Updated on 2025-04-21 GMT+08:00

Configuring Permissions Required for Server Migration

Overview

Create a user group named migration_users and assign the permissions required to use MgC and SMS to the user group. The IAM user to be created will inherit the permissions from the user group.
For a user in the local admin group, create an IAM user who is named mgc-user, belongs to the migration_users user group, and has only programmatic access to Huawei Cloud. The IAM user is not allowed to access the Huawei Cloud console using a password.
Provide the MgC Agent with the AK/SK pair generated when mgc-user is created. The AK/SK pair is used to register the MgC Agent with MgC and authenticate API calling during the migration.

Step 1: Create a User Group

Log in to the IAM console.
On the IAM console, choose User Groups from the left navigation pane, and click Create User Group in the upper right corner.

Figure 1 Creating a user group

Step 2: Create a Permissions Policy

On the IAM console, in the navigation pane, choose Permissions > Policies/Roles and click Create Custom Policy in the upper right corner.

Figure 2 Creating a custom policy

Create a policy for using SMS, a global cloud service. Enter a policy name, set Policy View to JSON, and copy the following content to the Policy Content box.

{
    "Version": "1.1",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                 "sms:server:registerServer",
                 "sms:server:migrationServer",
                 "sms:server:queryServer"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Action": [
                "mgc:*:*",
                "iam:agencies:listAgencies",
                "iam:roles:listRoles",
                "iam:quotas:listQuotas",
                "iam:permissions:listRolesForAgency"
            ],
            "Effect": "Allow"
        }
    ]
}

Figure 3 Creating a policy that defines the permissions required for using SMS

Create a policy for using regional cloud services that SMS depends on. Enter a policy name, set Policy View to JSON, and copy the following content to the Policy Content box.

{
 "Version": "1.1",
 "Statement": [
 {
 "Action": [
 "vpc:securityGroups:create",
 "vpc:securityGroupRules:create",
 "vpc:vpcs:create",
 "vpc:publicips:create",
 "vpc:subnets:create",
 "ecs:cloudServers:create",
 "ecs:cloudServers:attach",
 "ecs:cloudServers:detachVolume",
 "ecs:cloudServers:start",
 "ecs:cloudServers:stop",
 "ecs:cloudServers:delete",
 "ecs:cloudServers:reboot",
 "ecs:cloudServers:updateMetadata",
 "ecs:serverPasswords:manage",
 "ecs:serverKeypairs:delete",
 "ecs:diskConfigs:use",
 "ecs:CloudServers:create",
 "ecs:servers:setMetadata",
 "ecs:serverVolumes:use",
 "ecs:serverKeypairs:create",
 "ecs:serverInterfaces:use",
 "ecs:serverGroups:manage",
 "ecs:securityGroups:use",
 "ecs:servers:unlock",
 "ecs:servers:rebuild",
 "ecs:servers:lock",
 "ecs:servers:reboot",
 "evs:volumes:use",
 "evs:volumes:create",
 "evs:volumes:update",
 "evs:volumes:delete",
 "evs:volumes:attach",
 "evs:volumes:detach",
 "evs:snapshots:create",
 "evs:snapshots:delete",
 "evs:snapshots:rollback",
 "ecs:*:get*",
 "ecs:*:list*",
 "evs:*:get*",
 "evs:*:list*",
 "vpc:*:list*",
 "vpc:*:get*",
 "ims:*:get*",
 "ims:*:list*"
 ],
 "Effect": "Allow"
 }
 ]
 }

Figure 4 Creating a policy for using the regional cloud services that SMS depends on

Step 3: Assign Permissions

On the IAM console, choose User Groups from the navigation pane.
In the user group list, locate the user group created in step 1 and click Authorize in the Operation column.

Figure 5 Assigning permissions to the user group
Search for and select the two custom policies created in step 2 and click Next.

Figure 6 Selecting the created custom policies
Select Region-specific projects for Scope and select a region-specific project. Then the IAM users in the group can use resources in the region-specific project based on their permissions.

Figure 7 Selecting a region-specific project
Click OK.

Step 4: Create a User

On the IAM console, choose Users from the left navigation pane, and click Create User in the upper right corner.

Figure 8 Creating a user
Enter a username, deselect Management console access, and click Next.

Figure 9 Configuring basic information
Select the user group created in step 1 and click Create.

Figure 10 Selecting a user group
After the user is created, the Download Access Key dialog box is displayed. Click OK to download an AK/SK pair for the IAM user.

Figure 11 Downloading an access key