PostgreSQL: CREATE ROLE

• CREATE ROLE adds a new role to a PostgreSQL database cluster. A role can be considered a user, or group.

Overview

• https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-createrole.html

CREATE ROLE name [ [ WITH ] option [ ... ] ]

where option can be: 

      SUPERUSER | NOSUPERUSER
    | CREATEDB | NOCREATEDB
    | CREATEROLE | NOCREATEROLE
    | CREATEUSER | NOCREATEUSER
    | INHERIT | NOINHERIT
    | LOGIN | NOLOGIN
    | REPLICATION | NOREPLICATION
    | CONNECTION LIMIT connlimit
    | [ ENCRYPTED | UNENCRYPTED ] PASSWORD 'password'
    | VALID UNTIL 'timestamp'
    | IN ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | IN GROUP role_name [, ...]
    | ROLE role_name [, ...]
    | ADMIN role_name [, ...]
    | USER role_name [, ...]
    | SYSID uid

Examples

• CREATE ROLE my_username WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'jw8s130F4' VALID UNTIL '2022-01-01';
• CREATE ROLE my_username WITH CREATEDB CREATEROLE;
• CREATE ROLE my_username NOLOGIN;

Related commands

• ALTER USER
• CREATE USER
• PostgreSQL: Database roles
• GRANT your_username_origin TO your_new_username_with_same_privileges;
• useradd
• List users: \du
• ERROR: role "your role" does not exist

See also

• PostgreSQL: Database roles, CREATE USER, CREATE ROLE, \du, \du+, create user, Alter user
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