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jkibbee
Level 1
8 years ago

CloudPoint: Unable to delete AWS snapshots

I am working on a trial of CloudPoint 1.0.2 with AWS and I am having trouble deleting snapshots. The admin guide is very unclear about what IAM permissions need to be setup to allow snapshots to be deleted. Here is what I am seeing in the logs.

ClientError: An error occurred (UnauthorizedOperation) when calling the DescribeVolumes operation: You are not authorized to perform this operation.
Nov 13 13:02:29 f7a90ebef89b flexsnap-agent[515] flexsnap.agent: ERROR - An error occurred (UnauthorizedOperation) when calling the DescribeVolumes operation: You are not authorized to perform this operation.

Any help would be greatly appriciated. Thanks!

 

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  • amadgulw's avatar
    amadgulw
    Level 3
    8 years ago

    Hi.

    So, with CloudPoint 1.0.x release, the expectation is that - the Accont with which the AWS Plugins are configured should have permission to do following things:

    1. Discovery snapshots, EBS Volumes, EC2 Instance, AMIs, VPCs, Subnets & other networking components etc
    2. Take Snapshot of EBS & EC2
    3. Delete Snapshot
    4. Create EBS Volumes & Create EC2 Instances

     

    So, if the plugin is configured without these permissions, then it could fail.

    Apologies for the incovenience caused by poor-documentation. We will make sure that it's updated with essentials.

    _Amit