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**Problem:** For historical reasons, source files for the Elasticsearch Guide's security, watcher, and Logstash API docs are housed in the `x-pack/docs` directory. This can confuse new contributors who expect Elasticsearch Guide docs to be located in `docs/reference`. **Solution:** - Move the security, watcher, and Logstash API doc source files to the `docs/reference` directory - Update doc snippet tests to use security Rel: https://github.com/elastic/platform-docs-team/issues/208
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[role="xpack"]
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[[security-api-get-role]]
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=== Get roles API
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<titleabbrev>Get roles</titleabbrev>
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Retrieves roles in the native realm.
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[[security-api-get-role-request]]
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==== {api-request-title}
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`GET /_security/role` +
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`GET /_security/role/<name>` +
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[[security-api-get-role-prereqs]]
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==== {api-prereq-title}
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* To use this API, you must have at least the `read_security` cluster privilege.
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[[security-api-get-role-desc]]
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==== {api-description-title}
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The role management APIs are generally the preferred way to manage roles, rather than using
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<<roles-management-file,file-based role management>>. The get roles
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API cannot retrieve roles that are defined in roles files.
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[[security-api-get-role-path-params]]
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==== {api-path-parms-title}
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`name`::
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(Optional, string) The name of the role. You can specify multiple roles as a
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comma-separated list. If you do not specify this parameter, the API
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returns information about all roles.
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[[security-api-get-role-response-body]]
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==== {api-response-body-title}
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A successful call returns an array of roles with the JSON representation of the
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role.
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[[security-api-get-role-response-codes]]
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==== {api-response-codes-title}
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If the role is not defined in the native realm, the request returns 404.
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[[security-api-get-role-example]]
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==== {api-examples-title}
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The following example retrieves information about the `my_admin_role` role in
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the native realm:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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GET /_security/role/my_admin_role
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--------------------------------------------------
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// TEST[setup:admin_role]
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[source,console-result]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{
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"my_admin_role": {
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"cluster" : [ "all" ],
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"indices" : [
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{
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"names" : [ "index1", "index2" ],
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"privileges" : [ "all" ],
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"allow_restricted_indices" : false,
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"field_security" : {
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"grant" : [ "title", "body" ]}
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}
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],
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"applications" : [ ],
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"run_as" : [ "other_user" ],
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"metadata" : {
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"version" : 1
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},
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"transient_metadata": {
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"enabled": true
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}
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}
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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To retrieve all roles, omit the role name:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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GET /_security/role
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--------------------------------------------------
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// TEST[continued]
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