# API to create roles in SHIELD

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-create-roles-in-shield/24119
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [June 22, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-create-roles-in-shield/24119 "2015-06-22T18:25:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![divyapt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/53a042/32.png) [@divyapt](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divyapt)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-create-roles-in-shield/24119/1 "2015-06-22T18:25:31Z")

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Hi,

Is there any API to create roles in SHIELD, or editing the roles.yml file is the only way ?

Thanks,  
Divya

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### Author: ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-create-roles-in-shield/24119/2 "2015-06-22T19:45:34Z")

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Hi Divya,

We do not currently have an API for configuring roles/users in Shield. A complete API is one of our most-requested features, and is at the top of our priority list for the next major version of Shield.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/api-to-create-roles-in-shield/24119/3 "2017-07-06T13:49:07Z")

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