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# Consul ACL Auth Method Create

Command: `consul acl auth-method create`

The `acl auth-method create` command creates new auth methods.

## Usage

Usage: `consul acl auth-method create [options] [args]`

#### API Options

@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
@include 'http_api_options_server.mdx'

#### Command Options

- `-description=<string>` - A description of the auth method.

- `-meta` - Indicates that auth method metadata such as the raft indices should
  be shown for each entry.

- `-name=<string>` - The new auth method's name. This flag is required.

- `-type=<string>` - The new auth method's type. This flag is required.

- `-kubernetes-ca-cert=<string>` - PEM encoded CA cert for use by the TLS
  client used to talk with the Kubernetes API. May be prefixed with '@' to
  indicate that the value is a file path to load the cert from. This flag is
  required for `-type=kubernetes`.

- `-kubernetes-host=<string>` - Address of the Kubernetes API server. This flag
  is required for `-type=kubernetes`.

- `-kubernetes-service-account-jwt=<string>` - A Kubernetes service account JWT
  used to access the TokenReview API to validate other JWTs during login. This
  flag is required for `-type=kubernetes`.

- `-format={pretty|json}` - Command output format. The default value is `pretty`.

#### Enterprise Options

@include 'http_api_namespace_options.mdx'

## Examples

Create a new Kubernetes auth method:

```sh
$ consul acl auth-method create -name minikube -type kubernetes \
    -description 'minikube auth method' \
    -kubernetes-host 'https://192.0.2.42:8443' \
    -kubernetes-ca-cert '@minikube-ca.crt' \
    -kubernetes-service-account-jwt 'eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI...'
Name:         minikube
Type:         kubernetes
Description:  minikube auth method
Config:
{
  "CACert": "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n...-----END CERTIFICATE-----\n",
  "Host": "https://192.0.2.42:8443",
  "ServiceAccountJWT": "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI..."
}
```