Snapshots - Grant Access

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/mySnapshot/beginGetAccess?api-version=2025-01-02

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

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python snapshot_begin_get_access.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 = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="SUBSCRIPTION_ID",
    )

    response = client.snapshots.begin_grant_access(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        snapshot_name="mySnapshot",
        grant_access_data={"access": "Read", "durationInSeconds": 300, "fileFormat": "VHDX"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: 2025-01-02/snapshotExamples/Snapshot_BeginGetAccess.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/Compute/stable/2025-01-02/examples/snapshotExamples/Snapshot_BeginGetAccess.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "Snapshots_GrantAccess" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this SnapshotResource created on azure
// for more information of creating SnapshotResource, please refer to the document of SnapshotResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
string snapshotName = "mySnapshot";
ResourceIdentifier snapshotResourceId = SnapshotResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, snapshotName);
SnapshotResource snapshot = client.GetSnapshotResource(snapshotResourceId);

// invoke the operation
GrantAccessData data = new GrantAccessData(AccessLevel.Read, 300)
{
    FileFormat = DiskImageFileFormat.Vhdx,
};
ArmOperation<AccessUri> lro = await snapshot.GrantAccessAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, data);
AccessUri result = lro.Value;

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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