---
name: "deck"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "deck"
version: "1.4.0-1+b24"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/deck"
---

# deck(1)

Configuration management for Kong and Kong Enterprise

## NAME

deck - Configuration management for Kong and Kong Enterprise

## DESCRIPTION

decK helps you manage Kong clusters with a declarative configuration file.

It can be used to export, import or sync entities to Kong.

### Usage:

-

  deck \[command\]

### Available Commands:

- completion

  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell

- diff

  Diff the current entities in Kong with the on on disks

- dump

  Export Kong configuration to a file

- help

  Help about any command

- ping

  Verify connectivity with Kong

- reset

  Reset deletes all entities in Kong

- sync

  Sync performs operations to get Kong's configuration to match the state file

- validate

  Validate the state file

- version

  Print the version of decK

### Flags:

- **--ca-cert** string

  Custom CA certificate to use to verify Kong's Admin TLS certificate. This value can also be set using DECK\_CA\_CERT environment variable.

- **--config** string

  config file (default is $HOME/.deck.yaml)

- **--headers** strings

  HTTP Headers(key:value) to inject in all requests to Kong's Admin API. This flag can be specified multiple times to inject multiple headers.

- **-h**, **--help**

  help for deck

- **--kong-addr** string

  HTTP Address of Kong's Admin API. This value can also be set using DECK\_KONG\_ADDR

-

  environment variable. (default "http://localhost:8001")

- **--no-color**

  disable colorized output

- **--skip-workspace-crud**

  Skip API calls related to Workspaces (Kong Enterprise only)

- **--tls-server-name** string

  Name to use to verify the hostname in Kong's Admin TLS certificate. This value can also be set using DECK\_TLS\_SERVER\_NAME environment variable.

- **--tls-skip-verify**

  Disable verification of Kong's Admin TLS certificate. This value can also be set using DECK\_TLS\_SKIP\_VERIFY environment variable.

- **--verbose** int

  Enable verbose verbose logging levels Setting this value to 2 outputs all HTTP requests/responses between decK and Kong.

Use "deck \[command\] **--help**" for more information about a command.