Neon CLI commands — roles
Use the Neon CLI to manage Neon directly from the terminal
Before you begin
- Before running the
roles
command, ensure that you have installed the Neon CLI. - If you have not authenticated with the neonctl auth command, running a Neon CLI command automatically launches the Neon CLI browser authentication process. Alternatively, you can specify a Neon API key using the
--api-key
option when running a command. See Connect.
For information about roles in Neon, see Manage roles.
roles
command
The The roles
command allows you to list, create, and delete roles in a Neon project.
Usage
list
This subcommand allows you to list roles.
Usage
Options
In addition to the Neon CLI global options, the list
subcommand supports these options:
Option | Description | Type | Required |
---|---|---|---|
--context-file | Context file path and file name | string | |
--project-id | Project ID | string | Only if your Neon account has more than one project |
--branch | Branch ID or name | string |
If a branch ID or name is not provided, the command lists roles for the primary branch of the project.
Examples
List roles with the --output
format set to json
:
create
This subcommand allows you to create a role.
Usage
Options
In addition to the Neon CLI global options, the create
subcommand supports these options:
Option | Description | Type | Required |
---|---|---|---|
--context-file | Context file path and file name | string | |
--project-id | Project ID | string | Only if your Neon account has more than one project |
--branch | Branch ID or name | string | |
--name | The role name. Cannot exceed 63 bytes in length. | string | ✓ |
If a branch ID or name is not provided, the command creates a role in the primary branch of the project.
Example
delete
This subcommand allows you to delete a role.
Usage
Options
In addition to the Neon CLI global options, the delete
subcommand supports these options:
Option | Description | Type | Required |
---|---|---|---|
--context-file | Context file path and file name | string | |
--project-id | Project ID | string | Only if your Neon account has more than one project |
--branch | Branch ID or name | string |
If a branch ID or name is not provided, the command assumes the role resides in the primary branch of the project.
Example
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