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layout: docs
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page_title: 'Commands: Intention Create'
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sidebar_title: create
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---
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# Consul Intention Create
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Command: `consul intention create`
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The `intention create` command creates or updates an intention.
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul intention create [options] SRC DST`
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Usage: `consul intention create [options] -f FILE...`
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#### API Options
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@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
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#### Intention Create Options
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- `-allow` - Set the action to "allow" for intentions. This is the default.
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- `-deny` - Set the action to "deny" for intentions. This cannot be specified
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with `-allow`.
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- `-file` - Read intention data one or more files specified by the command
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line arguments, instead of source/destination pairs.
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- `-meta key=value` - Specify arbitrary KV metadata to associate with the
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intention.
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- `-replace` - Replace any matching intention. The replacement is done
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atomically per intention.
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## Examples
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Create an intention `web => db`:
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```shell
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$ consul intention create web db
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```
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Create intentions from a set of files:
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```shell
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$ consul intention create -file one.json two.json
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```
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Create intentions from a directory using shell expansion:
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```shell
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$ consul intention create -file intentions/*.json
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```
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