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Consul Intention

Command: consul intention

The intention command is used to interact with Connect intentions. It exposes commands for creating, updating, reading, deleting, checking, and managing intentions. This command is available in Consul 1.2 and later.

Intentions may also be managed via the HTTP API.

Usage

Usage: consul intention <subcommand>

For the exact documentation for your Consul version, run consul intention -h to view the complete list of subcommands.

Usage: consul intention <subcommand> [options] [args]

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Subcommands:
    check     Check whether a connection between two services is allowed.
    create    Create intentions for service connections.
    delete    Delete an intention.
    get       Show information about an intention.
    match     Show intentions that match a source or destination.

For more information, examples, and usage about a subcommand, click on the name of the subcommand in the sidebar.

Basic Examples

Create an intention to allow "web" to talk to "db":

$ consul intention create web db

Test whether a "web" is allowed to connect to "db":

$ consul intention check web db

Find all intentions for communicating to the "db" service:

$ consul intention match db