---
title: stack kb roles get-security-role-name cli command
description: Get a role Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4097/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/roles/get-security-role-name
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb roles get-security-role-name cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb roles get-security-role-name --name <name> [options]
```

Get a role
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--name string required">
    The role name.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--replace-deprecated-privileges">
    If `true` and the response contains any privileges that are associated with deprecated features, they are omitted in favor of details about the appropriate replacement feature privileges.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>