Permissions Management

If you need to assign different permissions to employees in your enterprise to access your DRS resources, IAM is a good choice for fine-grained permissions management. IAM provides identity authentication, permissions management, and access control, helping you secure access to Huawei Cloud resources.

With IAM, you can use your Huawei Cloud account to create IAM users for your employees, and assign permissions to the users to control their access to specific resources. For example, some software developers in your enterprise need to use DRS resources but must not delete DRS or perform any high-risk operations. To achieve this result, you can create IAM users for the software developers and grant them only the permissions required for using DRS resources.

If your Huawei Cloud account does not need individual IAM users for permissions management, you may skip over this topic.

IAM can be used free of charge. You pay only for the resources in your Huawei Cloud account. For more information about IAM, see IAM Service Overview.

DRS Permissions

By default, new IAM users do not have permissions assigned. You need to add a user to one or more groups, and attach permissions policies or roles to these groups. Users inherit permissions from the groups to which they are added and can perform specified operations on cloud services based on the permissions.

DRS is a project-level service deployed and accessed in specific physical regions. To assign DRS permissions to a user group, specify the scope as region-specific (for example, Europe-Dublin) projects and select projects for example, (eu-west-101) for the permissions to take effect. If All projects is selected, the permissions will take effect for the user group in all region-specific projects. When accessing DRS, users need to switch to a region where they have been authorized to use DRS.

You can grant users permissions by using roles and policies.

Roles: A type of coarse-grained authorization mechanism that defines permissions related to user responsibilities. This mechanism provides only a limited number of service-level roles for authorization. When using roles to grant permissions, you need to also assign other roles on which the permissions depend to take effect. However, roles are not an ideal choice for fine-grained authorization and secure access control.
Policies: A type of fine-grained authorization mechanism that defines permissions required to perform operations on specific cloud resources under certain conditions. This mechanism allows for more flexible policy-based authorization, meeting requirements for secure access control. For example, you can grant ECS users only the permissions for managing a certain type of ECSs. Most fine-grained policies are API-based.

Table 1 lists all the system policies supported by DRS.

**Table 1** System-defined roles and policies supported by DRS
Policy Name/System Role	Description	Type	Dependency
Security Administrator	Security administrator To improve your experience with DRS, add the Security Administrator permission using IAM in case some functions become unavailable, such as scheduled task startup, automatic ending of full-migration tasks, and automatic retry of failed tasks. If the automatic function is unavailable, see Why Cannot Scheduled DRS Tasks Be Started?	System-defined role	None
DRS Administrator	DRS administrator Basic permission, which must be added when DRS is used.	System role	Dependent on the Tenant Guest, Server Administrator, and RDS Administrator roles. Tenant Guest: A project-level role, which must be assigned in the same project. Server Administrator: A project-level role, which must be assigned in the same project. RDS Administrator: A project-level role, which must be assigned in the same project.
DRS FullAccess	Full permissions for DRS	System policy	Dependent on the VPC FullAccess, RDS ReadOnlyAccess, and SMN Administrator, and OBS Administrator policies. VPC FullAccess: This parameter needs to be configured when the VPC and subnet are selected. RDS ReadOnlyAccess: This parameter needs to be configured when RDS is selected. SMN Administrator: This parameter needs to be configured when SMN is selected. OBS Administrator: This parameter needs to be configured when bucket information is selected for a backup task.
DRS ReadOnlyAccess	Read-only permissions for DRS resources.	System policy	Configure the following policies as required: RDS ReadOnlyAccess: This parameter needs to be configured when RDS is selected. SMN Administrator: This parameter needs to be configured when SMN is selected.
DRS FullWithOutDeletePermission	All permissions on DRS except the deletion permission	System Policy	Dependent on the VPC FullAccess, RDS ReadOnlyAccess, and SMN Administrator, and OBS Administrator policies. VPC FullAccess: This parameter needs to be configured when the VPC and subnet are selected. RDS ReadOnlyAccess: This parameter needs to be configured when RDS is selected. SMN Administrator: This parameter needs to be configured when SMN is selected. OBS Administrator: This parameter needs to be configured when bucket information is selected for a backup task.

Table 2 lists the common operations supported by the DRS system policy.

**Table 2** Common operations supported by the DRS system policy
Procedure	DRS FullAccess	DRS ReadOnlyAccess	DRS Administrator	DRS FullWithOutDeletePermission
Creating a task	√	x	√	√
Editing a task	√	x	√	√
Deleting a task	√	x	√	x
Starting a task	√	x	√	√
Retrying a task	√	x	√	√
Stopping a task	√	x	√	√

Table 3 lists common DRS operations and corresponding actions. You can refer to this table to customize permission policies.

**Table 3** Common operations and supported actions
Permission	Actions	Remarks
Querying the RPO and RTO	drs:dataGuardJob:list	None
Performing a primary/standby switchover	drs:disasterRecoveryJob:switchover	None
Performing operations on tasks.	drs:migrationJob:action	The VPC FullAccess permission for the project is required. The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. If the DDS database is used, configure the DDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. The OBS Administrator permission for backup tasks is required.
Stopping a task	drs:migrationJob:terminate	Permissions required for the project: VPC FullAccess RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permissions required for the backup task: OBS Administrator Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator
Modifying a migration task	drs:migrationJob:modify	Permission required for selecting VPCs and subnets on the GUI: VPC FullAccess The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. If the DDS database is used, configure the DDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator
Creating a migration task	drs:migrationJob:create	Permission required for selecting VPCs and subnets on the GUI: VPC FullAccess The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. If the DDS database is used, configure the DDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project. Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator For a yearly/monthly task, the following permissions must be configured: BSS Operator or BSS Administrator
Deleting a migration task	drs:migrationJob:delete	None
Updating the database user information.	drs:migrationJob:modifyUserInfo	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Controlling the migration speed	drs:migrationJob:setMigrationTransSpeed	None
Modify database parameters	drs:dataBaseParams:modify	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Updating the data processing information	drs:dataTransformation:update	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Adding the data processing information	drs:dataTransformation:add	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Deleting the data processing data	drs:dataTransformation:delete	None
Updating the database object selection information	drs:migrationJob:update	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Updating the ignore policy of a synchronization task	drs:synchronizationJob:update	None
Updating the task configuration	drs:migrationJob:updateJobConfig	None
Updating the DDL filtering policy.	drs:migrationJob:updateDDLPolicy	None
Modifying the comparison policy	drs:healthCompare:modify	None
Stopping a comparison task	drs:healthCompare:stop	None
Creating an object-level table comparison task	drs:migrationCompareJob:create	None
Canceling a data-level table comparison task	drs:migrationCompareJob:delete	None
Immediately starting a data-level table comparison task	drs:migrationCompareJob:start	None
Creating a data subscription task	drs:subscriptionJob:create	Permission required for selecting RDS on the GUI: RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator Permission required for the project: VPC FullAccess
Modifying a data subscription task	drs:subscriptionJob:update	Permission required for selecting RDS on the GUI: OBS Administrator RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator Permission required for the project: VPC FullAccess
Editing the data subscription information	drs:subscriptionJob:edit	Permission required for selecting buckets and RDS on the GUI: OBS Administrator RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator Permissions required: VPC FullAccess
Deleting a subscription task	drs:subscriptionJob:delete	None
Performing operations on a subscription task	drs:subscriptionJob:subscribe	Permissions required for the project: VPC FullAccess RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permissions required for the backup task: OBS Administrator Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator
Modifying consumption start time	drs:subscriptionJob:UpdateConsumeTime	None
Creating a backup migration task 2.0	drs:backupMigrationJob:create	Permission required for selecting buckets and RDS on the GUI: OBS Administrator RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator
Deleting a backup migration task	drs:backupMigrationJob:delete	None
Modifying backup migration task details	drs:backupMigrationJob:modify	Permission required for selecting buckets and RDS on the GUI: OBS Administrator RDS ReadOnlyAccess Permission required for subscribing to message notification: SMN Administrator
Freezing and unfreezing resources.	drs:frozenOrUnfreezeJob:frozen	None
Cleaning up resources	drs:cleanJob:clean	The VPC FULLAccess permission is required.
Verifying the backup task name.	drs:backupMigrationJob:check	None
Verifying data processing	drs:dataTransformation:check	None
Verifying online task names	drs:migrationJob:check	None
Obtaining database parameters	drs:databaseParameters:get	None
Querying backup migration tasks	drs:backupMigrationJob:list	None
Querying backup migration task details	drs:backupMigrationJob:get	None
Obtaining the data subscription task details	drs:subscriptionJob:get	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Querying operation results	drs:job:getResult	None
Obtaining the task pricing details	drs:migrationJob:getMeteringPrice	None
Querying the data processing information	drs:migrationTransformationJob:get	None
Obtaining the task pre-check results	drs:precheckJob:get	None
Obtaining the object-level migration comparison overview	drs:compareJob:getOverview	None
Querying data-level table comparison tasks	drs:compareJob:list	None
Querying data-level table comparison results	drs:compareJob:getResult	None
Obtaining object-level migration comparison details	drs:compareJob:getDetails	None
Querying details about a data-level table comparison task	drs:compareJob:getContentsInfo	None
Querying the estimated time of a comparison task	drs:compareJob:getEstimateTime	None
Querying the value comparison overview.	drs:compareJob:getContentOverview	None
Querying the row comparison overview	drs:compareJob:getLineOverview	None
Querying row comparison details	drs:compareJob:getLineDetail	None
Obtaining account comparison details	drs:compareJob:getAccountDetails	None
Querying value comparison details	drs:compareJob:getContentDetail	None
Querying value comparison differences	drs:compareJob:getContentDiff	None
Obtaining the online migration task list	drs:migrationJob:list	None
Obtaining the online migration task details	drs:migrationJob:get	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Obtaining the object-level migration comparison overview	drs:migrationJob:getCompareStruct	None
Obtaining the data-level stream comparison	drs:migrationJob:getStreamComparison	None
Obtaining the source database user list	drs:migrationJob:getSrcUsers	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Obtaining the migration progress of a specified migration task	drs:migrationJob:getSpecifiedProgress	None
Obtaining the database affected time of a specified task.	drs:migrationJob:getEffectTime	None
Querying the migration progress	drs:migrationJobs:getProgress	None
Querying the health comparison report list	drs:healthCompareJob:list	None
Obtaining the object-level migration comparison overview	drs:healthCompareJob:getOverview	None
Obtaining object-level comparison details	drs:healthCompareJob:getObjectDetail	None
Obtaining account comparison details	drs:healthCompareJob:getAccountDetails	None
Querying row comparison details	drs:healthCompareJob:getLineDetail	None
Querying the comparison policy	drs:healthCompareJob:getComparePolicy	None
Obtaining the disaster recovery monitoring data	drs:disasterRecoveryJob:get	Permissions required: CES ReadOnlyAccess
Obtaining the RPO and RTO of a specified task	drs:dataGuardJob:list	None
Obtaining the replay failure list	drs:replayFaultsJob:list	None
Processing data	drs:migrationJob:action	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Starting a task	drs:migrationJob:action	The VPC FULLAccess permission is required.
Querying task details	drs:migrationJob:get	The read permission for the corresponding instance is required. For example, if the RDS database is used, you need to configure the RDS ReadOnlyAccess permission for the project.
Querying task statuses	drs:migrationJob:get	None
Querying resource tags	drs:tag:get	None
Deleting resource tags	drs:tags:delete	None
Adding a resource tag	drs:tag:add	None
Modifying resource tags	drs:tag:modify	None
Obtaining migration logs	drs:migrationJob:getLog	None
Querying the involved Kafka topic information	drs:kafkaJob:get	None
Obtaining the supported feature list	drs:supportFeature:get	None
Querying the feature whitelist	drs:featureWhiteJob:list	None
Querying the quotas that need adjustment	drs:quota:adjust	None
Updating the quotas	drs:quota:update	None
Querying resource quotas	drs:quota:get	None
Updating the user guide	drs:userGuide:update	None
Obtaining user guide details	drs:userGuide:list	None