# Can certs be stored in Consul while global configuration (backends, etc) is maintained in file/TOML?

**URL:** <https://community.traefik.io/t/can-certs-be-stored-in-consul-while-global-configuration-backends-etc-is-maintained-in-file-toml/937>\
**Category:** Traefik v1\
**Tags:** file, consul\
**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/can-certs-be-stored-in-consul-while-global-configuration-backends-etc-is-maintained-in-file-toml/937 "2019-07-18T16:51:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![KevinK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@KevinK](https://community.traefik.io/u/KevinK)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/can-certs-be-stored-in-consul-while-global-configuration-backends-etc-is-maintained-in-file-toml/937/1 "2019-07-18T16:51:07Z")

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We want to use Consul to store our certificates, but we would prefer to use the file method to define our front/back/routing/etc as we have better control over this with our CI/CD process.

Is it possible to have the certs read from Consul but still have the rest of the global config read from file/TOML? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![daniel.tomcej](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.traefik.io/daniel.tomcej/32/262_2.png) [@daniel.tomcej](https://community.traefik.io/u/daniel.tomcej)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/can-certs-be-stored-in-consul-while-global-configuration-backends-etc-is-maintained-in-file-toml/937/2 "2019-07-18T17:01:44Z")

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Hello @KevinK,

Traefik v1 allows you to enable multiple providers, and have them both active at the same time.

This means that you _can_ have your certificates stored in Consul, and your other dynamic configuration loaded from the file provider.

Please note that you will want to use the dynamic TLS method as demonstrated via this section of the documentation:  
([https://docs.traefik.io/v1.7/user-guide/kv-config/#key-value-storage-structure](https://docs.traefik.io/v1.7/user-guide/kv-config/#key-value-storage-structure))

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**Author:** ![KevinK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9a140/32.png) [@KevinK](https://community.traefik.io/u/KevinK)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.traefik.io/t/can-certs-be-stored-in-consul-while-global-configuration-backends-etc-is-maintained-in-file-toml/937/3 "2019-07-18T17:32:16Z")

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Thanks so much Daniel!