# nsc

NATS account configurations are built using the `nsc` tool. The NSC tool allows you to:

* Create and edit Operators, Accounts, Users
* Manage subscribe and publish permissions for Users
* Add and delete Exports and Imports
* Generate Activation tokens
* Generate User credential files
* Describe Operators, Accounts, Users, and Activations
* Push account JWTs to a server or pull account JWTs from a server

## Installation

Installing `nsc` is easy:

```text
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nats-io/nsc/master/install.py | python
```

The script will download the latest version of `nsc` and install it into your system.

## Tutorials

You can find various task-oriented tutorials to working with the tool here:

* [Basic Usage](nsc.md)
* [Configuring Streams](streams.md)
* [Configuring Services](services.md)
* [Signing Keys](signing_keys.md)
* [Revoking Users or Activations](revocation.md)
* [Working with Managed Operators](managed.md)

## Tool Documentation

For more specific browsing of the tool syntax, check out the `nsc` tool documentation. It can be found within the tool itself:

```text
> nsc help
```

Or an online version [here](https://nats-io.github.io/nsc).