Neon CLI commands — roles
Use the Neon CLI to manage Neon directly from the terminal
Before you begin
- Before running the rolescommand, ensure that you have installed the Neon CLI.
- If you have not authenticated with the neon 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-keyoption when running a command. See Connect.
For information about roles in Neon, see Manage roles.
The roles command
The roles command allows you to list, create, and delete roles in a Neon project.
Usage
neon roles <subcommand> [options]list
This subcommand allows you to list roles.
Usage
neon roles list [options]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 default branch of the project.
Examples
neon roles list
┌────────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name   │ Created At           │
├────────┼──────────────────────┤
│ daniel │ 2023-06-19T18:27:19Z │
└────────┴──────────────────────┘List roles with the --output format set to json:
neon roles list --output json
[
  {
    "branch_id": "br-odd-frog-703504",
    "name": "daniel",
    "protected": false,
    "created_at": "2023-06-28T10:17:28Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-06-28T10:17:28Z"
  }create
This subcommand allows you to create a role.
Usage
neon roles create [options]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 | ✓ | 
| --no-login | Create a passwordless role that cannot login | boolean | 
If a branch ID or name is not provided, the command creates a role in the default branch of the project.
Example
neon roles create --name sally
┌───────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name  │ Created At           │
├───────┼──────────────────────┤
│ sally │ 2023-06-20T00:43:17Z │
└───────┴──────────────────────┘delete
This subcommand allows you to delete a role.
Usage
neon roles delete <role> [options]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 default branch of the project.
Example
neon roles delete sally
┌───────┬──────────────────────┐
│ Name  │ Created At           │
├───────┼──────────────────────┤
│ sally │ 2023-06-20T00:43:17Z │
└───────┴──────────────────────┘Need help?
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