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The Azure This article explains how to create a custom role for Cloudaware in Microsoft Azure. You need be Owner or User Access Administrator in Microsoft Azure to create custom roles. |
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Create role for Storage Account keys access
The built-in role "Reader" may not have required permissions
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, such as default access to the Storage Account keys
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necessary for collecting data about VHDs
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Custom Role For Storage Account Keys Access
You need to have Owner or User Access Administrator permissions to create custom roles.
1. In the Azure portal, open select a subscription or a resource group where a custom role is should to be assigned to.
2. Open 'Access control (IAM)'. Click Add → Add custom role. Name the role Cloudaware Custom Policy.
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3. Select one of the following options to proceed:
a) 'Start from scratch'.
Open the tab Permissions → Add permissions. Copy and paste Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listKeys/action in the Search for a permission box to select Microsoft Storage. Check the box near the permission. Click Add.
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Click Add.
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The permission If you are planning to install Breeze Agent, the permission |
b) 'Start from JSON'.
Use the JSON template below to create a file. Fill your subscription id in the {subscription_id} field.
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Replace {your-existing-Role-definition-id} with your role definition id. In the section "AssignableScopes" add the string "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}" with your {subscription-id}.
4. Assign the If you add a native application, assign the created custom role to a user in case you are adding a Native application, or to the application in case you are adding a Web app/API.
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. If you add a Web app/API, assign the role to the application.
Creating a custom role in the Azure Portal is an asynchronous operation. This means that a time lag may take placeprocess, which means there may be a delay between the role's creation and its availability.
5. Open the tab 'Review + Create'. Check the role details and click Create.
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Create role for tagging
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Another use case for creating Create a custom role is a necessity to provide Cloudaware with minimum permissions for tagging Azure resources.:
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"properties": {
"roleName": "{your-Role-name}",
"description": "{your-Role-description}",
"assignableScopes": [
"/subscriptions/{subscription-id}",
],
"permissions": [
{
"actions": [
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/read",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/delete",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/tagValues/read",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/tagValues/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/tagNames/tagValues/delete",
"Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
"Microsoft.Resources/tags/write",
"Microsoft.Resources/tags/delete",
"Microsoft.Resources/tags/read"
],
"notActions": [],
"dataActions": [],
"notDataActions": []
}
]
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Replace {your-Role-name}, {your-Role-description} and {subscription-id} with corresponding values from your Azure environment.
Update
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existing Cloudaware custom policy
Cloudaware may regularly introduce new capabilities which that require addition of new additional actions and permissions. In cases If a Cloudaware custom role is already existsin place, you can update this role without updating it for every subscription. If updating an existing Cloudaware Custom Policy role is required, your it can be updated once across all subscriptions. Cloudaware Technical Account manager will provide you with instructions on how to perform this actionthe instructions.
Custom Creating a custom role creation in the Azure Portal is an asynchronous operation. This means that a time lag may take place between the creation of a role and time when this role becomes availableprocess, which means there may be a delay between the role's creation and its availability.