--- layout: docs page_title: 'Commands: ACL Bootstrap' sidebar_title: 'bootstrap' sidebar_current: docs-commands-acl-bootstrap --- # Consul ACL Bootstrap Command: `consul acl bootstrap` The `acl bootstrap` command will request Consul to generate a new token with unlimited privileges to use for management purposes and output its details. This can only be done once and afterwards bootstrapping will be disabled. If all tokens are lost and you need to bootstrap again you can follow the bootstrap [reset procedure](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/security-networking/acl-troubleshooting?utm_source=consul.io&utm_medium=docs#reset-the-acl-system). The ACL system can also be bootstrapped via the [HTTP API](/api/acl/acl#bootstrap-acls). ## Usage Usage: `consul acl bootstrap [options]` #### API Options @include 'http_api_options_client.mdx' @include 'http_api_options_server.mdx' #### Command Options - `-format={pretty|json}` - Command output format. The default value is `pretty`. The output looks like this: ```text AccessorID: 4d123dff-f460-73c3-02c4-8dd64d136e01 SecretID: 86cddfb9-2760-d947-358d-a2811156bf31 Description: Bootstrap Token (Global Management) Local: false Create Time: 2018-10-22 11:27:04.479026 -0400 EDT Policies: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001 - global-management ```