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Azure permissions for the Connector

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When BlueXP launches the Connector VM in Azure, it attaches a custom role to the VM that provides the Connector with permissions to manage resources and processes within that Azure subscription. The Connector uses the permissions to make API calls to several Azure services.

Custom role permissions

The custom role shown below provides the permissions that a Connector needs to manage resources and processes within your Azure network.

Note the following:

{
    "Name": "BlueXP Operator",
    "Actions": [
                    "Microsoft.Compute/disks/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/disks/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/disks/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/locations/operations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/locations/vmSizes/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/locations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/operations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/powerOff/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/deallocate/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmSizes/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/images/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/locations/operationResults/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/locations/operations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/checkIpAddressAvailability/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/virtualMachines/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualMachines/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/operations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/write",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/resources/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/operationresults/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/resources/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/checknameavailability/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/operations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/usages/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/disks/beginGetAccess/action",
                    "Microsoft.MarketplaceOrdering/offertypes/publishers/offers/plans/agreements/read",
                    "Microsoft.MarketplaceOrdering/offertypes/publishers/offers/plans/agreements/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/loadBalancingRules/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/probes/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/probes/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Authorization/locks/*",
                    "Microsoft.Network/routeTables/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/read",
                    "Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/read",
                    "Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/write",
                    "Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/read",
                    "Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/write",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/PrivateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/privateEndpointConnections/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/managementPolicies/read",
                    "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/managementPolicies/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/join/action",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/A/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/operationStatuses/read",
                    "Microsoft.Insights/Metrics/Read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/deployments/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/delete",
                    "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/read",
                    "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/accessPolicies/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/write",
                    "Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/deploy/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/tags/read",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/tags/write",
                    "Microsoft.Resources/tags/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/read",
                    "Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/joinIpConfiguration/action",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/write",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/read",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/delete",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/register/action",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/checkNameAvailability/action",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/operationStatuses/read",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/firewallRules/read",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/replaceAllIpFirewallRules/action",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/operationResults/read",
                    "Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/privateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action",
                    "Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/assign/action",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/images/write",
                    "Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/write",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/read",
                    "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/delete"
    ],
    "NotActions": [],
    "AssignableScopes": [],
    "Description": "BlueXP Permissions",
    "IsCustom": "true"
}

How Azure permissions are used

The following sections describe how the permissions are used for each BlueXP service. This information can be helpful if your corporate policies dictate that permissions are only provided as needed.

Azure NetApp Files

The Connector makes the following API requests when you use BlueXP classification to scan Azure NetApp Files data:

  • Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/read

  • Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/read

  • Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/write

  • Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/read

  • Microsoft.NetApp/netAppAccounts/capacityPools/volumes/delete

Backup and recovery

The Connector makes the following API requests for BlueXP backup and recovery:

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action

  • Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/read

  • Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/accessPolicies/write

  • Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/locations/read

  • Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read

  • Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/resources/read

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write

  • Microsoft.Authorization/locks/*

  • Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/write

  • Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/read

  • Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/write

  • Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/join/action

  • Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/A/write

  • Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/read

  • Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/read

  • Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/delete

  • Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/delete

  • Microsoft.Resources/deployments/delete

  • Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/assign/action

The Connector makes the following API requests when you use the Search & Restore functionality:

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/write

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/read

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/delete

  • Microsoft.Synapse/register/action

  • Microsoft.Synapse/checkNameAvailability/action

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/operationStatuses/read

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/firewallRules/read

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/replaceAllIpFirewallRules/action

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/operationResults/read

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/privateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action

Classification

The Connector makes the following API requests when you use BlueXP classification.

Action Used for set up? Used for daily operations?

Microsoft.Compute/locations/operations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/locations/vmSizes/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/operations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/powerOff/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmSizes/read

No

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/images/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/disks/delete

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/disks/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/disks/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/checknameavailability/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Storage/operations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/locations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/locations/operationResults/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/locations/operations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/checkIpAddressAvailability/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/routeTables/join/action

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/operations/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/write

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/resources/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/operationresults/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/delete

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/resources/read

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write

Yes

No

Cloud Volumes ONTAP

The Connector makes the following API requests to deploy and manage Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure.

Purpose Action Used for deployment? Used for daily operations? Used for deletion?

Create and manage VMs

Microsoft.Compute/locations/operations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/locations/vmSizes/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/locations/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/operations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/instanceView/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/powerOff/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/restart/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/deallocate/action

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/vmSizes/read

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/delete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/delete

Yes

No

No

Enable deployment from a VHD

Microsoft.Compute/images/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/images/write

Yes

No

No

Create and manage network interfaces in the target subnet

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/join/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/delete

Yes

Yes

No

Create and manage network security groups

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/join/action

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Get network information about regions, the target VNet and subnet, and add the VMs to VNets

Microsoft.Network/locations/operationResults/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/locations/operations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/checkIpAddressAvailability/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualMachines/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/join/action

Yes

Yes

No

Create and manage resource groups

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/operations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/resources/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/operationresults/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/delete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups/resources/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/write

Yes

Yes

No

Manage Azure storage accounts and disks

Microsoft.Compute/disks/read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/disks/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/disks/delete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Storage/checknameavailability/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/operations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/usages/read

No

Yes

No

Enable backups to Blob storage and encryption of storage accounts

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/accessPolicies/write

Yes

Yes

No

Enable VNet service endpoints for data tiering

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/routeTables/join/action

Yes

Yes

No

Create and manage Azure managed snapshots

Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/disks/beginGetAccess/action

No

Yes

No

Create and manage availability sets

Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/write

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/read

Yes

No

No

Enable programmatic deployments from the marketplace

Microsoft.MarketplaceOrdering/offertypes/publishers/offers/plans/agreements/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.MarketplaceOrdering/offertypes/publishers/offers/plans/agreements/write

Yes

Yes

No

Manage a load balancer for HA pairs

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/write

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/join/action

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/loadBalancingRules/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/probes/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/probes/join/action

Yes

No

No

Enable management of locks on Azure disks

Microsoft.Authorization/locks/*

Yes

Yes

No

Enable private endpoints for HA pairs when there's no connectivity outside the subnet

Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/PrivateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/privateEndpointConnections/read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/join/action

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/A/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/read

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/virtualNetworkLinks/read

Yes

Yes

No

Required for some VM deployments, depending on the underlying physical hardware

Microsoft.Resources/deployments/operationStatuses/read

Yes

Yes

No

Remove resources from a resource group in case of deployment failure or deletion

Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints/delete

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/delete

Yes

Yes

No

Enable the use of customer-managed encryption keys when using the API

Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/read

Yes

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/deploy/action

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/diskEncryptionSets/delete

Yes

Yes

Yes

Configure an application security group for an HA pair to isolate the HA interconnect and cluster network NICs

Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/write

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/read

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/joinIpConfiguration/action

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/securityRules/delete

No

Yes

Yes

Read, write, and delete tags associated with Cloud Volumes ONTAP resources

Microsoft.Resources/tags/read

No

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/tags/write

Yes

Yes

No

Microsoft.Resources/tags/delete

Yes

No

No

Encrypt storage accounts during creation

Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/assign/action

Yes

Yes

No

Use Virtual Machine Scale Sets in Flexible orchestration mode in order to specify specific zones for Cloud Volumes ONTAP

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/write

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/read

Yes

No

No

Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/delete

No

No

Yes

Tiering

The Connector makes the following API requests when you set up BlueXP tiering.

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listkeys/action

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/read

  • Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/locations/read

The Connector makes the following API requests for daily operations.

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/managementPolicies/read

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/managementPolicies/write

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/read

Change log

As permissions are added and removed, we'll note them in the sections below.

9 September 2024

The following permissions were removed from the JSON policy because BlueXP no longer supports discovery and management of Kubernetes clusters:

  • Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/listClusterUserCredential/action

  • Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/read

22 August 2024

The following permissions were added to the JSON policy because they are required for Cloud Volumes ONTAP support of Virtual Machine Scale Sets:

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/write

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/read

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/delete

5 December 2023

The following permissions are no longer needed for BlueXP backup and recovery when backing up volume data to Azure Blob storage:

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/read

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/deallocate/action

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions/delete

  • Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/delete

These permissions are required for other BlueXP storage services, so they'll still remain in the custom role for the Connector if you're using those other storage services.

12 May 2023

The following permissions were added to the JSON policy because they are required for Cloud Volumes ONTAP management:

  • Microsoft.Compute/images/write

  • Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/frontendIPConfigurations/read

The following permissions were removed from the JSON policy because they are no longer required:

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/write

  • Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/delete

23 March 2023

The "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/delete" permission is no longer needed for BlueXP classification.

This permission is still required for Cloud Volumes ONTAP.

5 January 2023

The following permissions were added to the JSON policy:

  • Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/listAccountSas/action

  • Microsoft.Synapse/workspaces/privateEndpointConnectionsApproval/action

    These permissions are required for BlueXP backup and recovery.

  • Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers/backendAddressPools/join/action

    This permission is required for Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment.