chainctl
chainctl Chainguard Control
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Enable a policy gate for an organization.
Enable a policy gate by creating a binding for an organization. If the policy is already enabled, its mode is updated.
This is a shortcut for “policy-gate binding create”.
The default mode is DRY_RUN.
chainctl policy-gate enable --policy POLICY [--parent ORG] [--mode MODE] [--output=json|table] [flags]
# Enable a policy in DRY_RUN mode
chainctl policy-gates enable --policy=no-critical-cves --parent=example.com --mode=DRY_RUN
# Enable a policy in enforce mode
chainctl policy-gates enable --policy=no-critical-cves --parent=example.com --mode=ENFORCE --mode string The policy mode (ENFORCE or LOG).
--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]) --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.Last updated: 2026-05-22 22:52