# Migrate from ELK to ECK - roles, role\_mappings **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Created:** [April 21, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505 "2023-04-21T09:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![charlot\_Attard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@charlot\_Attard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charlot_Attard)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/1 "2023-04-21T09:33:07Z")
Hello, We are migrating ELK Version 7.17.0 to ECK Version 7.17.0 and we want to automate as much as we can the setup of the cluster. Is there a way whilst provisioning the ECK in the yaml manifets or init scripts we create custom roles and custom role\_mappings so when we restore from ELK - their is less manual overhead ? Thankyou ---
**Author:** ![Thibault\_Richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thibault_richard/32/50513_2.png) [@Thibault\_Richard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thibault_Richard)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/2 "2023-04-21T15:36:05Z")
Hello, We fully support the Elasticsearch file realm in ECK [Users and roles | Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes [2.6] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/2.6/k8s-users-and-roles.html#k8s_file_realm). ---
**Author:** ![charlot\_Attard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@charlot\_Attard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charlot_Attard)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/3 "2023-04-24T07:03:24Z")
Its not possible to run a bash script which connects with api and create the roles ? Once elasticsearch starts ? If it is possible can you give me an example where and how we can implement it ? Thanks a lot ---
**Author:** ![charlot\_Attard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8797f3/32.png) [@charlot\_Attard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charlot_Attard)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/4 "2023-04-26T07:14:00Z")
> [@charlot\_Attard](#): > > Its not possible to run a bash script which connects with api and create the roles ? Once elasticsearch starts ? If it is possible can you give me an example where and how we can implement it ? Thanks a lot Hello @Thibault_Richard, This article caters only for roles, whilst we need to export and import role\_mappings also ---
**Author:** ![Thibault\_Richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thibault_richard/32/50513_2.png) [@Thibault\_Richard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thibault_Richard)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/5 "2023-04-28T16:14:03Z")
For advanced configurations like role mappings, there is: [Elastic Stack configuration policies | Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes [2.7] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-stack-config-policy.html). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-from-elk-to-eck-roles-role-mappings/330505/6 "2023-05-26T16:15:00Z")
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