# chainctl policies enable

URL: https://edu.chainguard.dev/chainguard/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_policies_enable.md
Last Modified: June 3, 2026
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 chainctl policies enable Enable a policy for an organization.
Synopsis Enable a policy by creating a binding for an organization. If the policy is already enabled, its mode (or parameter values) is updated.
This is a shortcut for “policies binding create”.
The default mode is DRY_RUN. Pass –param=KEY=VALUE (repeatable) to supply values for policies that declare a parameter schema; omitted parameters fall back to the schema’s declared default.
chainctl policies enable --policy POLICY [--parent ORG] [--mode MODE] [--param KEY=VALUE] [--output=json|table] [flags] Examples # Enable a policy in DRY_RUN mode chainctl policies enable --policy=no-eol --parent=example.com --mode=DRY_RUN # Enable a policy in enforce mode chainctl policies enable --policy=no-eol --parent=example.com --mode=ENFORCE # Enable a policy with a parameter value chainctl policies enable --policy=cooldown --parent=example.com --mode=ENFORCE --param=days=14 Options --mode string The policy mode (ENFORCE or LOG). --param stringArray Parameter value as key=value. Repeatable. --parent string The name or id of the organization to scope the binding to. --policy string The name or UIDP of the policy to bind. --resources strings The resource types this binding applies to. (default [registry.chainguard.dev/Repo]) Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl policies	- Manage policies.