CREATE ROLE

Create a new database role.

Synopsis

CREATE ROLE roleName

Description

CREATE ROLE is a management statement to create a new database role in the CrateDB cluster. The newly created role does not have any special privileges, and those must be assigned afterwards, for details see the privileges documentation.

Note

ROLE is essentially the same as USER with the difference that a ROLE cannot login to the database, and therefore cannot be assigned a password or session settings, and can be granted to another USER or ROLE. On the other hand, a USER can login to the database and can also be assigned a password and session settings, but cannot be granted to another USER or ROLE.

For usages of the CREATE ROLE statement see Users and roles management.