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Tenable Access Control (Roles) API

The Access Control (Roles) API from Tenable — 3 operation(s) for access control (roles).

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Operations 6

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /access-control/v1/roles Create a custom role · Create role #

Ask an LLM

“How do I create a custom role with a specific set of privileges?”

“Can I give a new custom role a description?”

Tell an agent

Create a custom role {name} with permissions {role_permission_strings}.

Create role {name} ({description}) granting {role_permission_strings}.

GET /access-control/v1/roles List standard and custom roles · List roles #

Ask an LLM

“What roles, standard and custom, are defined in my instance?”

“Which custom roles have we created so far?”

Tell an agent

List all roles in the workspace.

Show me both the standard and custom roles.

GET /access-control/v1/roles/{role_uuid} Get a role's details · Get role details #

Ask an LLM

“Which privileges does a particular role grant?”

“Can I inspect one role by its UUID?”

Tell an agent

Show the details of role {role_uuid}.

List the privileges included in role {role_uuid}.

PUT /access-control/v1/roles/{role_uuid} Update a custom role · Update role #

Ask an LLM

“How do I add or remove privileges on an existing custom role?”

“Can I rename a custom role after creating it?”

Tell an agent

Set the permissions of role {role_uuid} to {role_permission_strings}.

Rename custom role {role_uuid} to {name}.

DELETE /access-control/v1/roles/{role_uuid} Delete a custom role · Delete role #

Ask an LLM

“How do I delete a custom role we no longer need?”

“Can standard roles be deleted or only custom ones?”

Tell an agent destructive · confirm first

Delete custom role {role_uuid}.

Remove the role {role_uuid}.

GET /access-control/v1/role-permissions List available role permission strings · List role permissions #

Ask an LLM

“What privilege strings can I use when building a custom role?”

“How are the role permissions organized hierarchically?”

Tell an agent

List every available role permission string.

Show the custom role privileges and how they nest.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Tenable Platform & Settings Access Control (Roles) API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://cloud.tenable.com
tags:


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