Consul Connect · Schema

Consul Connect Intention

An intention authorizes or denies traffic between two services in the Consul service mesh.

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Properties

Name Type Description
ID string Server-assigned UUID (deprecated in v1.9+ in favor of source/destination addressing).
SourceName string Source service name. Use '*' for any source.
DestinationName string Destination service name.
SourceNS string Source namespace (Consul Enterprise).
DestinationNS string Destination namespace (Consul Enterprise).
Action string Whether the intention permits or denies the connection.
Description string Human-readable description of the intention.
Precedence integer Server-computed precedence used to evaluate overlapping intentions.
Meta object Arbitrary key/value metadata.
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JSON Schema

consul-connect-intention-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/schemas/intention.json",
  "title": "Consul Connect Intention",
  "description": "An intention authorizes or denies traffic between two services in the Consul service mesh.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "ID": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Server-assigned UUID (deprecated in v1.9+ in favor of source/destination addressing)."
    },
    "SourceName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source service name. Use '*' for any source."
    },
    "DestinationName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Destination service name."
    },
    "SourceNS": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source namespace (Consul Enterprise)."
    },
    "DestinationNS": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Destination namespace (Consul Enterprise)."
    },
    "Action": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["allow", "deny"],
      "description": "Whether the intention permits or denies the connection."
    },
    "Description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable description of the intention."
    },
    "Precedence": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Server-computed precedence used to evaluate overlapping intentions."
    },
    "Meta": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Arbitrary key/value metadata.",
      "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" }
    }
  },
  "required": ["SourceName", "DestinationName", "Action"]
}

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