From 59225ca7b021611ace3f1212cfd578c0cd520559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Meyers <chris.meyers.fsu@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 10:43:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ensure password or ssh cert specified

---
 cloud/azure/azure.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cloud/azure/azure.py b/cloud/azure/azure.py
index f1eea46525e..c4fa41a6eb1 100644
--- a/cloud/azure/azure.py
+++ b/cloud/azure/azure.py
@@ -567,8 +567,8 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(msg='location parameter is required for new instance')
         if not module.params.get('storage_account'):
             module.fail_json(msg='storage_account parameter is required for new instance')
-        if not module.params.get('password'):
-            module.fail_json(msg='password parameter is required for new instance')
+        if not (module.params.get('password') or module.params.get('ssh_cert_path')):
+            module.fail_json(msg='password or ssh_cert_path parameter is required for new instance')
         (changed, public_dns_name, deployment) = create_virtual_machine(module, azure)
 
     module.exit_json(changed=changed, public_dns_name=public_dns_name, deployment=json.loads(json.dumps(deployment, default=lambda o: o.__dict__)))