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Get specific role API

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Get specific role API

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Retrieves a specific role.

The underlying mechanism of enforcing role-based access control is stable, but the APIs for managing the roles are experimental.

Prerequisite

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To use the get specific role API, you must have the manage_security cluster privilege.

Request

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GET /api/security/role/my_restricted_kibana_role

Response code

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200
Indicates a successful call.

Example

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The API returns the following:

{
  "name": "my_restricted_kibana_role",
  "metadata" : {
    "version" : 1
  },
  "transient_metadata": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "elasticsearch": {
    "cluster": [ ],
    "indices": [ ],
    "run_as": [ ]
  },
   "kibana": [
    {
      "base": [
        "read"
      ],
      "feature": {},
      "spaces": [
        "marketing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "base": [],
      "feature": {
        "discover": [
          "all"
        ],
        "visualize": [
          "all"
        ],
        "dashboard": [
          "all"
        ],
        "dev_tools": [
          "read"
        ],
        "advancedSettings": [
          "read"
        ],
        "indexPatterns": [
          "read"
        ],
        "timelion": [
          "all"
        ],
        "graph": [
          "all"
        ],
        "apm": [
          "read"
        ],
        "maps": [
          "read"
        ],
        "canvas": [
          "read"
        ],
        "infrastructure": [
          "all"
        ],
        "logs": [
          "all"
        ],
        "uptime": [
          "all"
        ]
      },
      "spaces": [
        "sales",
        "default"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
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