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Clear roles cache APIedit
Evicts roles from the native role cache.
Requestedit
POST /_xpack/security/role/<name>/_clear_cache
Descriptionedit
For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Configuring a native realm.
Path Parametersedit
-
name - (string) The name of the role.
Authorizationedit
To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster
privilege.
Examplesedit
The clear roles cache API evicts roles from the native role cache. For example,
to clear the cache for my_admin_role:
POST /_xpack/security/role/my_admin_role/_clear_cache