OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Fourth Edition

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.