Request Disallowed By Policy

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I am following the steps mentioned in this exercise on Microsoft Azure, given the exercise link below:

Azure Developer League: Secure Azure Kubernetes Cluster

I am stuck at the below code.

When I run this code in the azure cloud shell(sandbox), as mentioned in the steps given in that course:

export DATABASE_NAME=contoso-ship-manager-$RANDOM && \  
az cosmosdb create \  
 -n $DATABASE_NAME \  
 -g $RESOURCE_GROUP \  
 --kind MongoDB \  
 --enable-free-tier  

Or this code:

export DATABASE_NAME=contoso-ship-manager-$RANDOM && az cosmosdb create --name $DATABASE_NAME --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --subscription "Concierge Subscription"  

Whenever I run anyone of the above codes, I get this error:

(RequestDisallowedByPolicy) Resource 'contoso-ship-manager-17984' was disallowed by policy. Policy identifiers: '[{"policyAssignment":{"name":"containers-assignment","id":"/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/eab64c3d-95b6-9f1f-755f-9f8578c31e45/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/containers-assignment"},"policyDefinition":{"name":"Allowed resource types","id":"/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/a08ec900-254a-4555-9bf5-e42af04b5c5c"},"policySetDefinition":{"name":"containers-initiative","id":"/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/learn-sandbox-prod/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/containers-initiative"}}]'. Additional Information:Type: PolicyViolation Info: { "policyDefinitionDisplayName": "Allowed resource types", "policySetDefinitionDisplayName": "containers-initiative", "evaluationDetails": { "evaluatedExpressions": [ { "result": "False", "expressionKind": "Field", "expression": "type", "path": "type", "expressionValue": "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts", "targetValue": [ "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets", "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups", "microsoft.containerregistry/registries", "microsoft.containerregistry/registries/replications", "microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters", "microsoft.insights/components", "microsoft.keyvault/vaults", "Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces", "Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/datastores", "microsoft.managedidentity/userassignedidentities", "microsoft.network/applicationgateways", "microsoft.network/dnszones", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/A", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/AAA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/all", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/CAA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/CNAME", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/MX", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/NS", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/PTR", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/recordsets", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/SOA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/SRV", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/TXT", "microsoft.network/loadbalancers", "microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups", "microsoft.network/privatednszones", "microsoft.network/privatednszones/virtualnetworklinks", "microsoft.network/privateendpoints", "microsoft.network/publicipaddresses", "microsoft.network/routetables", "microsoft.network/virtualnetworks", "microsoft.operationsmanagement/solutions", "microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/queueServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/tableServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares", "microsoft.web/connections" ], "operator": "In" } ] }, "policyDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/a08ec900-254a-4555-9bf5-e42af04b5c5c", "policySetDefinitionId": "/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/learn-sandbox-prod/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policySetDefinitions/containers-initiative", "policyDefinitionReferenceId": "allowed-resource-types_1", "policySetDefinitionName": "containers-initiative", "policyDefinitionName": "a08ec900-254a-4555-9bf5-e42af04b5c5c", "policyDefinitionEffect": "deny", "policyAssignmentId": "/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/eab64c3d-95b6-9f1f-755f-9f8578c31e45/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyAssignments/containers-assignment", "policyAssignmentName": "containers-assignment", "policyAssignmentScope": "/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/eab64c3d-95b6-9f1f-755f-9f8578c31e45" }

I am trying this from last 2 days but again getting same error always. What can I do?

Please help me out.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello @Aayush Shah ,
It seems there is a policy with name " Allowed resource types " on your subscription at Management Scope level
The command az cosmosdb create will try to create a resource of type Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts .
As per your policy definition , that particular resource type is not allowed on your subscription , that's the reason for the failure.

From the detailed error message , if you see the target allowed values are : "targetValue": [ "microsoft.compute/virtualmachinescalesets", "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups", "microsoft.containerregistry/registries", "microsoft.containerregistry/registries/replications", "microsoft.containerservice/managedclusters", "microsoft.insights/components", "microsoft.keyvault/vaults", "Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces", "Microsoft.MachineLearningServices/workspaces/datastores", "microsoft.managedidentity/userassignedidentities", "microsoft.network/applicationgateways", "microsoft.network/dnszones", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/A", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/AAA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/all", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/CAA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/CNAME", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/MX", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/NS", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/PTR", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/recordsets", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/SOA", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/SRV", "Microsoft.Network/dnszones/TXT", "microsoft.network/loadbalancers", "microsoft.network/networksecuritygroups", "microsoft.network/privatednszones", "microsoft.network/privatednszones/virtualnetworklinks", "microsoft.network/privateendpoints", "microsoft.network/publicipaddresses", "microsoft.network/routetables", "microsoft.network/virtualnetworks", "microsoft.operationsmanagement/solutions", "microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/queueServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/tableServices", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers", "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/fileServices/shares", "microsoft.web/connections"]

In the above list Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts is not an allowed value.

To mitigate this:-
Your Subscription admin might have set a policy that disallows the creation of Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts resources. So ask your Admin to add that resource type in the list of allowed types in that particular Policy definition.

In the Azure Portal -> Go to Policy -> Definitions -> Search for the name of the policy (i.e. Allowed Resource types)

More details about the policy error message can be found at : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/error-policy-requestdisallowedbypolicy#solution

Basics of Azure Policy: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/governance/policy/overview

Let us know if you have additional questions.

Regards,
Shiva.

Answer 2

For anyone with this issue what worked for me was to:

• Wait until the sandbox expires
• Sign out and sing in to the challenge in an incognito / private window
• Request sandbox and verify permissions again