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Elasticsearch Guide [7.7] » REST APIs » Security APIs » Clear roles cache API
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Clear roles cache APIedit

Evicts roles from the native role cache.

Requestedit

POST /_security/role/<name>/_clear_cache

Prerequisitesedit

  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Descriptionedit

For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parametersedit

name
(string) The name of the role.

Examplesedit

The clear roles cache API evicts roles from the native role cache. For example, to clear the cache for my_admin_role:

POST /_security/role/my_admin_role/_clear_cache
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