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Using IAM Identity Policies to Grant Access to Live

System-defined permissions in identity policy-based authorization provided by Identity and Access Management (IAM) let you control access to APM. With IAM, you can:

  • Create IAM users or user groups for personnel based on your enterprise's organizational structure. Each IAM user has their own identity credentials for accessing Live resources.
  • Grant users only the permissions required to perform a given task based on their job responsibilities.
  • Entrust a Huawei Cloud account or a cloud service to perform efficient O&M on your Live resources.

If your Huawei Cloud account meets your permissions requirements, you can skip this section.

Figure 1 shows the process of identity policy-based authorization.

Prerequisites

Before assigning permissions, learn about the system-defined permissions in Identity Policy-based Authorization for Live. To grant permissions for other services, learn about all system-defined permissions"" supported by IAM.

Process Flow

Figure 1 Process of granting Live permissions
  1. Create an IAM user or create a user group.

    Create a user or user group on the IAM console.

  2. Attach a system-defined identity policy to the user or user group.

    Attach the LiveReadOnlyPolicy system-defined identity policy to the user or user group.

  3. Logging in as the IAM user and verifying permissions

    Log in to the console as the created user, and select an authorized region to verify permissions:

    • Choose Live in Media Services under All Services. On the Live console, choose Domains in the navigation pane to add a domain name. If a message is displayed indicating insufficient permissions for performing the operation, the LiveReadOnlyPolicy policy has taken effect.
    • Choose another service. If a message is displayed indicating insufficient permissions for performing the operation, the LiveReadOnlyPolicy policy has taken effect.

Example Custom Identity Policies

You can create custom identity policies to supplement the system-defined identity policies of Live. See actions supported by identity policy-based authorization.

To create a custom identity policy, choose either visual editor or JSON.

  • Visual editor: Select cloud services, actions, resources, and request conditions. This does not require knowledge of policy grammar.
  • JSON: Create a JSON policy or edit an existing one.

For details, see Creating a Custom Identity Policy and Attaching It to a Principal.

Examples of common Live custom identity policies:

  • Example 1: Assigning a user all permissions for Live 
    {
    "Version": "5.0",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "live:*:*",
                "eps:enterpriseProjects:list",
                "smn:topic:listTopic",
                "billing:contract:viewDiscount",
                "billing:coupon:update"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
  • Example 2: Assigning a user the read-only permission for Live 
    {
    "Version": "5.0",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "live:*:get*",
                "live:*:list*",
                "eps:enterpriseProjects:list",
                "smn:topic:listTopic",
                "billing:contract:viewDiscount"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
  • Example 3: Creating a custom identity policy containing multiple actions

    A custom identity policy can contain the actions of one or more services.

    Example identity policy containing multiple actions:

    {
    "Version": "5.0",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "live:domain:createDomain"
            ]
        },
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "smn:topic:create"
            ]
        }
    ]
}