---
title: "Configure calicoctl"
description: "Configure the calicoctl to access your datastore."
product: "Calico Enterprise"
version: "3.21"
section: "Operations"
canonical_url: "https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/operations/clis/calicoctl/configure/"
---

# Configure calicoctl

## [📄️Configure calicoctl](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/operations/clis/calicoctl/configure/overview.md)

[Configure calicoctl for datastore access.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/operations/clis/calicoctl/configure/overview.md)

## [📄️Configure calicoctl to connect to the datastore](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/operations/clis/calicoctl/configure/datastore.md)

[Sample configuration files for the Kubernetes API datastore.](https://docs.tigera.io/calico-enterprise/3.21/operations/clis/calicoctl/configure/datastore.md)