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# Gns3util cluster control roles update

## gns3util cluster-control roles update

Replace a role's description and scopes in etcd

```
gns3util cluster-control roles update <role-name> [flags]
```

### Examples

```
  gns3util ctl roles update viewer \
    --description "Updated read-only" \
    --scopes "read:files"
```

### Options

```
      --description string   New description
  -h, --help                 help for update
      --scopes string        Comma-separated action:resource pairs
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
  -c, --cluster string      Cluster name from keyfile. Mutually exclusive with --server
  -i, --insecure            Ignore unsigned SSL-Certificates. Can be set via GNS3_INSECURE
  -k, --key-file string     Path to authentication keyfile. Can be set via GNS3_KEY_FILE or config.toml
  -o, --output string       Output format: [json, json-colorless, collapsed, yaml, toml, table, table-ascii]. Can be set via GNS3_OUTPUT (default "table")
  -s, --server string       GNS3v3 Server URL. Can be set via GNS3_SERVER or config.toml
      --user string[="~"]   User to select from the keyfile. Omit the value to open a fuzzy picker (--user), or pass a name (--user alice).
```

### SEE ALSO

* [gns3util cluster-control roles](gns3util_cluster-control_roles.md)	 - Manage control-plane roles in etcd

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