Policy Set Definition Versions - Create Or Update

Service:

Policy

API Version:

2023-04-01

This operation creates or updates a policy set definition version in the given subscription with the given name and version.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/{policySetDefinitionName}/versions/{policyDefinitionVersion}?api-version=2023-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
policyDefinitionVersion	path	True	string	The policy set definition version. The format is x.y.z where x is the major version number, y is the minor version number, and z is the patch number Regex pattern: ^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$
policySetDefinitionName	path	True	string	The name of the policy set definition. Regex pattern: ^[^<>*%&:\?.+/]*[^<>*%&:\?.+/ ]+$
subscriptionId	path	True	string uuid	The ID of the target subscription. The value must be an UUID.
api-version	query	True	string	The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
properties.policyDefinitions	True	PolicyDefinitionReference[]	An array of policy definition references.
properties.description		string	The policy set definition description.
properties.displayName		string	The display name of the policy set definition.
properties.metadata		object	The policy set definition metadata. Metadata is an open ended object and is typically a collection of key value pairs.
properties.parameters		<string,  ParameterDefinitionsValue>	The policy set definition parameters that can be used in policy definition references.
properties.policyDefinitionGroups		PolicyDefinitionGroup[]	The metadata describing groups of policy definition references within the policy set definition.
properties.policyType		policyType	The type of policy definition. Possible values are NotSpecified, BuiltIn, Custom, and Static.
properties.version		string	The policy set definition version in #.#.# format.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	PolicySetDefinitionVersion	OK - Successfully updated policy set definition version.
201 Created	PolicySetDefinitionVersion	Created - Returns information about the policy set definition version.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

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

Create or update a policy set definition version

Sample request

HTTP

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/CostManagement/versions/1.2.1?api-version=2023-04-01

{
  "properties": {
    "displayName": "Cost Management",
    "description": "Policies to enforce low cost storage SKUs",
    "metadata": {
      "category": "Cost Management"
    },
    "version": "1.2.1",
    "parameters": {
      "namePrefix": {
        "type": "String",
        "defaultValue": "myPrefix",
        "metadata": {
          "displayName": "Prefix to enforce on resource names"
        }
      }
    },
    "policyDefinitions": [
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/7433c107-6db4-4ad1-b57a-a76dce0154a1",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Limit_Skus",
        "parameters": {
          "listOfAllowedSKUs": {
            "value": [
              "Standard_GRS",
              "Standard_LRS"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Resource_Naming",
        "parameters": {
          "prefix": {
            "value": "[parameters('namePrefix')]"
          },
          "suffix": {
            "value": "-LC"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.resource import PolicyClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-resource
# USAGE
    python create_or_update_policy_set_definition_version.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = PolicyClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2",
    )

    response = client.policy_set_definition_versions.create_or_update(
        policy_set_definition_name="CostManagement",
        policy_definition_version="1.2.1",
        parameters={
            "properties": {
                "description": "Policies to enforce low cost storage SKUs",
                "displayName": "Cost Management",
                "metadata": {"category": "Cost Management"},
                "parameters": {
                    "namePrefix": {
                        "defaultValue": "myPrefix",
                        "metadata": {"displayName": "Prefix to enforce on resource names"},
                        "type": "String",
                    }
                },
                "policyDefinitions": [
                    {
                        "parameters": {"listOfAllowedSKUs": {"value": ["Standard_GRS", "Standard_LRS"]}},
                        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/7433c107-6db4-4ad1-b57a-a76dce0154a1",
                        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Limit_Skus",
                    },
                    {
                        "parameters": {"prefix": {"value": "[parameters('namePrefix')]"}, "suffix": {"value": "-LC"}},
                        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming",
                        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Resource_Naming",
                    },
                ],
                "version": "1.2.1",
            }
        },
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/resources/resource-manager/Microsoft.Authorization/stable/2023-04-01/examples/createOrUpdatePolicySetDefinitionVersion.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

201

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/CostManagement/versions/1.2.1",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/versions",
  "name": "1.2.1",
  "properties": {
    "displayName": "Cost Management",
    "description": "Policies to enforce low cost storage SKUs",
    "metadata": {
      "category": "Cost Management"
    },
    "version": "1.2.1",
    "parameters": {
      "namePrefix": {
        "type": "String",
        "defaultValue": "myPrefix",
        "metadata": {
          "displayName": "Prefix to enforce on resource names"
        }
      }
    },
    "policyDefinitions": [
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/7433c107-6db4-4ad1-b57a-a76dce0154a1",
        "definitionVersion": "1.*.*",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Limit_Skus",
        "parameters": {
          "listOfAllowedSKUs": {
            "value": [
              "Standard_GRS",
              "Standard_LRS"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming",
        "definitionVersion": "1.*.*",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Resource_Naming",
        "parameters": {
          "prefix": {
            "value": "[parameters('namePrefix')]"
          },
          "suffix": {
            "value": "-LC"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Status code:

200

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/CostManagement/versions/1.2.1",
  "type": "Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/versions",
  "name": "1.2.1",
  "properties": {
    "displayName": "Cost Management",
    "description": "Policies to enforce low cost storage SKUs",
    "metadata": {
      "category": "Cost Management"
    },
    "version": "1.2.1",
    "parameters": {
      "namePrefix": {
        "type": "String",
        "defaultValue": "myPrefix",
        "metadata": {
          "displayName": "Prefix to enforce on resource names"
        }
      }
    },
    "policyDefinitions": [
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/7433c107-6db4-4ad1-b57a-a76dce0154a1",
        "definitionVersion": "1.*.*",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Limit_Skus",
        "parameters": {
          "listOfAllowedSKUs": {
            "value": [
              "Standard_GRS",
              "Standard_LRS"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "policyDefinitionId": "/subscriptions/ae640e6b-ba3e-4256-9d62-2993eecfa6f2/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/ResourceNaming",
        "definitionVersion": "1.*.*",
        "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "Resource_Naming",
        "parameters": {
          "prefix": {
            "value": "[parameters('namePrefix')]"
          },
          "suffix": {
            "value": "-LC"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name	Description
CloudError	An error response from a policy operation.
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorResponse	Error Response
Metadata	General metadata for the parameter.
ParameterDefinitionsValue	The definition of a parameter that can be provided to the policy.
parameterType	The data type of the parameter.
ParameterValuesValue	The value of a parameter.
PolicyDefinitionGroup	The policy definition group.
PolicyDefinitionReference	The policy definition reference.
PolicySetDefinitionVersion	The policy set definition version.
policyType	The type of policy definition. Possible values are NotSpecified, BuiltIn, Custom, and Static.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

CloudError

An error response from a policy operation.

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorResponse	Error Response Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.)

createdByType

The type of identity that created the resource.

Name	Type	Description
Application	string
Key	string
ManagedIdentity	string
User	string

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorResponse

Error Response

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorResponse[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

Metadata

General metadata for the parameter.

Name	Type	Description
assignPermissions	boolean	Set to true to have Azure portal create role assignments on the resource ID or resource scope value of this parameter during policy assignment. This property is useful in case you wish to assign permissions outside the assignment scope.
description	string	The description of the parameter.
displayName	string	The display name for the parameter.
strongType	string	Used when assigning the policy definition through the portal. Provides a context aware list of values for the user to choose from.

ParameterDefinitionsValue

The definition of a parameter that can be provided to the policy.

Name	Type	Description
allowedValues	object[]	The allowed values for the parameter.
defaultValue	object	The default value for the parameter if no value is provided.
metadata	Metadata	General metadata for the parameter.
schema	object	Provides validation of parameter inputs during assignment using a self-defined JSON schema. This property is only supported for object-type parameters and follows the Json.NET Schema 2019-09 implementation. You can learn more about using schemas at https://json-schema.org/ and test draft schemas at https://www.jsonschemavalidator.net/.
type	parameterType	The data type of the parameter.

parameterType

The data type of the parameter.

Name	Type	Description
Array	string
Boolean	string
DateTime	string
Float	string
Integer	string
Object	string
String	string

ParameterValuesValue

The value of a parameter.

Name	Type	Description
value	object	The value of the parameter.

PolicyDefinitionGroup

The policy definition group.

Name	Type	Description
additionalMetadataId	string	A resource ID of a resource that contains additional metadata about the group.
category	string	The group's category.
description	string	The group's description.
displayName	string	The group's display name.
name	string	The name of the group.

PolicyDefinitionReference

The policy definition reference.

Name	Type	Description
definitionVersion	string	The version of the policy definition to use.
groupNames	string[]	The name of the groups that this policy definition reference belongs to.
parameters	<string,  ParameterValuesValue>	The parameter values for the referenced policy rule. The keys are the parameter names.
policyDefinitionId	string	The ID of the policy definition or policy set definition.
policyDefinitionReferenceId	string	A unique id (within the policy set definition) for this policy definition reference.

PolicySetDefinitionVersion

The policy set definition version.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	The ID of the policy set definition version.
name	string	The name of the policy set definition version.
properties.description	string	The policy set definition description.
properties.displayName	string	The display name of the policy set definition.
properties.metadata	object	The policy set definition metadata. Metadata is an open ended object and is typically a collection of key value pairs.
properties.parameters	<string,  ParameterDefinitionsValue>	The policy set definition parameters that can be used in policy definition references.
properties.policyDefinitionGroups	PolicyDefinitionGroup[]	The metadata describing groups of policy definition references within the policy set definition.
properties.policyDefinitions	PolicyDefinitionReference[]	An array of policy definition references.
properties.policyType	policyType	The type of policy definition. Possible values are NotSpecified, BuiltIn, Custom, and Static.
properties.version	string	The policy set definition version in #.#.# format.
systemData	systemData	The system metadata relating to this resource.
type	string	The type of the resource (Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/versions).

policyType

The type of policy definition. Possible values are NotSpecified, BuiltIn, Custom, and Static.

Name	Type	Description
BuiltIn	string
Custom	string
NotSpecified	string
Static	string

systemData

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.