Deleting roles

Removing roles from the OpenStack Identity is a simple one step. In this example, we will show how to delete a role named oldrole.

Getting ready

Ensure that you are logged on to a correctly configured OpenStack client and can access the OpenStack environment as a user with admin privileges.

Refer to Chapter 2, The OpenStack Client, for details of setting up your environment to use OpenStack command-line client.

How to do it…

In order to delete a role, execute the following commands:

1. Get the role's name from a current role list:

   openstack role list
   

   

2. Delete the oldrole role:

   openstack role delete oldrole
   

   This command will have no output.

How it works…

Deleting unnecessary roles is simple when using OpenStack command-line tool. Start with a command to get an existing role:

openstack role list

Delete a role by executing the following:

openstack role delete <role>

Here the <role> parameter can be either role ID or role name.