# chainctl policy enable

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
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## chainctl policy 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".

--mode is required and must be either ENFORCE or 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 policy enable --policy POLICY [--parent ORG] --mode MODE [--param KEY=VALUE] [--output=json|table] [flags]
```

### Examples

```

# Enable a policy in DRY_RUN mode
chainctl policy enable --policy=no-eol --parent=example.com --mode=DRY_RUN

# Enable a policy in enforce mode
chainctl policy enable --policy=no-eol --parent=example.com --mode=ENFORCE

# Enable a policy with a parameter value
chainctl policy enable --policy=cooldown --parent=example.com --mode=ENFORCE --param=days=14

```

### Options

```
      --mode string         The policy mode (ENFORCE or DRY_RUN).
      --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 policy](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_policy/)	 - Manage policies.