Note
This plugin is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.10.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible
package. It is not included in ansible-core
. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list
.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install azure.azcollection
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachine
.
New in version 0.1.2: of azure.azcollection
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
---|---|---|---|
accept_terms boolean |
| Accept terms for Marketplace images that require it. Only Azure service admin/account admin users can purchase images from the Marketplace. Only valid when a plan is specified. | |
ad_user string | Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal. | ||
adfs_authority_url string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection | Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority. | ||
admin_password string | Password for the admin username. Not required if the os_type=Linux and SSH password authentication is disabled by setting ssh_password_enabled=false. | ||
admin_username string | Admin username used to access the VM after it is created. Required when creating a VM. | ||
allocated boolean |
| Whether the VM is allocated or deallocated, only useful with state=present. | |
api_profile string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection | Default: "latest" | Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of latest is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack. | |
append_tags boolean |
| Use to control if tags field is canonical or just appends to existing tags. When canonical, any tags not found in the tags parameter will be removed from the object's metadata. | |
auth_source string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection |
| Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication. Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable.When set to auto (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> env -> credential_file -> cli .When set to env , the credentials will be read from the environment variablesWhen set to credential_file , it will read the profile from ~/.azure/credentials .When set to cli , the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if more than one is present otherwise the default az cli subscription is used.When set to msi , the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if the resource is granted access to more than one subscription, otherwise the first subscription is chosen.The msi was added in Ansible 2.6. | |
availability_set string | Name or ID of an existing availability set to add the VM to. The availability_set should be in the same resource group as VM. | ||
boot_diagnostics string | Manage boot diagnostics settings for a VM. Boot diagnostics includes a serial console and remote console screenshots. | ||
enabled boolean / required |
| Flag indicating if boot diagnostics are enabled. | |
resource_group string | Resource group where the storage account is located. | ||
storage_account string | The name of an existing storage account to use for boot diagnostics. If not specified, uses storage_account_name defined one level up. If storage account is not specified anywhere, and enabled is true , a default storage account is created for boot diagnostics data. | ||
cert_validation_mode string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection |
| Controls the certificate validation behavior for Azure endpoints. By default, all modules will validate the server certificate, but when an HTTPS proxy is in use, or against Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable this behavior by passing ignore . Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION environment variable. | |
client_id string | Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. | ||
cloud_environment string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection | Default: "AzureCloud" | For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, AzureChinaCloud , AzureUSGovernment ), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT environment variable. | |
custom_data string | Data made available to the VM and used by cloud-init .Only used on Linux images with cloud-init enabled.Consult https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/using-cloud-init#cloud-init-overview for cloud-init ready images. To enable cloud-init on a Linux image, follow https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cloudinit-prepare-custom-image. | ||
data_disks string | Describes list of data disks. Use M(azure_rm_mangeddisk) to manage the specific disk. | ||
caching string |
| Type of data disk caching. | |
disk_size_gb string | The initial disk size in GB for blank data disks. This value cannot be larger than 1023 GB.Size can be changed only when the virtual machine is deallocated. Not sure when managed_disk_id defined. | ||
lun string / required | The logical unit number for data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM. | ||
managed_disk_type string |
| Managed data disk type. Only used when OS disk created with managed disk. | |
storage_account_name string | Name of an existing storage account that supports creation of VHD blobs. If not specified for a new VM, a new storage account started with name will be created using storage type Standard_LRS .Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated. | ||
storage_blob_name string | Name of the storage blob used to hold the OS disk image of the VM. Must end with '.vhd'. Default to the name + timestamp + lun + '.vhd'. Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated. | ||
storage_container_name string | Default: "vhds" | Name of the container to use within the storage account to store VHD blobs. If no name is specified a default container named 'vhds' will created. Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated. | |
ephemeral_os_disk boolean |
| Parameters of ephemeral disk settings that can be specified for operating system disk. Ephemeral OS disk is only supported for VMS Instances using Managed Disk. | |
eviction_policy string |
| Specifies the eviction policy for the Azure Spot virtual machine. Requires priority to be set to Spot. | |
generalized boolean |
| Whether the VM is generalized or not. Set to true with state=present to generalize the VM.Generalizing a VM is irreversible. | |
image string / required | The image used to build the VM. For custom images, the name of the image. To narrow the search to a specific resource group, a dict with the keys name and resource_group. For Marketplace images, a dict with the keys publisher, offer, sku, and version. Set version=latest to get the most recent version of a given image. | ||
license_type string |
| On-premise license for the image or disk. Only used for images that contain the Windows Server operating system. To remove all license type settings, set to the string None . | |
location string | Valid Azure location for the VM. Defaults to location of the resource group. | ||
log_mode string | Parent argument. | ||
log_path string | Parent argument. | ||
managed_disk_type string |
| Managed OS disk type. Create OS disk with managed disk if defined. If not defined, the OS disk will be created with virtual hard disk (VHD). | |
max_price string | Default: -1 | Specifies the maximum price you are willing to pay for a Azure Spot VM/VMSS. This price is in US Dollars. -1 indicates default price to be up-to on-demand.Requires priority to be set to Spot. | |
name string / required | Name of the VM. | ||
network_interface_names list / elements=string | Network interface names to add to the VM. Can be a string of name or resource ID of the network interface. Can be a dict containing resource_group and name of the network interface. If a network interface name is not provided when the VM is created, a default network interface will be created. To create a new network interface, at least one Virtual Network with one Subnet must exist. aliases: network_interfaces | ||
open_ports string | List of ports to open in the security group for the VM, when a security group and network interface are created with a VM. For Linux hosts, defaults to allowing inbound TCP connections to port 22. For Windows hosts, defaults to opening ports 3389 and 5986. | ||
os_disk_caching string |
| Type of OS disk caching. aliases: disk_caching | |
os_disk_name string | OS disk name. | ||
os_disk_size_gb string | Type of OS disk size in GB. | ||
os_type string |
| Base type of operating system. | |
password string | Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal. | ||
plan dictionary | Third-party billing plan for the VM. | ||
name string / required | Billing plan name. | ||
product string / required | Product name. | ||
promotion_code string | Optional promotion code. | ||
publisher string / required | Publisher offering the plan. | ||
priority string |
| Priority of the VM. None is the equivalent of Regular VM. | |
profile string | Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file. | ||
public_ip_allocation_method string |
| Allocation method for the public IP of the VM. Used only if a network interface is not specified. When set to Dynamic , the public IP address may change any time the VM is rebooted or power cycled.The Disabled choice was added in Ansible 2.6.aliases: public_ip_allocation | |
remove_on_absent list / elements=string | Default: ["all"] | Associated resources to remove when removing a VM using state=absent. To remove all resources related to the VM being removed, including auto-created resources, set to all .To remove only resources that were automatically created while provisioning the VM being removed, set to all_autocreated .To remove only specific resources, set to network_interfaces , virtual_storage or public_ips .Any other input will be ignored. | |
resource_group string / required | Name of the resource group containing the VM. | ||
restarted boolean |
| Set to true with state=present to restart a running VM. | |
secret string | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. | ||
short_hostname string | Name assigned internally to the host. On a Linux VM this is the name returned by the hostname command.When creating a VM, short_hostname defaults to name. | ||
ssh_password_enabled boolean |
| Whether to enable or disable SSH passwords. When os_type=Linux, set to false to disable SSH password authentication and require use of SSH keys. | |
ssh_public_keys string | For os_type=Linux provide a list of SSH keys. Accepts a list of dicts where each dictionary contains two keys, path and key_data. Set path to the default location of the authorized_keys files. For example, path=/home/<admin username>/.ssh/authorized_keys. Set key_data to the actual value of the public key. | ||
started boolean |
| Whether the VM is started or stopped. Set to (true) with state=present to start the VM. Set to false to stop the VM. | |
state string |
| State of the VM. Set to present to create a VM with the configuration specified by other options, or to update the configuration of an existing VM.Set to absent to remove a VM.Does not affect power state. Use started/allocated/restarted parameters to change the power state of a VM. | |
storage_account_name string | Name of a storage account that supports creation of VHD blobs. If not specified for a new VM, a new storage account named <vm name>01 will be created using storage type Standard_LRS .aliases: storage_account | ||
storage_blob_name string | Name of the storage blob used to hold the OS disk image of the VM. Must end with '.vhd'. If not specified, defaults to the VM name + '.vhd'. aliases: storage_blob | ||
storage_container_name string | Default: "vhds" | Name of the container to use within the storage account to store VHD blobs. If not specified, a default container will be created. aliases: storage_container | |
subnet_name string | Subnet for the VM. Defaults to the first subnet found in the virtual network or the subnet of the network_interface_name, if provided. If the subnet is in another resource group, specify the resource group with virtual_network_resource_group. aliases: subnet | ||
subscription_id string | Your Azure subscription Id. | ||
tags dictionary | Dictionary of string:string pairs to assign as metadata to the object. Metadata tags on the object will be updated with any provided values. To remove tags set append_tags option to false. Currently, Azure DNS zones and Traffic Manager services also don't allow the use of spaces in the tag. Azure Front Door doesn't support the use of Azure Automation and Azure CDN only support 15 tags on resources. | ||
tenant string | Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. | ||
virtual_network_name string | The virtual network to use when creating a VM. If not specified, a new network interface will be created and assigned to the first virtual network found in the resource group. Use with virtual_network_resource_group to place the virtual network in another resource group. aliases: virtual_network | ||
virtual_network_resource_group string | The resource group to use when creating a VM with another resource group's virtual network. | ||
vm_identity string |
| Identity for the VM. | |
vm_size string | A valid Azure VM size value. For example, Standard_D4 .Choices vary depending on the subscription and location. Check your subscription for available choices. Required when creating a VM. | ||
winrm string | List of Windows Remote Management configurations of the VM. | ||
certificate_store string | The certificate store on the VM to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account. | ||
certificate_url string | The URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret. | ||
protocol string / required |
| The protocol of the winrm listener. | |
source_vault string | The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the certificate. | ||
zones list / elements=string | A list of Availability Zones for your VM. |
Note
az login
.See also
How to authenticate using the az login
command.
- name: Create VM with defaults azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm10 admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: offer: CentOS publisher: OpenLogic sku: '7.1' version: latest - name: Create an availability set for managed disk vm azure_rm_availabilityset: name: avs-managed-disk resource_group: myResourceGroup platform_update_domain_count: 5 platform_fault_domain_count: 2 sku: Aligned - name: Create a VM with managed disk azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: vm-managed-disk admin_username: "{{ username }}" availability_set: avs-managed-disk managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS image: offer: CoreOS publisher: CoreOS sku: Stable version: latest vm_size: Standard_D4 - name: Create a VM with existing storage account and NIC azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 vm_size: Standard_D4 storage_account: testaccount001 admin_username: "{{ username }}" ssh_public_keys: - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... > network_interfaces: testvm001 image: offer: CentOS publisher: OpenLogic sku: '7.1' version: latest - name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data managed disks azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_D4 managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS admin_username: "{{ username }}" ssh_public_keys: - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... > image: offer: CoreOS publisher: CoreOS sku: Stable version: latest data_disks: - lun: 0 managed_disk_id: "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myDisk" - lun: 1 disk_size_gb: 128 managed_disk_type: Premium_LRS - name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data storage accounts azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2 admin_username: "{{ username }}" ssh_password_enabled: false ssh_public_keys: - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... > network_interfaces: testvm001 storage_container: osdisk storage_blob: osdisk.vhd boot_diagnostics: enabled: yes image: offer: CoreOS publisher: CoreOS sku: Stable version: latest data_disks: - lun: 0 disk_size_gb: 64 storage_container_name: datadisk1 storage_blob_name: datadisk1.vhd - lun: 1 disk_size_gb: 128 storage_container_name: datadisk2 storage_blob_name: datadisk2.vhd - name: Create a VM with a custom image azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2 admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: customimage001 - name: Create a VM with a custom image from a particular resource group azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2 admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: name: customimage001 resource_group: myResourceGroup - name: Create a VM with an image id azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2 admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: id: '{{image_id}}' - name: Create VM with spcified OS disk size azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: big-os-disk admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" os_disk_size_gb: 512 image: offer: CentOS publisher: OpenLogic sku: '7.1' version: latest - name: Create VM with OS and Plan, accepting the terms azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: f5-nva admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: publisher: f5-networks offer: f5-big-ip-best sku: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly version: latest plan: name: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly product: f5-big-ip-best publisher: f5-networks - name: Create a VM with Spot Instance azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm10 vm_size: Standard_D4 priority: Spot eviction_policy: Deallocate admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: offer: CentOS publisher: OpenLogic sku: '7.1' version: latest - name: Power Off azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 started: no - name: Deallocate azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 allocated: no - name: Power On azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 - name: Restart azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 restarted: yes - name: Create a VM with an Availability Zone azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm001 vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2 admin_username: "{{ username }}" admin_password: "{{ password }}" image: customimage001 zones: [1] - name: Remove a VM and all resources that were autocreated azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: myResourceGroup name: testvm002 remove_on_absent: all_autocreated state: absent
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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azure_vm dictionary | always | Facts about the current state of the object. Note that facts are not part of the registered output but available directly. Sample: {'properties': {'availabilitySet': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/MYAVAILABILITYSET'}, 'hardwareProfile': {'vmSize': 'Standard_D1'}, 'instanceView': {'disks': [{'name': 'testvm10.vhd', 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Provisioning succeeded', 'level': 'Info', 'time': '2016-03-30T07:11:16.187272Z'}]}], 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Provisioning succeeded', 'level': 'Info', 'time': '2016-03-30T20:33:38.946916Z'}, {'code': 'PowerState/running', 'displayStatus': 'VM running', 'level': 'Info'}], 'vmAgent': {'extensionHandlers': [], 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Ready', 'level': 'Info', 'message': 'GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations.', 'time': '2016-03-30T20:31:16.000Z'}], 'vmAgentVersion': 'WALinuxAgent-2.0.16'}}, 'networkProfile': {'networkInterfaces': [{'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01', 'name': 'testvm10_NIC01', 'properties': {'dnsSettings': {'appliedDnsServers': [], 'dnsServers': []}, 'enableIPForwarding': False, 'ipConfigurations': [{'etag': 'W/"041c8c2a-d5dd-4cd7-8465-9125cfbe2cf8"', 'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01/ipConfigurations/default', 'name': 'default', 'properties': {'privateIPAddress': '10.10.0.5', 'privateIPAllocationMethod': 'Dynamic', 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'publicIPAddress': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/testvm10_PIP01', 'name': 'testvm10_PIP01', 'properties': {'idleTimeoutInMinutes': 4, 'ipAddress': '13.92.246.197', 'ipConfiguration': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01/ipConfigurations/default'}, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'publicIPAllocationMethod': 'Static', 'resourceGuid': '3447d987-ca0d-4eca-818b-5dddc0625b42'}}}}], 'macAddress': '00-0D-3A-12-AA-14', 'primary': True, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'resourceGuid': '10979e12-ccf9-42ee-9f6d-ff2cc63b3844', 'virtualMachine': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/testvm10'}}}]}, 'osProfile': {'adminUsername': 'chouseknecht', 'computerName': 'test10', 'linuxConfiguration': {'disablePasswordAuthentication': False}, 'secrets': []}, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'storageProfile': {'dataDisks': [{'caching': 'ReadWrite', 'createOption': 'empty', 'diskSizeGB': 64, 'lun': 0, 'name': 'datadisk1.vhd', 'vhd': {'uri': 'https://testvm10sa1.blob.core.windows.net/datadisk/datadisk1.vhd'}}], 'imageReference': {'offer': 'CentOS', 'publisher': 'OpenLogic', 'sku': '7.1', 'version': '7.1.20160308'}, 'osDisk': {'caching': 'ReadOnly', 'createOption': 'fromImage', 'name': 'testvm10.vhd', 'osType': 'Linux', 'vhd': {'uri': 'https://testvm10sa1.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/testvm10.vhd'}}}}, 'type': 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines'} |
deleted_network_interfaces list / elements=string | on delete | List of deleted NICs. Sample: ['testvm1001'] |
deleted_public_ips list / elements=string | on delete | List of deleted public IP address names. Sample: ['testvm1001'] |
deleted_vhd_uris list / elements=string | on delete | List of deleted Virtual Hard Disk URIs. Sample: ['https://testvm104519.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/testvm10.vhd'] |
powerstate string | always | Indicates if the state is running , stopped , deallocated , generalized .Sample: running |
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