Consul ACL - Export/Import.

1ACLImportExport.md

Use Consulate to export and import ACLs from Consul.

Setup your environment before you run these scripts:

export CONSUL_HOST="localhost"
export MASTER_TOKEN="myMasterToken"

Reference:

• https://github.com/gmr/consulate

acl_export.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import consulate,json,os,sys
host=os.environ.get("CONSUL_HOST")
token=os.environ.get("MASTER_TOKEN")
consul = consulate.Consul(host=host,token=token)
print(json.dumps(consul.acl.list(), indent=2)

acl_import.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import consulate,json,os,sys
host=os.environ.get("CONSUL_HOST")
token=os.environ.get("MASTER_TOKEN")
consul = consulate.Consul(host=host,token=token)

# Use argument
acls = json.loads(open(sys.argv[1]).read())
# Use stdin
#j = json.load(sys.stdin)

for acl in acls:
    name = acl.get('Name'),
    acl_type = acl.get('Type'),
    rules = acl.get('Rules')
    acl_id = acl.get('ID')
    try: 
      consul.acl.update(acl_id=acl_id,name=name,acl_type=acl_type,rules=rules)
    except: 
      print("Error..")