'
Name: team-1
Description:
Create Index: 339
Modify Index: 344
```

JSON Format:

```shell-session
$ cat ns.hcl
Name = "foo"
Description = "Example Namespace"
Meta {
   team-id = "574407f3-8b26-4c84-8e51-028bb8cbdd37"
}
$ consul namespace write -format=json ns.hcl
{
   "Name": "foo",
   "Description": "Example Namespace",
   "Meta": {
      "team-id": "574407f3-8b26-4c84-8e51-028bb8cbdd37"
   },
   "CreateIndex": 352,
   "ModifyIndex": 352
}
```