From 078e28f05930cf89c1b47963738b0e6da4d3288c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hc-github-team-consul-core Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:43:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Backport of docs: clarify reloadable config option usage into release/1.14.x (#16037) * backport of commit 745df8f313aecceba7cf913773f66db20bfc51f1 * backport of commit c0329441be5bf4157364cdc1996894ceb937afc4 * backport of commit dbd69ea28a28819521438fd268aceb91ad923e87 Co-authored-by: Jared Kirschner <85913323+jkirschner-hashicorp@users.noreply.github.com> --- website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx b/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx index ca9dbc3344..18b875a207 100644 --- a/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx +++ b/website/content/docs/agent/config/index.mdx @@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ required ports and their default settings. ## Reloadable Configuration -Reloading configuration does not reload all configuration items. The -items which are reloaded include: +Some agent configuration options are reloadable at runtime. +You can run the [`consul reload` command](/commands/reload) to manually reload supported options from configuration files in the configuration directory. +To configure the agent to automatically reload configuration files updated on disk, +set the [`auto_reload_config` configuration option](/consul/docs/agent/config/config-files#auto_reload_config) parameter to `true`. +The following agent configuration options are reloadable at runtime: - ACL Tokens - [Configuration Entry Bootstrap](/docs/agent/config/config-files#config_entries_bootstrap) - Checks