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<AgentInstructions>

## Submitting Feedback

If you encounter incorrect, outdated, or confusing documentation on this page, submit feedback:

POST https://docs.kosli.com/feedback

```json
{
  "path": "/client_reference/kosli_create_policy",
  "feedback": "Description of the issue"
}
```

Only submit feedback when you have something specific and actionable to report.

</AgentInstructions>

# kosli create policy

> Create or update a Kosli policy.

## Synopsis

```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
kosli create policy POLICY-NAME POLICY-FILE-PATH [flags]
```

Updating policy content creates a new version of the policy.

## Flags

| Flag                 | Description                                                                                                                          |
| :------------------- | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| --comment string     | \[optional] comment about the change made in a policy file when updating a policy.                                                   |
| --description string | \[optional] policy description.                                                                                                      |
| -D, --dry-run        | \[optional] Run in dry-run mode. When enabled, no data is sent to Kosli and the CLI exits with 0 exit code regardless of any errors. |
| -h, --help           | help for policy                                                                                                                      |
| --type string        | \[defaulted] the type of policy. One of: \[env] (default "env")                                                                      |

## Flags inherited from parent commands

| Flag                      | Description                                                                                                 |
| :------------------------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| -a, --api-token string    | The Kosli API token.                                                                                        |
| -c, --config-file string  | \[optional] The Kosli config file path. (default "kosli")                                                   |
| --debug                   | \[optional] Print debug logs to stdout. A boolean flag [docs](/faq/#boolean-flags) (default false)          |
| -H, --host string         | \[defaulted] The Kosli endpoint. (default "[https://app.kosli.com](https://app.kosli.com)")                 |
| --http-proxy string       | \[optional] The HTTP proxy URL including protocol and port number. e.g. `http://proxy-server-ip:proxy-port` |
| -r, --max-api-retries int | \[defaulted] How many times should API calls be retried when the API host is not reachable. (default 3)     |
| --org string              | The Kosli organization.                                                                                     |

## Examples Use Cases

These examples all assume that the flags  `--api-token`, `--org`, `--host`, (and `--flow`, `--trail` when required), are [set/provided](/getting_started/install/#assigning-flags-via-environment-variables).

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="create a Kosli policy">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli create policy yourPolicyName yourPolicyFile.yml
    	--description yourPolicyDescription
    	--type env

    ```
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="update a Kosli policy">
    ```shell theme={"theme":"dracula","languages":{"custom":["/languages/rego.json"]}}
    kosli create policy yourPolicyName yourPolicyFile.yml
    	--description yourPolicyDescription
    	--type env
    	--comment yourChangeComment
    ```
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>