I defined a customer role in roles.yml such as: my_user_role: cluster: [ 'all' ] indices: - names: [ '' ] privileges: [ 'all' ] applications: [''] run_as: ['*'] After starting elasticsearch and logged in kibana to look the roles: GET /_security/role/my_user_role I found the run_as and app…

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Config a role in roles.yml but cannot specify some privileges

TimV (Tim Vernum) July 12, 2019, 4:29am 2

Roles defined through the API and roles defined in roles.yml are separate.
You cannot use the API to view roles.yml

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