Create Roles - Redis

To assign [Redis ACLs]({{< relref "/operate/rc/security/access-control/data-access-control/configure-acls" >}}) to a data access role:

Go to Data Access Control from the Redis Cloud console menu.

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Select the Roles tab.

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Select + to create a new role or point to an existing role and select the pencil icon to edit it.

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Enter a name for the role.

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Select an ACL rule to assign to the role.

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Select one or more databases from the Databases list and click the check mark to confirm the association.

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Select Save role.

When you assign a user-defined ACL rule to a role and associate it with one or more databases, we'll verify that the ACL rule will work with the selected databases. The database may go into an Inactive state for a few seconds while we verify the ACL rule.

After you create a role, you can assign it to a user. Users with this role can access the databases according to the role's associated Redis ACLs. For more information, see [Assign roles to users]({{< relref "/operate/rc/security/access-control/data-access-control/create-assign-users#assign-roles-to-existing-users" >}}).

To assign Redis ACLs to a role for an [Active-Active database]({{< relref "/operate/rc/databases/active-active" >}}), see [Active-Active access roles]({{< relref "/operate/rc/security/access-control/data-access-control/active-active-roles" >}}).