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Command: acl policy apply

The acl policy apply command is used to create or update ACL policies.

Usage

nomad acl policy apply [options] <name> <path>

The acl policy apply command requires two arguments, the policy name and path to file. The policy can be read from stdin by setting the path to "-".

This command requires a management ACL token.

General Options

  • -address=<addr>: The address of the Nomad server. Overrides the NOMAD_ADDR environment variable if set. Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4646.

  • -region=<region>: The region of the Nomad server to forward commands to. Overrides the NOMAD_REGION environment variable if set. Defaults to the Agent's local region.

  • -no-color: Disables colored command output. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_NO_COLOR may be set. This option takes precedence over -force-color.

  • -force-color: Forces colored command output. This can be used in cases where the usual terminal detection fails. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_FORCE_COLOR may be set. This option has no effect if -no-color is also used.

  • -ca-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded CA cert file to use to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. Overrides the NOMAD_CACERT environment variable if set.

  • -ca-path=<path>: Path to a directory of PEM encoded CA cert files to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. If both -ca-cert and -ca-path are specified, -ca-cert is used. Overrides the NOMAD_CAPATH environment variable if set.

  • -client-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded client certificate for TLS authentication to the Nomad server. Must also specify -client-key. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT environment variable if set.

  • -client-key=<path>: Path to an unencrypted PEM encoded private key matching the client certificate from -client-cert. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY environment variable if set.

  • -tls-server-name=<value>: The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. Overrides the NOMAD_TLS_SERVER_NAME environment variable if set.

  • -tls-skip-verify: Do not verify TLS certificate. This is highly not recommended. Verification will also be skipped if NOMAD_SKIP_VERIFY is set.

  • -token: The SecretID of an ACL token to use to authenticate API requests with. Overrides the NOMAD_TOKEN environment variable if set.

Apply Options

  • -description: Sets the human readable description for the ACL policy.

  • -job: Attaches the policy to the specified job. Requires that -namespace is also set.

  • -namespace: Attaches the policy to the specified namespace. Requires that -job is also set.

  • -group: Attaches the policy to the specified task group. Requires that -namespace and -job are also set.

  • -task: Attaches the policy to the specified task. Requires that -namespace, -job and -group are also set.

Examples

Create a new ACL Policy:

$ nomad acl policy apply my-policy my-policy.json
Successfully wrote 'my-policy' ACL policy!

Associate an ACL Policy with a specific task:

$ nomad acl policy apply \
    -namespace default -job example -group cache -task redis \
    my-policy my-policy.json
Successfully wrote 'my-policy' ACL policy!
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