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layout: commands
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page_title: 'Commands: ACL Policy Create'
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The `consul acl policy create` command creates new ACL policies that authorize read and write access in the service mesh.
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---
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# Consul ACL Policy Create
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Command: `consul acl policy create`
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Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [\[PUT\] /v1/acl/policy](/consul/api-docs/acl/policies#create-a-policy)
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The `acl policy create` command creates new policies.
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The `-rules` parameter value allow loading the value from stdin, a file or the raw value.
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To use stdin pass `-` as the value. To load the value from a file prefix the value with an `@`. Any other
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values will be used directly.
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The table below shows this command's [required ACLs](/consul/api-docs/api-structure#authentication). Configuration of
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[blocking queries](/consul/api-docs/features/blocking) and [agent caching](/consul/api-docs/features/caching)
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are not supported from commands, but may be from the corresponding HTTP endpoint.
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| ACL Required |
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| ------------ |
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| `acl:write` |
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul acl policy create [options] [args]`
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#### Command Options
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- `-description=<string>` - A description of the policy.
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- `-meta` - Indicates that policy metadata such as the content hash and raft
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indices should be shown for each entry.
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- `-name=<string>` - The new policy's name. This flag is required.
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- `-rules=<string>` - The policy rules. May be prefixed with '@' to indicate that the
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value is a file path to load the rules from. '-' may also be given
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to indicate that the rules are available on stdin.
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- `-valid-datacenter=<value>` - Datacenter that the policy should be valid within.
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This flag may be specified multiple times.
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- `-format={pretty|json}` - Command output format. The default value is `pretty`.
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#### Enterprise Options
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@include 'http_api_partition_options.mdx'
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@include 'http_api_namespace_options.mdx'
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#### API Options
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@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
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@include 'http_api_options_server.mdx'
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## Examples
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Create a new policy that is valid in all datacenters:
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```shell-session
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$ consul acl policy create -name "acl-replication" -description "Policy capable of replicating ACL policies" -rules 'acl = "read"'
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ID: 35b8ecb0-707c-ee18-2002-81b238b54b38
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Name: acl-replication
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Description: Policy capable of replicating ACL policies
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Datacenters:
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Rules:
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acl = "read"
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```
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Create a new policy valid only in specific datacenters with rules read from a file:
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```shell-session
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$ consul acl policy create -name "replication" -description "Replication" -rules @rules.hcl -valid-datacenter dc1 -valid-datacenter dc2
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ID: ca44555b-a2d8-94de-d763-88caffdaf11f
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Name: replication
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Description: Replication
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Datacenters: dc1, dc2
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Rules:
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acl = "read"
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service_prefix "" {
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policy = "read"
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intentions = "read"
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}
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```
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