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Snapshots - Grant Access

Grants access to a snapshot.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/{snapshotName}/beginGetAccess?api-version=2024-03-02

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

minLength: 1
maxLength: 90

The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.

snapshotName
path True

string

The name of the snapshot that is being created. The name can't be changed after the snapshot is created. Supported characters for the name are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _ and -. The max name length is 80 characters.

subscriptionId
path True

string

minLength: 1

The ID of the target subscription.

api-version
query True

string

minLength: 1

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Required Type Description
access True

AccessLevel

The Access Level, accepted values include None, Read, Write.

durationInSeconds True

integer (int32)

Time duration in seconds until the SAS access expires.

fileFormat

FileFormat

Used to specify the file format when making request for SAS on a VHDX file format snapshot

getSecureVMGuestStateSAS

boolean

Set this flag to true to get additional SAS for VM guest state

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

AccessUri

Azure operation completed successfully.

202 Accepted

Resource operation accepted.

Headers

  • Location: string
  • Retry-After: integer
Other Status Codes

CloudError

An unexpected error response.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow.

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Get a sas on a snapshot.

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/mySnapshot/beginGetAccess?api-version=2024-03-02

{
  "access": "Read",
  "durationInSeconds": 300,
  "fileFormat": "VHDX"
}

Sample response

{
  "accessSAS": "https://md-gpvmcxzlzxgd.partition.blob.storage.azure.net/xx3cqcx53f0v/abcd?sv=2014-02-14&sr=b&sk=key1&sig=XXX&st=2021-05-24T18:02:34Z&se=2021-05-24T18:19:14Z&sp=r"
}
Location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/locations/{location}/operations/{operationId}&monitor=true&api-version=2024-03-02

Definitions

Name Description
AccessLevel

The Access Level, accepted values include None, Read, Write.

AccessUri

A disk access SAS uri.

ApiError

Api error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

FileFormat

Used to specify the file format when making request for SAS on a VHDX file format snapshot

GrantAccessData

Data used for requesting a SAS.

InnerError

Inner error details.

AccessLevel

The Access Level, accepted values include None, Read, Write.

Value Description
None
Read
Write

AccessUri

A disk access SAS uri.

Name Type Description
accessSAS

string

A SAS uri for accessing a disk.

securityDataAccessSAS

string

A SAS uri for accessing a VM guest state.

ApiError

Api error.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

details

ApiErrorBase[]

The Api error details

innererror

InnerError

The Api inner error

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name Type Description
code

string

The error code.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The target of the particular error.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name Type Description
error

ApiError

Api error.

FileFormat

Used to specify the file format when making request for SAS on a VHDX file format snapshot

Value Description
VHD

A VHD file is a disk image file in the Virtual Hard Disk file format.

VHDX

A VHDX file is a disk image file in the Virtual Hard Disk v2 file format.

GrantAccessData

Data used for requesting a SAS.

Name Type Description
access

AccessLevel

The Access Level, accepted values include None, Read, Write.

durationInSeconds

integer (int32)

Time duration in seconds until the SAS access expires.

fileFormat

FileFormat

Used to specify the file format when making request for SAS on a VHDX file format snapshot

getSecureVMGuestStateSAS

boolean

Set this flag to true to get additional SAS for VM guest state

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name Type Description
errordetail

string

The internal error message or exception dump.

exceptiontype

string

The exception type.