HashiCorp Consul

HashiCorp Consul ACL API

Access Control List management

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 10

PUT /acl/token Create a token #
GET /acl/token/{accessorID} Read a token #
PUT /acl/token/{accessorID} Update a token #
DELETE /acl/token/{accessorID} Delete a token #
GET /acl/tokens List tokens #
PUT /acl/policy Create a policy #
GET /acl/policies List policies #
GET /acl/policy/{policyID} Read a policy #
PUT /acl/policy/{policyID} Update a policy #
DELETE /acl/policy/{policyID} Delete a policy #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs
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Authentication
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs/api-structure

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consul/refs/heads/main/openapi/consul-acl-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul

Other Resources

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ACL Documentation
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/docs/security/acl
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consul/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

consul-acl-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Consul HTTP ACL API
  description: The Consul HTTP API provides full access to Consul functionality including service discovery, health checking, key/value storage, ACL management, Connect service mesh, configuration entries, and multi-datacenter operations.
  version: 1.18.0
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp
    url: https://www.consul.io/
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8500/v1
  description: Local Consul agent
- url: https://{consul_host}:{port}/v1
  description: Custom Consul server
  variables:
    consul_host:
      default: localhost
    port:
      default: '8500'
security:
- ConsulToken: []
tags:
- name: ACL
  description: Access Control List management
paths:
  /acl/token:
    put:
      operationId: createACLToken
      summary: Create a token
      description: Creates a new ACL token.
      tags:
      - ACL
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLTokenRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLToken'
  /acl/token/{accessorID}:
    get:
      operationId: getACLToken
      summary: Read a token
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: accessorID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLToken'
    put:
      operationId: updateACLToken
      summary: Update a token
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: accessorID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLTokenRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated token
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLToken'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteACLToken
      summary: Delete a token
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: accessorID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token deleted
  /acl/tokens:
    get:
      operationId: listACLTokens
      summary: List tokens
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: policy
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: role
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: authmethod
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of tokens
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLToken'
  /acl/policy:
    put:
      operationId: createACLPolicy
      summary: Create a policy
      tags:
      - ACL
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicyRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created policy
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicy'
  /acl/policies:
    get:
      operationId: listACLPolicies
      summary: List policies
      tags:
      - ACL
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of policies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicy'
  /acl/policy/{policyID}:
    get:
      operationId: getACLPolicy
      summary: Read a policy
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: policyID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicy'
    put:
      operationId: updateACLPolicy
      summary: Update a policy
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: policyID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicyRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated policy
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ACLPolicy'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteACLPolicy
      summary: Delete a policy
      tags:
      - ACL
      parameters:
      - name: policyID
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Policy deleted
components:
  schemas:
    ACLPolicy:
      type: object
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
        Name:
          type: string
        Description:
          type: string
        Rules:
          type: string
        Datacenters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        Hash:
          type: string
        CreateIndex:
          type: integer
        ModifyIndex:
          type: integer
    ACLPolicyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - Name
      properties:
        Name:
          type: string
        Description:
          type: string
        Rules:
          type: string
          description: HCL or JSON formatted policy rules
        Datacenters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    ACLTokenRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        Description:
          type: string
        Policies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ID:
                type: string
              Name:
                type: string
        Roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ID:
                type: string
              Name:
                type: string
        ServiceIdentities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ServiceName:
                type: string
              Datacenters:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
        Local:
          type: boolean
        ExpirationTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        ExpirationTTL:
          type: string
    ACLToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        AccessorID:
          type: string
        SecretID:
          type: string
        Description:
          type: string
        Policies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ID:
                type: string
              Name:
                type: string
        Roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ID:
                type: string
              Name:
                type: string
        Local:
          type: boolean
        CreateTime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        Hash:
          type: string
        CreateIndex:
          type: integer
        ModifyIndex:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    ConsulToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-Consul-Token
      in: header
      description: ACL token for authentication