# Can we update roles in elasticsearch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 14, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-roles-in-elasticsearch/89320 "2017-06-14T07:56:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saurab\_Dahal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Saurab\_Dahal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurab_Dahal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-roles-in-elasticsearch/89320/1 "2017-06-14T07:56:43Z")
I can setup roles in Elasticsearch , but I want to update privilege on one of my index for a specific role. Can we update role or we have to set new rule. If we have to set new rule then, how can we update existing user for that role ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-roles-in-elasticsearch/89320/2 "2017-06-14T08:11:40Z")
Hey, I moved this over to x-pack, as this is a not an Elasticsearch question. Answer: You can update a role by just storing it again. Hope this helps. --Alex ---
**Author:** ![Saurab\_Dahal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Saurab\_Dahal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saurab_Dahal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-roles-in-elasticsearch/89320/3 "2017-06-14T08:15:50Z")
thanks, I was sending POST request. I changed to PUT and it worked ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-update-roles-in-elasticsearch/89320/4 "2017-07-12T08:16:12Z")
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