» ACL Role HTTP API

The /acl/role endpoints create, read, update, list and delete ACL roles in Consul.

For more information on how to setup ACLs, please see the ACL Guide.

» Create a Role

This endpoint creates a new ACL role.

Method Path Produces
PUT /acl/role application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
NO none none acl:write

» Parameters

  • Name (string: <required>) - Specifies a name for the ACL role. The name can contain alphanumeric characters, dashes -, and underscores _. This name must be unique.

  • Description (string: "") - Free form human readable description of the role.

  • Policies (array<PolicyLink>) - The list of policies that should be applied to the role. A PolicyLink is an object with an "ID" and/or "Name" field to specify a policy. With the PolicyLink, roles can be linked to policies either by the policy name or by the policy ID. When policies are linked by name they will be internally resolved to the policy ID. With linking roles internally by IDs, Consul enables policy renaming without breaking tokens.

  • ServiceIdentities (array<ServiceIdentity>) - The list of service identities that should be applied to the role. Added in Consul 1.5.0.

    • ServiceName (string: <required>) - The name of the service. The name must be no longer than 256 characters, must start and end with a lowercase alphanumeric character, and can only contain lowercase alphanumeric characters as well as - and _.
    • Datacenters (array<string>) - Specifies the datacenters the effective policy is valid within. When no datacenters are provided the effective policy is valid in all datacenters including those which do not yet exist but may in the future.

» Sample Payload 

{
    "Name": "example-role",
    "Description": "Showcases all input parameters",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765"
        },
        {
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "web"
        },
        {
            "ServiceName": "db",
            "Datacenters": [
                "dc1"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X PUT \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/role

» Sample Response 

{
    "ID": "aa770e5b-8b0b-7fcf-e5a1-8535fcc388b4",
    "Name": "example-role",
    "Description": "Showcases all input parameters",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "web"
        },
        {
            "ServiceName": "db",
            "Datacenters": [
                "dc1"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "Hash": "mBWMIeX9zyUTdDMq8vWB0iYod+mKBArJoAhj6oPz3BI=",
    "CreateIndex": 57,
    "ModifyIndex": 57
}

» Read a Role

This endpoint reads an ACL role with the given ID. If no role exists with the given ID, a 404 is returned instead of a 200 response.

Method Path Produces
GET /acl/role/:id application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
YES all none acl:read

» Parameters

  • id (string: <required>) - Specifies the UUID of the ACL role to read. This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/role/aa770e5b-8b0b-7fcf-e5a1-8535fcc388b4

» Sample Response 

{
    "ID": "aa770e5b-8b0b-7fcf-e5a1-8535fcc388b4",
    "Name": "example-role",
    "Description": "Showcases all input parameters",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "web"
        },
        {
            "ServiceName": "db",
            "Datacenters": [
                "dc1"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "Hash": "mBWMIeX9zyUTdDMq8vWB0iYod+mKBArJoAhj6oPz3BI=",
    "CreateIndex": 57,
    "ModifyIndex": 57
}

» Read a Role by Name

This endpoint reads an ACL role with the given name. If no role exists with the given name, a 404 is returned instead of a 200 response.

Method Path Produces
GET /acl/role/name/:name application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
YES all none acl:read

» Parameters

  • name (string: <required>) - Specifies the Name of the ACL role to read. This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/role/name/example-role

» Sample Response 

{
    "ID": "aa770e5b-8b0b-7fcf-e5a1-8535fcc388b4",
    "Name": "example-role",
    "Description": "Showcases all input parameters",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "web"
        },
        {
            "ServiceName": "db",
            "Datacenters": [
                "dc1"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "Hash": "mBWMIeX9zyUTdDMq8vWB0iYod+mKBArJoAhj6oPz3BI=",
    "CreateIndex": 57,
    "ModifyIndex": 57
}

» Update a Role

This endpoint updates an existing ACL role.

Method Path Produces
PUT /acl/role/:id application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
NO none none acl:write

» Parameters

  • ID (string: <required>) - Specifies the ID of the role to update. This is required in the URL path but may also be specified in the JSON body. If specified in both places then they must match exactly.

  • Name (string: <required>) - Specifies a name for the ACL role. The name can only contain alphanumeric characters as well as - and _ and must be unique.

  • Description (string: "") - Free form human readable description of the role.

  • Policies (array<PolicyLink>) - The list of policies that should be applied to the role. A PolicyLink is an object with an "ID" and/or "Name" field to specify a policy. With the PolicyLink, roles can be linked to policies either by the policy name or by the policy ID. When policies are linked by name they will be internally resolved to the policy ID. With linking roles internally by IDs, Consul enables policy renaming without breaking tokens.

  • ServiceIdentities (array<ServiceIdentity>) - The list of service identities that should be applied to the role. Added in Consul 1.5.0.

» Sample Payload 

{
    "ID": "8bec74a4-5ced-45ed-9c9d-bca6153490bb",
    "Name": "example-two",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "db"
        }
    ]
}

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X PUT \
    --data @payload.json \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/role/8bec74a4-5ced-45ed-9c9d-bca6153490bb

» Sample Response 

{
    "ID": "8bec74a4-5ced-45ed-9c9d-bca6153490bb",
    "Name": "example-two",
    "Policies": [
        {
            "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
            "Name": "node-read"
        }
    ],
    "ServiceIdentities": [
        {
            "ServiceName": "db"
        }
    ],
    "Hash": "OtZUUKhInTLEqTPfNSSOYbRiSBKm3c4vI2p6MxZnGWc=",
    "CreateIndex": 14,
    "ModifyIndex": 28
}

» Delete a Role

This endpoint deletes an ACL role.

Method Path Produces
DELETE /acl/role/:id application/json

Even though the return type is application/json, the value is either true or false indicating whether the delete succeeded.

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
NO none none acl:write

» Parameters

  • id (string: <required>) - Specifies the UUID of the ACL role to delete. This is required and is specified as part of the URL path.

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X DELETE \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/role/8f246b77-f3e1-ff88-5b48-8ec93abf3e05

» Sample Response 

true

» List Roles

This endpoint lists all the ACL roles.

Method Path Produces
GET /acl/roles application/json

The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.

Blocking Queries Consistency Modes Agent Caching ACL Required
YES all none acl:read

» Parameters

  • policy (string: "") - Filters the role list to those roles that are linked with the specific policy ID.

» Sample Request 

$ curl -X GET http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/acl/roles

» Sample Response 

[
    {
        "ID": "5e52a099-4c90-c067-5478-980f06be9af5",
        "Name": "node-read",
        "Description": "",
        "Policies": [
            {
                "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
                "Name": "node-read"
            }
        ],
        "Hash": "K6AbfofgiZ1BEaKORBloZf7WPdg45J/PipHxQiBlK1U=",
        "CreateIndex": 50,
        "ModifyIndex": 50
    },
    {
        "ID": "aa770e5b-8b0b-7fcf-e5a1-8535fcc388b4",
        "Name": "example-role",
        "Description": "Showcases all input parameters",
        "Policies": [
            {
                "ID": "783beef3-783f-f41f-7422-7087dc272765",
                "Name": "node-read"
            }
        ],
        "ServiceIdentities": [
            {
                "ServiceName": "web"
            },
            {
                "ServiceName": "db",
                "Datacenters": [
                    "dc1"
                ]
            }
        ],
        "Hash": "mBWMIeX9zyUTdDMq8vWB0iYod+mKBArJoAhj6oPz3BI=",
        "CreateIndex": 57,
        "ModifyIndex": 57
    }
]