Keycloak

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[id="proc-assigning-role-mappings_{context}"]
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= Assigning role mappings
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[role="_abstract"]
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You can assign role mappings to a user through the *Role Mappings* tab for that user.
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.Procedure
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. Click *Users* in the menu.
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. Click the user that you want to perform a role mapping on.
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. Click the *Role mappings* tab.
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. Click *Assign role*.
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. Select the role you want to assign to the user from the dialog.
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. Click *Assign*.
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.Role mappings
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image:images/user-role-mappings.png[Role mappings]
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In the preceding example, we are assigning the composite role *developer* to a user. That role was created in the <<_composite-roles, Composite Roles>> topic.
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.Effective role mappings
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image:images/effective-role-mappings.png[Effective role mappings]
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When the *developer* role is assigned, the *employee* role associated with the *developer* composite is displayed with *Inherited* "True". *Inherited* roles are the roles explicitly assigned to users and roles that are inherited from composites.
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