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layout: docs
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page_title: ACL System
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sidebar_current: docs-internals-acl
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description: >-
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Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used
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to control access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a Capability-based
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system that relies on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to
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them. It is very similar to AWS IAM in many ways.
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---
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# ACL System
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This content has been moved into the [ACL Guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/security-networking/production-acls).
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<a name="version_8_acls"></a>
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See [Complete ACL Coverage in Consul 0.8](/docs/acl/acl-legacy.html) for details
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about ACL changes in Consul 0.8 and later.
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