# regex support in roles definition **URL:** \ **Category:** Search Guard\ **Created:** [February 20, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/regex-support-in-roles-definition/812 "2018-02-20T11:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alextxm79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@alextxm79](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/alextxm79)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/regex-support-in-roles-definition/812/1 "2018-02-20T11:11:27Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to specify an index pattern in sg\_roles.yml but i can’t get it to work. I’m using searchguard 5 (latest) with ES 5.6.6. I’m using something like ‘/^myprefix.\*$/’ (to match myprefixWHATEVER indices) but it does not work: sg\_testrole: cluster: - CLUSTER\_COMPOSITE\_OPS\_RO - indices:data/read/scroll\* indices: #this WORKS but it not a regex ‘myprefix\*’: ‘\*’: - READ - SEARCH - indices:data/read/field\_caps #this DOES NOT work ‘/^myotherprefix.\*$/’: ‘\*’: - READ - SEARCH - indices:data/read/field\_caps ‘?kibana’: ‘\*’: - INDICES\_ALL is there something wrong in my definition ? Thank you in advance for your help Alessandro ---
**Author:** ![searchguard\_google\_group](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/searchguard_google_group/32/462_2.png) [@searchguard\_google\_group](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/searchguard_google_group)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/regex-support-in-roles-definition/812/2 "2018-02-21T20:51:06Z")
try something '/myprefix.\*/' (omit the ^ $) and '/myotherprefix.\*/' > **···** > > > Am 20.02.2018 um 12:06 schrieb alextxm79@gmail.com: > > > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to specify an index pattern in sg\_roles.yml but i can't get it to work. > > I'm using searchguard 5 (latest) with ES 5.6.6. > > > > I'm using something like '/^myprefix.\*$/' (to match myprefixWHATEVER indices) but it does not work: > > > > sg\_testrole: > >   cluster: > >     - CLUSTER\_COMPOSITE\_OPS\_RO > >     - indices:data/read/scroll\* > >   indices: > >     #this WORKS but it not a regex > >     'myprefix\*': > >       '\*': > >         - READ > >         - SEARCH > >         - indices:data/read/field\_caps > >     #this DOES NOT work > >     '^myotherprefix.\*$': > >       '\*': > >         - READ > >         - SEARCH > >         - indices:data/read/field\_caps > >     '?kibana': > >       '\*': > >         - INDICES\_ALL > > > > is there something wrong in my definition ? > > Thank you in advance for your help > > > > Alessandro > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Search Guard Community Forum" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to search-guard+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > To post to this group, send email to search-guard@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/d37be770-0c26-4da1-af35-0487007127b2%40googlegroups.com\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/d37be770-0c26-4da1-af35-0487007127b2%40googlegroups.com%5C). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout\](https://groups.google.com/d/optout%5C). ---
**Author:** ![searchguard\_google\_group](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/searchguard_google_group/32/462_2.png) [@searchguard\_google\_group](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/searchguard_google_group)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/regex-support-in-roles-definition/812/3 "2018-02-21T21:00:26Z")
ah, and you need to esacpe the dot (.) like explained here [https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard/blob/master/sgconfig/sg\_roles.yml](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard/blob/master/sgconfig/sg_roles.yml) and > **[Search Guard roles](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/roles-permissions#dynamic-index-names-wildcards-and-regular-expressions)** > > How to define role based access to Elasticsearch on index level with Search Guard. > **···** > > > Am 21.02.2018 um 21:51 schrieb SG \: > > > > try something '/myprefix.\*/' (omit the ^ $) > > > > and '/myotherprefix.\*/' > > > > > Am 20.02.2018 um 12:06 schrieb alextxm79@gmail.com: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > I'm trying to specify an index pattern in sg\_roles.yml but i can't get it to work. > > > I'm using searchguard 5 (latest) with ES 5.6.6. > > > > > > I'm using something like '/^myprefix.\*$/' (to match myprefixWHATEVER indices) but it does not work: > > > > > > sg\_testrole: > > > cluster: > > >    - CLUSTER\_COMPOSITE\_OPS\_RO > > >    - indices:data/read/scroll\* > > > indices: > > >    #this WORKS but it not a regex > > >    'myprefix\*': > > >      '\*': > > >        - READ > > >        - SEARCH > > >        - indices:data/read/field\_caps > > >    #this DOES NOT work > > >    '^myotherprefix.\*$': > > >      '\*': > > >        - READ > > >        - SEARCH > > >        - indices:data/read/field\_caps > > >    '?kibana': > > >      '\*': > > >        - INDICES\_ALL > > > > > > is there something wrong in my definition ? > > > Thank you in advance for your help > > > > > > Alessandro > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Search Guard Community Forum" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to search-guard+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to search-guard@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/d37be770-0c26-4da1-af35-0487007127b2%40googlegroups.com\](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/search-guard/d37be770-0c26-4da1-af35-0487007127b2%40googlegroups.com%5C). > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout\](https://groups.google.com/d/optout%5C).