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title: create-access-control-handler
description: Creates Access Control Handlers.
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:configref:subcommands-create-access-control-handler
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/configref/subcommands-create-access-control-handler.html
---

# create-access-control-handler

Creates Access Control Handlers.

In addition to the global `dsconfig` options, the `dsconfig create-access-control-handler` subcommand takes the following options:

* `--set {PROP:VALUE}`

  Assigns a value to a property where PROP is the name of the property and VALUE is the single value to be assigned. Specify the same property multiple times in order to assign more than one value to it.

* `-t | --type {type}`

  The type of Access Control Handler which should be created. The value for TYPE can be one of: custom | dsee-compat | policy-based.

Properties used in options depend on the type of object to configure.

For details about available properties, see [Access Control Handler](objects-access-control-handler.html).