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Create an operational-administrator role

POST/portal/v1/accounts/{accountSlug}/admin-roles

Creates an active custom administrator role (is_system false) with the given scope (account or environment), which cannot be changed later. Duplicate keys in capabilities are removed. Every key must be a catalog capability that a role may carry (owner-only keys are refused) and must match the role's scope, otherwise the request answers 400. The name must be unique in the Account (409). Requires admin_governance.manage, and the creation is recorded in the audit log.

Authentication

Bearer TokenAuthorization

JWT access token. Never send alongside X-API-Key: a request carrying both is refused.

Path Parameters

accountSlugstring Required

The Account's slug. An unknown one answers 404.

Request body

application/json

namestring Required

Administrator role name

descriptionstring Optional

Administrator role description

scopeenum Required

How the role is granted. `account` roles apply account-wide and carry account-global capabilities (Console access, billing, who administers). `environment` roles are granted in one Environment, optionally narrowed to a hierarchy node, and carry the people work scoped to it. Immutable once created.

one of "account" · "environment"

capabilitiesstring[] Required

Capability keys the role grants. Every key must match the role's scope.

Responses

application/json

  • dataAdminRoleResponseDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

application/json

  • errorApiErrorBodyDto*

Returned object

AdminRoleResponseDtoView all properties on this resource
Request
curl -X POST "https://auth.canopy-io.com/portal/v1/accounts/value/admin-roles" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANOPY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "scope": "account",
    "capabilities": [
      "string"
    ]
  }'
Response
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "is_system": false,
    "system_key": "string",
    "is_active": false,
    "scope": "account",
    "capabilities": [
      "string"
    ],
    "assignment_count": 0,
    "version": 0,
    "created_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-04-20T12:00:00.000Z"
  }
}
 Related endpoints
GETList operational-administrator roles for the Account
GETList the operational capabilities a role may grant
GETGet an operational-administrator role
PATCHUpdate an operational-administrator role
DELETEDelete an administrator role
GETList the identity roles an administrator role may grant in an Environment
PUTSet the identity roles an administrator role may grant in an Environment
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