# chainctl iam roles update

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
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## chainctl iam roles update

Update an IAM role.

```
chainctl iam roles update ROLE_NAME|ROLE_ID [--capabilities=CAPABILITY,...] [--add-capabilities=CAPABILITY,...] [--remove-capabilities=CAPABILITY,...] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--yes] [--output=id|json|table]
```

### Examples

```
  # Update a role with a complete set of capabilities
  chainctl iam roles update my-role --capabilities=policy.list,groups.list,identity.list
  
  # Add new capabilities to a role
  chainctl iam roles update my-role --add-capabilities=policy.create
  
  # Remove an existing capabilities from a role
  chainctl iam roles update my-role --remove-capabilities=identity.list
  
  # Interactively choose capabilities to add to a role
  chainctl iam roles update my-role --add-capabilities=
```

### Options

```
      --add-capabilities strings      A comma separated list of capabilities to add to this role (can't be used with --capabilities).
      --capabilities strings          A comma separated list of capabilities to grant this role.
      --description string            A description of the role.
      --remove-capabilities strings   A comma separated list of capabilities to remove from this role (can't be used with --capabilities).
  -y, --yes                           Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively.
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl iam roles](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_iam_roles/)	 - IAM role resource interactions.