Source: https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/server-admin/authorization/create-role/
Documentation version: v5.3.2

# CREATE ROLE

`CREATE ROLE` creates a custom role in the current service group. A new role has no privileges until you add them with [GRANT](https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/server-admin/authorization/grant-privilege/).

## Prerequisites

First [connect to the Graph service](https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/get-started/first-query/#connect). Run the command in a GQL client.

To create a role, you must have `ADMIN` in the current service group.

## Syntax

Syntax diagramBNF

 create_role_command  

````
create_role_command ::=
    'CREATE' 'ROLE' ('IF NOT EXISTS')? role_name  ('COMMENT' '"' comment '"')?

````

## Parameters

### `IF NOT EXISTS`

Skip creation if the role exists, preserving its description and privileges. Without this clause, an existing role with the same name causes an error.

### `role_name`

The name of the role to be created. `role_name` must be a regular identifier. For more information about identifiers, see [Rules for naming identifiers](https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/database-gql-reference/overview/keywords-identifiers/).

### `comment`

The description of the role. The description must be a string literal.

## Examples

````
CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS role1 COMMENT "This is role1"

````

Check [SHOW ALL ROLES](https://dev-docs.nebula-graph.io/v5.3.2/database-gql-reference/data-admin/show/show-all-roles/) for a record with `name` set to `role1` and `comment` set to `This is role1`.