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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: azure
+short_description: create or terminate a virtual machine in azure
+description:
+     - Creates or terminates azure instances. When created optionally waits for it to be 'running'. This module has a dependency on python-azure >= 0.7.1
+version_added: "1.5"
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - name of the virtual machine and associated cloud service.
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  location:
+    description:
+      - the azure location to use (e.g. 'East US')
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  subscription_id:
+    description:
+      - azure subscription id. Overrides the AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID environement variable.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  management_cert_path:
+    description:
+      - path to an azure management certificate associated with the subscription id. Overrides the AZURE_MANAGEMENT_CERT_PATH environement variable.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  storage_account:
+    description:
+      - the azure storage account in which to store the data disks.
+    required: true
+  image:
+    description:
+      - system image for creating the virtual machine (e.g., b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu_DAILY_BUILD-precise-12_04_3-LTS-amd64-server-20131205-en-us-30GB)
+    required: true
+    default: null
+  role_size:
+    description:
+      - azure role size for the new virtual machine (e.g., Small, ExtraLarge, A6)
+    required: false
+    default: Small
+  endpoints:
+    description:
+      - a comma-separated list of TCP ports to expose on the virtual machine (e.g., "22,80")
+    required: false
+    default: 22
+  user:
+    description:
+      - the unix username for the new virtual machine.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  password:
+    description:
+      - the unix password for the new virtual machine.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  ssh_cert_path:
+    description:
+      - path to an X509 certificate containing the public ssh key to install in the virtual machine. See http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/linux/tutorials/intro-to-linux/ for more details.
+      - if this option is specified, password-based ssh authentication will be disabled.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  hostname:
+    description:
+      - hostname to write /etc/hostname. Defaults to <name>.cloudapp.net.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  wait:
+    description:
+      - wait for the instance to be in state 'running' before returning
+    required: false
+    default: "no"
+    choices: [ "yes", "no" ]
+    aliases: []
+  wait_timeout:
+    description:
+      - how long before wait gives up, in seconds
+    default: 300
+    aliases: []
+  state:
+    version_added: "1.3"
+    description:
+      - create or terminate instances
+    required: false
+    default: 'present'
+    aliases: []
+
+requirements: [ "azure" ]
+author: John Whitbeck
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Note: None of these examples set subscription_id or management_cert_path
+# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.
+
+# Provision virtual machine example
+- local_action:
+    module: azure
+    name: my-virtual-machine
+    role_size: Small
+    image: b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu_DAILY_BUILD-precise-12_04_3-LTS-amd64-server-20131205-en-us-30GB
+    location: 'East US'
+    user: ubuntu
+    ssh_cert_path: /path/to/azure_x509_cert.pem
+    storage_account: my-storage-account
+    wait: yes
+
+# Terminate virtual machine example
+- local_action:
+    module: azure
+    name: my-virtual-machine
+    state: absent
+'''
+
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import datetime
+from urlparse import urlparse
+
+AZURE_LOCATIONS = ['East Asia',
+                   'Southeast Asia',
+                   'North Europe',
+                   'West Europe',
+                   'East US',
+                   'West US']
+
+AZURE_ROLE_SIZES = ['Small', 'Medium', 'Large', 'ExtraLarge', 'A5', 'A6', 'A7']
+
+try:
+    import azure
+    from azure import WindowsAzureError, WindowsAzureMissingResourceError
+    from azure.servicemanagement import (ServiceManagementService, OSVirtualHardDisk, SSH, PublicKeys,
+                                         PublicKey, LinuxConfigurationSet, ConfigurationSetInputEndpoints,
+                                         ConfigurationSetInputEndpoint)
+except ImportError:
+    print "failed=True msg='azure required for this module'"
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+def get_ssh_certificate_tokens(ssh_cert_path):
+    """
+    Returns the sha1 fingerprint and a base64-encoded PKCS12 version of the certificate.
+    """
+    # This returns a string such as SHA1 Fingerprint=88:60:0B:13:A9:14:47:DA:4E:19:10:7D:34:92:2B:DF:A1:7D:CA:FF
+    openssl_x509_output = subprocess.check_output(['openssl', 'x509', '-in', ssh_cert_path, '-fingerprint', '-noout'])
+    fingerprint = openssl_x509_output.strip()[17:].replace(':','')
+
+    pkcs12_process = subprocess.Popen(['openssl', 'pkcs12', '-export', '-in', ssh_cert_path, '-nokeys', '-password', 'pass:'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    pkcs12_base64 = subprocess.check_output(['base64'], stdin=pkcs12_process.stdout).strip()
+
+    return (fingerprint, pkcs12_base64)
+
+
+def create_virtual_machine(module, azure):
+    """
+    Create new virtual machine
+
+    module : AnsibleModule object
+    azure: authenticated azure ServiceManagementService object
+
+    Returns:
+        True if a new virtual machine was created, false otherwise
+    """
+
+
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    hostname = module.params.get('hostname') or name + ".cloudapp.net"
+    endpoints = module.params.get('endpoints').split(',')
+    ssh_cert_path = module.params.get('ssh_cert_path')
+    user = module.params.get('user')
+    password = module.params.get('password')
+    location = module.params.get('location')
+    role_size = module.params.get('role_size')
+    storage_account = module.params.get('storage_account')
+    image = module.params.get('image')
+    wait = module.params.get('wait')
+    wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+
+    # Check if a deployment with the same name already exists
+    deployment = None
+    try:
+        deployment = azure.get_deployment_by_name(service_name=name, deployment_name=name)
+    except WindowsAzureMissingResourceError as e:
+        pass # no such deployment
+    except WindowsAzureError as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+
+    if deployment:
+        changed = False
+    else:
+        changed = True
+
+        # Create cloud service if necessary
+        try:
+            existing_service_names = [service.service_name for service in azure.list_hosted_services()]
+            if not name in existing_service_names:
+                azure.create_hosted_service(service_name=name, label=name, location=location)
+        except WindowsAzureError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+
+        # Create linux configuration
+        disable_ssh_password_authentication = not password
+        linux_config = LinuxConfigurationSet(hostname, user, password, disable_ssh_password_authentication)
+
+        # Add ssh certificates if specified
+        if ssh_cert_path:
+            fingerprint, pkcs12_base64 = get_ssh_certificate_tokens(ssh_cert_path)
+            # Add certificate to cloud service
+            azure.add_service_certificate(name, pkcs12_base64, 'pfx', '')
+            # Create ssh config
+            ssh_config = SSH()
+            ssh_config.public_keys = PublicKeys()
+            authorized_keys_path = u'/home/%s/.ssh/authorized_keys' % user
+            ssh_config.public_keys.public_keys.append(PublicKey(path=authorized_keys_path, fingerprint=fingerprint))
+            # Append ssh config to linux machine config
+            linux_config.ssh = ssh_config
+
+        # Create network configuration
+        network_config = ConfigurationSetInputEndpoints()
+        network_config.configuration_set_type = 'NetworkConfiguration'
+        network_config.subnet_names = []
+        for port in endpoints:
+            network_config.input_endpoints.append(ConfigurationSetInputEndpoint(name='TCP-%s' % port,
+                                                                                protocol='TCP',
+                                                                                port=port,
+                                                                                local_port=port))
+
+        # First determine where to store disk
+        today = datetime.date.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+        disk_prefix = u'%s-%s' % (name, name)
+        media_link = u'http://%s.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/%s-%s.vhd' % (storage_account, disk_prefix, today)
+        # Create system hard disk
+        os_hd = OSVirtualHardDisk(image, media_link)
+
+        # Spin up virtual machine
+        try:
+            azure.create_virtual_machine_deployment(service_name=name,
+                                                    deployment_name=name,
+                                                    deployment_slot='production',
+                                                    label=name,
+                                                    role_name=name,
+                                                    system_config=linux_config,
+                                                    network_config=network_config,
+                                                    os_virtual_hard_disk=os_hd,
+                                                    role_size=role_size)
+        except WindowsAzureError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+
+        # wait here until the deployment is up
+        deployment = None
+        wait_timeout = time.time() + wait_timeout
+        while wait_timeout > time.time() and not deployment:
+            try:
+                deployment = azure.get_deployment_by_name(service_name=name, deployment_name=name)
+            except WindowsAzureMissingResourceError as e:
+                pass # deployment still not available
+            except WindowsAzureError as e:
+                # got a bad response from azure, wait a second and then try again
+                time.sleep(1)
+                continue
+            if deployment:
+                break
+            else:
+                time.sleep(5)
+
+    return changed
+
+
+def terminate_virtual_machine(module, azure):
+    """
+    Terminates a virtual machine
+
+    module : AnsibleModule object
+    azure: authenticated azure ServiceManagementService object
+
+    Not yet supported: handle deletion of attached data disks.
+
+    Returns:
+        True if a new virtual machine was deleted, false otherwise
+    """
+
+    # Whether to wait for termination to complete before returning
+    wait = module.params.get('wait')
+    wait_timeout = int(module.params.get('wait_timeout'))
+    name = module.params.get('name')
+    delete_empty_services = module.params.get('delete_empty_services')
+
+    changed = False
+
+    deployment = None
+    try:
+        deployment = azure.get_deployment_by_name(service_name=name, deployment_name=name)
+    except WindowsAzureMissingResourceError as e:
+        pass # no such deployment
+    except WindowsAzureError as e:
+        module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+
+    # Delete deployment
+    if deployment:
+        changed = True
+        try:
+            # TODO: Also find a way to delete old hard drives
+            azure.delete_deployment(service_name=name,deployment_name=name)
+            wait_timeout = time.time() + wait_timeout
+            while wait_timeout > time.time() and deployment:
+                try:
+                    deployment = azure.get_deployment_by_name(service_name=name, deployment_name=name)
+                except WindowsAzureMissingResourceError as e:
+                    break # successfully deleted
+                except WindowsAzureError as e:
+                    # Azure api error, wait a second and retry
+                    time.sleep(1)
+                    continue
+                time.sleep(5)
+            # Now that the vm is deleted, remove the cloud service
+            azure.delete_hosted_service(service_name=name)
+        except WindowsAzureError as e:
+            module.fail_json(msg = str(e))
+
+    return changed
+
+def get_azure_creds(module):
+    # Check modul args for credentials, then check environment vars
+    subscription_id = module.params.get('subscription_id')
+    management_cert_path = module.params.get('management_cert_path')
+
+    if not subscription_id:
+        subscription_id = os.environ['AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID']
+        management_cert_path = os.environ['AZURE_MANAGEMENT_CERT_PATH']
+
+    return subscription_id, management_cert_path
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec = dict(
+            ssh_cert_path = dict(),
+            name = dict(),
+            hostname = dict(),
+            location = dict(choices=AZURE_LOCATIONS),
+            role_size = dict(choices=AZURE_ROLE_SIZES),
+            subscription_id = dict(no_log=True),
+            storage_account = dict(),
+            management_cert_path = dict(),
+            endpoints = dict(default='22'),
+            user = dict(),
+            password = dict(),
+            image = dict(),
+            state = dict(default='present'),
+            wait = dict(type='bool', default=False),
+            wait_timeout = dict(default=300)
+        )
+    )
+
+    # create azure ServiceManagementService object
+    subscription_id, management_cert_path = get_azure_creds(module)
+    azure = ServiceManagementService(subscription_id, management_cert_path)
+
+    if module.params.get('state') == 'absent':
+        changed = terminate_virtual_machine(module, azure)
+
+
+    elif module.params.get('state') == 'present':
+        # Changed is always set to true when provisioning new instances
+        if not module.params.get('name'):
+            module.fail_json(msg='name parameter is required for new instance')
+        if not module.params.get('image'):
+            module.fail_json(msg='image parameter is required for new instance')
+        if not module.params.get('user'):
+            module.fail_json(msg='user parameter is required for new instance')
+        if not module.params.get('location'):
+            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')
+        changed = create_virtual_machine(module, azure)
+
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed)
+
+# import module snippets
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import *
+
+main()