# Difficulty creating role

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764 "2023-06-12T11:40:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Jck\_H\_ui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jck_h_ui/32/122140_2.png) [@Jck\_H\_ui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jck_H_ui)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/1 "2023-06-12T11:40:08Z")

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I'm trying to create a role using the command as described in the doc's ( I'm using elastic 8.7)

```auto
curl -X POST "localhost:9200/_security/role/myprofile?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
 {
   "indices": [
     {
       "names": ["events-*"],
       "privileges": ["read","write"]
     }
   ]
 }
 '

```

But it results in an error, "no handler found for uri [/\_security/role/myprofile?pretty] and method [POST].

Any idea what Im doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/2 "2023-06-12T12:52:26Z")

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Can you remove the `?pretty` part of the URL and try again?

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**Author:** ![Jck\_H\_ui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jck_h_ui/32/122140_2.png) [@Jck\_H\_ui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jck_H_ui)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/3 "2023-06-12T12:53:42Z")

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Yes sorry should have mentioned that. I tried without the pretty, but same error

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**Author:** ![Jck\_H\_ui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jck_h_ui/32/122140_2.png) [@Jck\_H\_ui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jck_H_ui)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/4 "2023-06-12T12:56:10Z")

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I have a basic license, is that maybe the problem? Naa, then it should have mentioned something along those lines right?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/5 "2023-06-12T12:57:18Z")

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What does your node configuration look like? Do you have security enabled?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/6 "2023-06-12T12:59:40Z")

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No, it works with the Basic license, but I think @Christian_Dahlqvist has a point and I just saw it now.

On the request you are not authenticating yourself, there is no user/password.

Do you have security enabled?

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**Author:** ![Jck\_H\_ui](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jck_h_ui/32/122140_2.png) [@Jck\_H\_ui](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jck_H_ui)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/7 "2023-06-12T13:04:18Z")

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Yep @Christian_Dahlqvist you are spot on. I was pretty sure I did have it enabled but turns out I disabled it again at some point! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

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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 10, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difficulty-creating-role/335764/8 "2023-07-10T13:04:34Z")

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