anchor.diff:  [[security-api-role-mapping]]
   === Role Mapping APIs
   
  -The Role Mapping API enables you to add, remove, and retrieve role-mappings.
  -To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
  +The Role Mapping API enables you to add, remove, and retrieve role mappings.
   
  -NOTE: The API requires that each role-mapping have a distinct name. The name is
  +==== Request
  +
  +`GET /_xpack/security/role_mapping` +
  +
  +`GET /_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>` +
  +
  +`DELETE /_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>` +
  +
  +`POST /_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>` +
  +
  +`PUT /_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>`
  +
  +==== Description
  +
  +NOTE: The API requires that each role mapping have a distinct name. The name is
    used solely as an identifier to facilitate interaction via the API, and does
    not affect the behavior of the mapping in any way.
   
  +For more information, see
  +{xpack-ref}/mapping-roles.html[Mapping Users and Groups to Roles].
  +
  +==== Path Parameters
  +
  +`name`::
  + (string) The distinct name that identifies the role mapping. If you do not
  + specify this parameter, the Get Role Mappings API returns information about all
  + role mappings.
  +
  +
  +==== Request Body
  +
  +The following parameters can be specified in the body of a PUT or POST request
  +and pertain to adding a role mapping:
  +
  +`enabled` (required)::
  +(boolean)  Mappings that have `enabled` set to `false` are ignored when role
  +mapping is performed.
  +
  +`metadata`::
  +(object) Additional metadata that helps define which roles are assigned to each
  +user. Within the `metadata` object, keys beginning with `_` are reserved for
  +system usage.
  +
  +`roles` (required)::
  +(list) A list of roles that are granted to the users that match the role-mapping
  +rules.
  +
  +`rules` (required)::
  +(object) The rules that determine which users should be matched by the mapping.
  +A rule is a logical condition that is expressed by using a JSON DSL.
  +
  +
  +==== Authorization
  +
  +To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster privilege.
  +
  +
  +==== Examples
  +
   [[security-api-put-role-mapping]]
  -To add a role-mapping, submit a PUT or POST request to the `/_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>`
  +To add a role mapping, submit a PUT or POST request to the `/_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>`
   endpoint:
   
   [source,js]
  
positive.code: // TEST[continued]
  
  [[security-api-delete-role-mapping]]
  To delete a role-mapping, submit a DELETE request to the
  `/_xpack/security/role_mapping/<name>` endpoint:
  
  [source,js]
  
negative.code: // CONSOLE
  // TEST[continued]
  
  A successful call retrieves an object, where the keys are the
  names of the request mappings, and the values are
  the JSON representation of those mappings.
  If there is no mapping with the requested name, the
  