Consul ACL Bootstrap
Command: consul acl bootstrap
Corresponding HTTP API Endpoint: [PUT] /v1/acl/bootstrap
The acl bootstrap
command generates a new token with unlimited privileges to use
for management purposes and outputs the token's details. Optionally, you can provide a Secret ID to use instead of generating a completely new token. You can create this bootstrapping token only once and afterwards bootstrapping
will be disabled. If all tokens are lost and you need to bootstrap again you can follow the bootstrap
reset procedure.
The table below shows this command's required ACLs. Configuration of blocking queries and agent caching are not supported from commands, but may be from the corresponding HTTP endpoint.
ACL Required |
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none |
Usage
Usage: consul acl bootstrap [options] [FILE]
If a file is supplied (or -
for standard input), the new token's Secret ID is read from the file.
Otherwise, Consul creates a new one.
Command Options
-format={pretty|json}
- Command output format. The default value ispretty
.
The output looks like this:
API Options
-ca-file=<value>
- Path to a CA file to use for TLS when communicating with Consul. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_CACERT
environment variable.-ca-path=<value>
- Path to a directory of CA certificates to use for TLS when communicating with Consul. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_CAPATH
environment variable.-client-cert=<value>
- Path to a client cert file to use for TLS whenverify_incoming
is enabled. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_CLIENT_CERT
environment variable.-client-key=<value>
- Path to a client key file to use for TLS whenverify_incoming
is enabled. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_CLIENT_KEY
environment variable.-http-addr=<addr>
- Address of the Consul agent with the port. This can be an IP address or DNS address, but it must include the port. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_HTTP_ADDR
environment variable. In Consul 0.8 and later, the default value is http://127.0.0.1:8500, and https can optionally be used instead. The scheme can also be set to HTTPS by setting the environment variableCONSUL_HTTP_SSL=true
. This may be a unix domain socket usingunix:///path/to/socket
if the agent is configured to listen that way.-tls-server-name=<value>
- The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_TLS_SERVER_NAME
environment variable.-token=<value>
- ACL token to use in the request. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN
environment variable. If unspecified, the query will default to the token of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.-token-file=<value>
- File containing the ACL token to use in the request instead of one specified via the-token
argument orCONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN
environment variable. This can also be specified via theCONSUL_HTTP_TOKEN_FILE
environment variable.
-datacenter=<name>
- Name of the datacenter to query. If unspecified, the query will default to the datacenter of the Consul agent at the HTTP address.-stale
- Permit any Consul server (non-leader) to respond to this request. This allows for lower latency and higher throughput, but can result in stale data. This option has no effect on non-read operations. The default value is false.