Consul Resource
Command: consul resource
Use the resource command to apply, list, read, and delete resources when interacting with Consul's v2 catalog through the command line. For more information, refer to v2 catalog API.
The consul resource command has usage limitations in Consul v1.17.0. The CLI does not accept partition, namespace, and peer arguments, but the v2 catalog outputs this information when you add the read or list subcommand. In addition, do not use the apply and delete commands with Consul on Kubernetes in this release. Use the kubectl command to apply or delete resources instead. Refer to configure multi-port services for an example of the workflow to apply resources.
Usage
On Kubernetes deployments, you must use a kubectl exec command to open a shell to the Consul server's container before you can run this Consul CLI command.
Subcommands
You can issue the following subcommands with the consul resource command.
apply
consul resource apply writes or updates a resource at a given file path.
The following table shows the required ACLs permission to run the apply command:
| ACL Required |
|---|
operator:write |
Command Options
-f=<filepath>- (Required) The path to the file that defines the Consul resource. When the file that defines the resource is in the current working directory, you may optionally omit this flag and pass the resource filename only.
Example usage
The following command applies a traffic permissions resource to Consul that restricts service-to-service communication to authorized services only.
delete
consul resource delete removes a Consul resource at a given file path.
The following table shows the required ACL permissions to run the delete command:
| ACL Required |
|---|
operator:write |
Command Options
-f=<filepath>- (Required) The path to the file that defines the Consul resource. When the file that defines the resource is in the current working directory, you may optionally omit this flag and pass the resource filename only.
Example usage
The following command removes a traffic permissions resource from Consul that restricts service-to-service communication to authorized services only.
list
consul resource list outputs information about resources according to the type of resource and the location where the resource is applied.
This command must be issued with a resource type. By formatting the type on the command line as group.groupVersion.kind, you can return all matching resources. For example, you can list information about services with catalog.v2beta1.Service and TCP routes with mesh.v2beta1.TCPRoute. Refer to v2 catalog for more information.
Do not include a resource name when listing resources.
The following table shows the required ACL permissions to run the list command:
| ACL Required |
|---|
operator:read |
Command Options
The following flags enable you to filter results.
-partition=<string>- The partition where the resources apply.-namespace=<string>- The namespace where the resources apply.-peer=<string>- The clusters with established cluster peering connections where the resources apply.
Example usage
The following command lists resources that apply to services registered with the v2 catalog API, and includes a sample output for the api and web services registered in configure multi-port services:
read
consul resource read outputs information about resources according to the type and name of the resource.
This command must be issued with a resource type and a resource name. By formatting the type on the command line as group.groupVersion.kind, you can return all matching resources. For example, you can read information about services with catalog.v2beta1.Service, TCP routes with mesh.v2beta1.TCPRoute, and traffic permissions with auth.v2beta1.TrafficPermissions. Refer to v2 catalog for more information.
The following table shows the required ACL permissions to run the read command:
| ACL Required |
|---|
operator:read |
Command Options
-partition=<string>- The partition where the resource applies.-namespace=<string>- The namespace where the resource applies.-peer=<string>- The clusters with established cluster peering connections where the resource applies.-stale- Permits any Consul server to respond to the request. This flag enables for lower latency and higher throughput, but may result in stale data. This option has no effect on non-read operations.-token- A Consul ACL token to include with the request.
Example usage
The following example demonstrates a command to read the web service and includes an example output that includes information such as ports, virtual IPs, and status.