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Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster Monitoring UserAzure built-in role

List cluster monitoring user credential action.

Role ID1afdec4b-e479-420e-99e7-f82237c7c5e6
CategoryContainers
Actions2
Data actions0

What it can do

PermissionWhat it allows
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/listClusterMonitoringUserCredential/actionList the clusterMonitoringUser credential of a managed cluster
Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/readGet a managed cluster

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 Kubernetes Service Cluster Monitoring User" \
  --scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
powershell3 lines
New-AzRoleAssignment -SignInName "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
  -RoleDefinitionName "Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster Monitoring User" `
  -Scope "/subscriptions/<subscription id>/resourceGroups/<resource group>"
bicep7 lines
resource assignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  name: guid(resourceGroup().id, principalId, '1afdec4b-e479-420e-99e7-f82237c7c5e6')
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', '1afdec4b-e479-420e-99e7-f82237c7c5e6')
    principalId: principalId
  }
}

Who already has it?

kql · azure resource graph
authorizationresources
| where type == "microsoft.authorization/roleassignments"
| where tostring(properties.roleDefinitionId) endswith "1afdec4b-e479-420e-99e7-f82237c7c5e6"
| project principalId = tostring(properties.principalId), principalType = tostring(properties.principalType), scope = tostring(properties.scope)

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