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# Consul ACL Role Read

Command: `consul acl role read`

The `acl role read` command reads and displays a roles details.

## Usage

Usage: `consul acl role read [options] [args]`

#### API Options

<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_client" %>
<%= partial "docs/commands/http_api_options_server" %>

#### Command Options

* `-id=<string>` - The ID of the role to read. It may be specified as a unique ID
   prefix but will error if the prefix matches multiple role IDs.

* `-meta` - Indicates that role metadata such as the content hash and raft
  indices should be shown for each entry.

* `-name=<string>` - The name of the role to read.

## Examples

Get role details:

```sh
$ consul acl role read -id 57147d87-6bf7-f794-1a6e-7d038c4e4ae9
ID:           57147d87-6bf7-f794-1a6e-7d038c4e4ae9
Name:         crawler
Description:  web crawler role
Policies:
   2f8f99c7-edd9-2f09-7e4b-a1f519eb4fc2 - crawler-kv
```

Get role details by name:

```sh
$ consul acl role read -name archiver
ID:           a365fdc9-ac71-e754-0645-7ab6bd747301
Name:         archiver
Description:  archiver role
Service Identities:
   archiver (Datacenters: dc2)
```
