DECK(1)

✨ NAME ✨

deck — configuration management for Kong and Kong Enterprise 🦍👑

(and yes bestie, this is the section 1 manual page, DECK(1), so you already know it's a user command 💅)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so listen. decK helps you manage Kong clusters with a declarative configuration file. no clicking around in a UI, no vibes-based config drift, just a file that says what your world should look like 🌍✨

It can be used to export, import or sync entities to Kong. that's the whole personality, and it ate 🍽️

🫶 Usage:

deck [command]

🎀 Available Commands:

• completion — Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell. so you can stop typing the whole thing like a peasant ✨
• diff — Diff the current entities in Kong with the on on disks. like a spot-the-difference but for your gateway 🔍
• dump — Export Kong configuration to a file. screenshotting your whole setup, but as config 📸
• help — Help about any command. the "bestie explain" button 🙋‍♀️
• ping — Verify connectivity with Kong. is anyone there?? 👀
• reset — Reset deletes all entities in Kong. this is the nuclear option, more on that in a sec 💀
• sync — Sync performs operations to get Kong's configuration to match the state file. the main character of this whole operation 👑
• validate — Validate the state file. proofread before you post 📝
• version — Print the version of decK. receipts, basically 🧾

🌸 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). your lil home base 🏠
• --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. stack 'em, queen 🥞
• -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. for when you're feeling monochrome, no judgement 🌫️
• --skip-workspace-crud — Skip API calls related to Workspaces (Kong Enterprise only). enterprise girlies 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. 🚨 (turning off cert verification means you're trusting whatever shows up, so like… be aware.)
• --verbose int — Enable verbose verbose logging levels. Setting this value to 2 outputs all HTTP requests/responses between decK and Kong. yes it literally says "verbose verbose" and honestly, mood. level 2 is the full behind-the-scenes commentary track 🎙️🔥

heads up bestie: reset deletes all entities in Kong. that is not a typo, that is the entire job description of that command. read twice, run once 💀

And for anything else:

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

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that's the whole page, no notes 💜 ngl you're gonna slay your Kong config. go forth and sync, periodt. 🦋

this manual was brought to you by deck 1.4.0, dated December 2025 — see you in the next release, love u bye 🎀✨