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Azure Front Door Profile ReaderAzure built-in role

Can view AFD standard and premium profiles and their endpoints, but can't make changes.

Role ID662802e2-50f6-46b0-aed2-e834bacc6d12
CategoryNetworking
Actions17
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.Authorization/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Authorization
Microsoft.Cdn/edgenodes/read
Microsoft.Cdn/operationresults/*Every operation under Microsoft.Cdn/operationresults
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/*/readAny read operation on anything under Microsoft.Cdn/profiles
Microsoft.Insights/alertRules/*Every operation under Microsoft.Insights/alertRules
Microsoft.Resources/deployments/*Every operation under Microsoft.Resources/deployments
Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups/readGets or lists resource groups.
Microsoft.Cdn/operationresults/profileresults/afdendpointresults/CheckCustomDomainDNSMappingStatus/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/queryloganalyticsmetrics/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/queryloganalyticsrankings/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/querywafloganalyticsmetrics/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/querywafloganalyticsrankings/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/CheckCustomDomainDNSMappingStatus/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/Usages/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/afdendpoints/Usages/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/origingroups/Usages/action
Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/rulesets/Usages/action

Assign it

Scope it as tightly as you can: a resource or resource group rather than the whole subscription.

azure cli
az role assignment create \
  --assignee "jane.doe@contoso.com" \
  --role "Azure Front Door Profile Reader" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Front Door Profile Reader" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '662802e2-50f6-46b0-aed2-e834bacc6d12')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '662802e2-50f6-46b0-aed2-e834bacc6d12')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "662802e2-50f6-46b0-aed2-e834bacc6d12"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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