Configuring permissions on Microsoft Azure
Before CloudPoint can protect your Microsoft Azure assets, it must have access to them. You must associate a custom role that CloudPoint users can use to work with Azure assets.
The following is a custom role definition (in JSON format) that gives CloudPoint the ability to:
Configure the Azure plug-in and discover assets.
Create host and disk snapshots.
Restore snapshots to the original location or to a new location.
Delete snapshots.
{ "Name": "CloudPoint Admin",
"IsCustom": true,
"Description": "Necessary permissions for
Azure plug-in operations in CloudPoint",
"Actions": [
"Microsoft.Storage/*/read",
"Microsoft.Compute/*/read",
"Microsoft.Compute/disks/write",
"Microsoft.Compute/disks/delete",
"Microsoft.Compute/disks/beginGetAccess/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/disks/endGetAccess/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/images/write",
"Microsoft.Compute/images/delete",
"Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/delete",
"Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/write",
"Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/beginGetAccess/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/endGetAccess/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/capture/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/delete",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/generalize/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/runCommand/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmSizes/read",
"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/powerOff/action",
"Microsoft.Network/*/read",
"Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/delete",
"Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/effectiveNetworkSecurityGroups/action",
"Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action",
"Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/write",
"Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/join/action",
"Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules/write",
"Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/write",
"Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/delete",
"Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/join/action",
"Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/write",
"Microsoft.Network/routeTables/join/action",
"Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/delete",
"Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/delete",
"Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action",
"Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/*/read",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/ \
validateMoveResources/action",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/tagValues/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/write",
"Microsoft.Subscription/*/read",
"Microsoft.Authorization/locks/*",
"Microsoft.Authorization/*/read" ],
"NotActions": [ ],
"AssignableScopes": [
"/subscriptions/subscription_GUID",
"/subscriptions/subscription_GUID/ \
resourceGroups/myCloudPointGroup" ] }
If CloudPoint extension is installed on a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure, then the following permissions can also be added before configuring the plugin:
"Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/agentPools/read", "Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/read", "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/write", "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/delete/action"
To create a custom role using powershell, follow the steps in the following Azure documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/tutorial-custom-role-powershell
For example:
New-AzureRmRoleDefinition -InputFile "C:\CustomRoles\ReaderSupportRole.json"
To create a custom role using Azure CLI, follow the steps in the following Azure documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/tutorial-custom-role-cli
For example:
az role definition create --role-definition "~/CustomRoles/ ReaderSupportRole.json"
Note:
Before creating a role, you must copy the role definition given earlier (text in JSON format) in a .json file and then use that file as the input file. In the sample command displayed earlier, ReaderSupportRole.json is used as the input file that contains the role definition text.
To use this role, do the following:
Assign the role to an application running in the Azure environment.
In CloudPoint, configure the Azure off-host plug-in with the application's credentials.
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