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# Consul ACL Role Create

Command: `consul acl role create`

The `acl role create` command creates new roles.

## Usage

Usage: `consul acl role create [options] [args]`

#### API Options

<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>

#### Command Options

* `-description=<string>` - A description of the role.

* `-meta` - Indicates that role metadata such as the content hash and raft
   indices should be shown for each entry.

* `-name=<string>` - The new role's name. This flag is required.

* `-policy-id=<value>` - ID of a policy to use for this role. May be specified
  multiple times

* `-policy-name=<value>` - Name of a policy to use for this role. May be
  specified multiple times

* `-service-identity=<value>` - Name of a service identity to use for this
  role. May be specified multiple times. Format is the `SERVICENAME` or
  `SERVICENAME:DATACENTER1,DATACENTER2,...`

* `-format={pretty|json}` - Command output format. The default value is `pretty`.

#### Enterprise Options

<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_namespace_options" %>

## Examples

Create a new role with one policy:

```sh
$ consul acl role create -name "crawler" -description "web crawler role" -policy-name "crawler-kv"
ID:           57147d87-6bf7-f794-1a6e-7d038c4e4ae9
Name:         crawler
Description:  web crawler role
Policies:
   2f8f99c7-edd9-2f09-7e4b-a1f519eb4fc2 - crawler-kv
```

Create a new role with one service identity:

```sh
$ consul acl role create -name archiver -description 'archiver role' -service-identity "archiver:dc2"
ID:           a365fdc9-ac71-e754-0645-7ab6bd747301
Name:         archiver
Description:  archiver role
Service Identities:
   archiver (Datacenters: dc2)
```