The Azure Management Policy Insights client library for Python (version 1.0.0) provides functionality to query and analyze Azure Policy compliance. It allows retrieving policy states, events, and remediation details to understand resource compliance with defined policies. As part of the broader Azure SDK for Python, it follows a regular release cadence, primarily focusing on stability for 1.x versions and aligning with Azure API updates.
pip install azure-mgmt-policyinsights azure-identityVerified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.
Initializes the PolicyInsightsClient using DefaultAzureCredential and attempts to list the first policy event for the given subscription scope. This demonstrates client setup and a basic API interaction.
Authenticate via `az login` or configure environment variables for service principal. Assign appropriate RBAC roles via Azure portal or Azure CLI (e.g., `az role assignment create --role "Reader" --scope /subscriptions/<sub-id> --assignee <user-or-sp-id>`).
Use `azure-mgmt-policy` for creating, updating, or deleting policy definitions, sets, and assignments.
Ensure the `scope` parameter follows Azure Resource Manager ID format (e.g., `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}`, `/subscriptions/{subscription_id}/resourceGroups/{resource_group_name}`). Verify permissions for the specified scope.Ensure `six` is installed in your environment. You can explicitly install it by running `pip install six`. While `six` is typically installed automatically as a dependency of `azure-mgmt-policyinsights`, it might be missing in some specific environments or installation setups.
Install the missing `six` package using pip: `pip install six`. Ensure all required dependencies are installed, especially in minimal or custom environments.