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## Workflow overview
## Workflow overview
Implementations may vary depending on the needs of the organization, but the following procedure describes the basic workflow for for creating and implementing ACLs:
Implementations may vary depending on the needs of the organization, but the following procedure describes the basic workflow for creating and implementing ACLs:
1. The person responsible for administrating ACLs in your organization specifies one or more authentication rules to define a [policy](#policies).
1. The person responsible for administrating ACLs in your organization specifies one or more authentication rules to define a [policy](#policies).
1. The ACL administrator uses the Consul API to generate and link a [token](#tokens) to one or more policies. The following diagram illustrates the relationship between rules, policies, and tokens:
1. The ACL administrator uses the Consul API to generate and link a [token](#tokens) to one or more policies. The following diagram illustrates the relationship between rules, policies, and tokens: