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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Commands: Validate"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-validate"
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description: >
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The `consul validate` command tests that config files are valid by
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attempting to parse them. Useful to ensure a configuration change will
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not cause consul to fail after a restart.
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# Consul Validate
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The `consul validate` command performs a basic sanity test on Consul
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configuration files. For each file or directory given, the validate command
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will attempt to parse the contents just as the "consul agent" command would,
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and catch any errors. This is useful to do a test of the configuration only,
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without actually starting the agent.
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For more information on the format of Consul's configuration files, read the
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consul agent [Configuration Files](/docs/agent/options.html#configuration_files)
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section.
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## Usage
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Usage: `consul validate [options] FILE_OR_DIRECTORY...`
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Performs a basic sanity test on Consul configuration files. For each file
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or directory given, the validate command will attempt to parse the
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contents just as the "consul agent" command would, and catch any errors.
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This is useful to do a test of the configuration only, without actually
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starting the agent.
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Returns 0 if the configuration is valid, or 1 if there are problems.
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```text
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$ consul validate /etc/consul.d
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Configuration is valid!
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```
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