# chainctl iam identity-providers update

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Last Modified: April 13, 2026
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 chainctl iam identity-providers update Update an identity provider
chainctl iam identity-providers update IDENTITY_PROVIDER_ID [--name=NAME] [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--oidc-issuer=ISSUER] [--oidc-client-id=CLIENTID] [--oidc-client-secret=CLIENTSECRET] [--oidc-additional-scopes=SCOPE,...] [--default-role=ROLE] [--output=id|json|table] Examples # Update name and description of an identity provider by ID chainctl iam identity-providers update fb694596eb1678321f94eec283e1e0be690f655c/a2973bac66ebfde3 --name=new-name --description=new-description # Update the default role for an identity provider by name chainctl iam identity-providers update my-idp --default=role=viewer Options --configuration-type string Type of identity provider. Only OIDC supported currently (default "OIDC") --default-role string Optional role to grant users on first login --description string Description of identity provider --name string Name of identity provider --oidc-additional-scopes stringArray additional scopes to request for OIDC type identity provider --oidc-client-id string client id for OIDC type identity provider --oidc-client-secret string client secret for OIDC type identity provider --oidc-issuer string Issuer URL for OIDC type identity provider -y, --yes Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run non-interactively. Options inherited from parent commands --api string The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --audience string The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev") --config string A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly. --console string The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev") --force-color Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY. -h, --help Help for chainctl --issuer string The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev") --log-level string Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR") -o, --output string Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide] -v, --v int Set the log verbosity level. SEE ALSO chainctl iam identity-providers	- customer managed identity provider management