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Clear roles cache API
editClear roles cache API
editEvicts roles from the native role cache.
Request
editPOST /_security/role/<roles>/_clear_cache
Prerequisites
edit-
To use this API, you must have at least the
manage_securitycluster privilege.
Description
editFor more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.
Path parameters
edit-
<roles> -
(Required, string)
Comma-separated list of roles to evict from the role cache. To evict all
roles, use
*. Does not support other wildcard patterns.
Examples
editThe clear roles cache API evicts roles from the native role cache. For example,
to clear the cache for my_admin_role:
POST /_security/role/my_admin_role/_clear_cache
Specify multiple roles as a comma-separated list.
POST /_security/role/my_admin_role,my_test_role/_clear_cache
To clear all roles from the cache, use *.
POST /_security/role/*/_clear_cache