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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Configuration Entry Definitions"
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sidebar_current: "docs-agent-cfg_entries"
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description: |-
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Consul allows storing configuration entries centrally to be used as defaults for configuring other aspects of Consul.
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---
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# Configuration Entries
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Configuration entries can be created to provide cluster-wide defaults for
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various aspects of Consul. Every configuration entry has at least two fields:
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`Kind` and `Name`. Those two fields are used to uniquely identify a
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configuration entry. When put into configuration files, configuration entries
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can be specified as HCL or JSON objects using either `snake_case` or `CamelCase`
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for key names.
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Example:
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```hcl
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Kind = "<supported kind>"
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Name = "<name of entry>"
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```
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The supported `Kind` names for configuration entries are:
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* [`service-router` <sup>(beta)</sup>](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-router.html) - defines
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where to send layer 7 traffic based on the HTTP route
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* [`service-splitter` <sup>(beta)</sup>](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-splitter.html) - defines
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how to divide requests for a single HTTP route based on percentages
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* [`service-resolver` <sup>(beta)</sup>](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-resolver.html) - matches
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service instances with a specific Connect upstream discovery requests
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* [`service-defaults`](/docs/agent/config-entries/service-defaults.html) - configures
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defaults for all the instances of a given service
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* [`proxy-defaults`](/docs/agent/config-entries/proxy-defaults.html) - controls
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proxy configuration
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## Managing Configuration Entries
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Configuration entries should be managed with the Consul
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[CLI](/docs/commands/config.html) or [API](/api/config.html). Additionally, as a
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convenience for initial cluster bootstrapping, configuration entries can be
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specified in all of the Consul servers's
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[configuration files](/docs/agent/options.html#config_entries_bootstrap)
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### Managing Configuration Entries with the CLI
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#### Creating or Updating a Configuration Entry
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The [`consul config write`](/docs/commands/config/write.html) command is used to
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create and update configuration entries. This command will load either a JSON or
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HCL file holding the configuration entry definition and then will push this
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configuration to Consul.
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Example HCL Configuration File - `proxy-defaults.hcl`:
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```hcl
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Kind = "proxy-defaults"
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Name = "global"
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Config {
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local_connect_timeout_ms = 1000
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handshake_timeout_ms = 10000
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}
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```
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Then to apply this configuration, run:
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```bash
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$ consul config write proxy-defaults.hcl
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```
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If you need to make changes to a configuration entry, simple edit that file and
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then rerun the command. This command will not output anything unless there is an
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error in applying the configuration entry. The `write` command also supports a
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`-cas` option to enable performing a compare-and-swap operation to prevent
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overwriting other unknown modifications.
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#### Reading a Configuration Entry
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The [`consul config read`](/docs/commands/config/read.html) command is used to
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read the current value of a configuration entry. The configuration entry will be
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displayed in JSON form which is how its transmitted between the CLI client and
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Consul's HTTP API.
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Example:
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```bash
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$ consul config read -kind service-defaults -name web
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{
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"Kind": "service-defaults",
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"Name": "web",
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"Protocol": "http"
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}
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```
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#### Listing Configuration Entries
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The [`consul config list`](/docs/commands/config/list.html) command is used to
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list out all the configuration entries for a given kind.
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Example:
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```bash
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$ consul config list -kind service-defaults
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web
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api
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db
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```
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#### Deleting Configuration Entries
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The [`consul config delete`](/docs/commands/config/delete.html) command is used
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to delete an entry by specifying both its `kind` and `name`.
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Example:
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```bash
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$ consul config delete -kind service-defaults -name web
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```
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This command will not output anything when the deletion is successful.
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### Bootstrapping From A Configuration File
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Configuration entries can be bootstrapped by adding them inline to each Consul
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server’s configuration file. When a server gains leadership, it will attempt to
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initialize the configuration entries. If a configuration entry does not already
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exist outside of the servers configuration, then it will create it. If a
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configuration entry does exist, that matches both `kind` and `name`, then the
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server will do nothing.
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## Using Configuration Entries For Service Defaults
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When the agent is
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[configured](/docs/agent/options.html#enable_central_service_config) to enable
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central service configurations, it will look for service configuration defaults
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that match a registering service instance. If it finds any, the agent will merge
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those defaults with the service instance configuration. This allows for things
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like service protocol or proxy configuration to be defined globally and
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inherited by any affected service registrations.
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