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Microsoft Azure Guide
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Ansible includes a suite of modules for interacting with Azure Resource Manager, giving you the tools to easily create
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and orchestrate infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.
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Requirements
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Using the Azure Resource Manager modules requires having specific Azure SDK modules
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installed on the host running Ansible.
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ pip install 'ansible[azure]'
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If you are running Ansible from source, you can install the dependencies from the
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root directory of the Ansible repo.
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ pip install .[azure]
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You can also directly run Ansible in `Azure Cloud Shell <https://shell.azure.com>`_, where Ansible is pre-installed.
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Authenticating with Azure
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Using the Azure Resource Manager modules requires authenticating with the Azure API. You can choose from two authentication strategies:
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* Active Directory Username/Password
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* Service Principal Credentials
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Follow the directions for the strategy you wish to use, then proceed to `Providing Credentials to Azure Modules`_ for
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instructions on how to actually use the modules and authenticate with the Azure API.
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Using Service Principal
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There is now a detailed official tutorial describing `how to create a service principal <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-create-service-principal-portal>`_.
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After stepping through the tutorial you will have:
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* Your Client ID, which is found in the "client id" box in the "Configure" page of your application in the Azure portal
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* Your Secret key, generated when you created the application. You cannot show the key after creation.
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If you lost the key, you must create a new one in the "Configure" page of your application.
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* And finally, a tenant ID. It's a UUID (for example, ABCDEFGH-1234-ABCD-1234-ABCDEFGHIJKL) pointing to the AD containing your
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application. You will find it in the URL from within the Azure portal, or in the "view endpoints" of any given URL.
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Using Active Directory Username/Password
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To create an Active Directory username/password:
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* Connect to the Azure Classic Portal with your admin account
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* Create a user in your default AAD. You must NOT activate Multi-Factor Authentication
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* Go to Settings - Administrators
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* Click on Add and enter the email of the new user.
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* Check the checkbox of the subscription you want to test with this user.
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* Login to Azure Portal with this new user to change the temporary password to a new one. You will not be able to use the
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temporary password for OAuth login.
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Providing Credentials to Azure Modules
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The modules offer several ways to provide your credentials. For a CI/CD tool such as Ansible Tower or Jenkins, you will
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most likely want to use environment variables. For local development you may wish to store your credentials in a file
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within your home directory. And of course, you can always pass credentials as parameters to a task within a playbook. The
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order of precedence is parameters, then environment variables, and finally a file found in your home directory.
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Using Environment Variables
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To pass service principal credentials via the environment, define the following variables:
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* AZURE_CLIENT_ID
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* AZURE_SECRET
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* AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
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* AZURE_TENANT
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To pass Active Directory username/password via the environment, define the following variables:
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* AZURE_AD_USER
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* AZURE_PASSWORD
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* AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
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To pass Active Directory username/password in ADFS via the environment, define the following variables:
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* AZURE_AD_USER
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* AZURE_PASSWORD
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* AZURE_CLIENT_ID
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* AZURE_TENANT
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* AZURE_ADFS_AUTHORITY_URL
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"AZURE_ADFS_AUTHORITY_URL" is optional. It's necessary only when you have own ADFS authority like https://yourdomain.com/adfs.
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Storing in a File
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When working in a development environment, it may be desirable to store credentials in a file. The modules will look
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for credentials in ``$HOME/.azure/credentials``. This file is an ini style file. It will look as follows:
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.. code-block:: ini
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[default]
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subscription_id=xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
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client_id=xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
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secret=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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tenant=xxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
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.. note:: If your secret values contain non-ASCII characters, you must `URL Encode <https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp>`_ them to avoid login errors.
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It is possible to store multiple sets of credentials within the credentials file by creating multiple sections. Each
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section is considered a profile. The modules look for the [default] profile automatically. Define AZURE_PROFILE in the
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environment or pass a profile parameter to specify a specific profile.
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Passing as Parameters
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`````````````````````
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If you wish to pass credentials as parameters to a task, use the following parameters for service principal:
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* client_id
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* secret
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* subscription_id
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* tenant
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Or, pass the following parameters for Active Directory username/password:
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* ad_user
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* password
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* subscription_id
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Or, pass the following parameters for ADFS username/password:
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* ad_user
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* password
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* client_id
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* tenant
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* adfs_authority_url
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"adfs_authority_url" is optional. It's necessary only when you have own ADFS authority like https://yourdomain.com/adfs.
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Other Cloud Environments
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To use an Azure Cloud other than the default public cloud (eg, Azure China Cloud, Azure US Government Cloud, Azure Stack),
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pass the "cloud_environment" argument to modules, configure it in a credential profile, or set the "AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT"
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environment variable. The value is either a cloud name as defined by the Azure Python SDK (eg, "AzureChinaCloud",
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"AzureUSGovernment"; defaults to "AzureCloud") or an Azure metadata discovery URL (for Azure Stack).
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Creating Virtual Machines
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There are two ways to create a virtual machine, both involving the azure_rm_virtualmachine module. We can either create
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a storage account, network interface, security group and public IP address and pass the names of these objects to the
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module as parameters, or we can let the module do the work for us and accept the defaults it chooses.
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Creating Individual Components
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An Azure module is available to help you create a storage account, virtual network, subnet, network interface,
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security group and public IP. Here is a full example of creating each of these and passing the names to the
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azure_rm_virtualmachine module at the end:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- name: Create storage account
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azure_rm_storageaccount:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: testaccount001
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account_type: Standard_LRS
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- name: Create virtual network
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azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: testvn001
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address_prefixes: "10.10.0.0/16"
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- name: Add subnet
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azure_rm_subnet:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: subnet001
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address_prefix: "10.10.0.0/24"
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virtual_network: testvn001
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- name: Create public ip
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azure_rm_publicipaddress:
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resource_group: Testing
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allocation_method: Static
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name: publicip001
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- name: Create security group that allows SSH
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azure_rm_securitygroup:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: secgroup001
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rules:
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- name: SSH
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protocol: Tcp
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destination_port_range: 22
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access: Allow
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priority: 101
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direction: Inbound
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- name: Create NIC
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azure_rm_networkinterface:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: testnic001
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virtual_network: testvn001
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subnet: subnet001
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public_ip_name: publicip001
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security_group: secgroup001
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- name: Create virtual machine
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azure_rm_virtualmachine:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: testvm001
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vm_size: Standard_D1
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storage_account: testaccount001
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storage_container: testvm001
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storage_blob: testvm001.vhd
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admin_username: admin
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admin_password: Password!
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network_interfaces: testnic001
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image:
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offer: CentOS
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publisher: OpenLogic
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sku: '7.1'
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version: latest
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Each of the Azure modules offers a variety of parameter options. Not all options are demonstrated in the above example.
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See each individual module for further details and examples.
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Creating a Virtual Machine with Default Options
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If you simply want to create a virtual machine without specifying all the details, you can do that as well. The only
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caveat is that you will need a virtual network with one subnet already in your resource group. Assuming you have a
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virtual network already with an existing subnet, you can run the following to create a VM:
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azure_rm_virtualmachine:
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resource_group: Testing
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name: testvm10
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vm_size: Standard_D1
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admin_username: chouseknecht
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ssh_password_enabled: false
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ssh_public_keys: "{{ ssh_keys }}"
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image:
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offer: CentOS
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publisher: OpenLogic
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sku: '7.1'
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version: latest
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Creating a Virtual Machine in Availability Zones
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If you want to create a VM in an availability zone,
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consider the following:
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* Both OS disk and data disk must be a 'managed disk', not an 'unmanaged disk'.
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* When creating a VM with the ``azure_rm_virtualmachine`` module,
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you need to explicitly set the ``managed_disk_type`` parameter
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to change the OS disk to a managed disk.
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Otherwise, the OS disk becomes an unmanaged disk..
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* When you create a data disk with the ``azure_rm_manageddisk`` module,
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you need to explicitly specify the ``storage_account_type`` parameter
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to make it a managed disk.
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Otherwise, the data disk will be an unmanaged disk.
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* A managed disk does not require a storage account or a storage container,
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unlike a n unmanaged disk.
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In particular, note that once a VM is created on an unmanaged disk,
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an unnecessary storage container named "vhds" is automatically created.
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* When you create an IP address with the ``azure_rm_publicipaddress`` module,
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you must set the ``sku`` parameter to ``standard``.
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Otherwise, the IP address cannot be used in an availability zone.
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Dynamic Inventory Script
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If you are not familiar with Ansible's dynamic inventory scripts, check out :ref:`Intro to Dynamic Inventory <intro_dynamic_inventory>`.
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The Azure Resource Manager inventory script is called `azure_rm.py <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible-collections/community.general/main/scripts/inventory/azure_rm.py>`_. It authenticates with the Azure API exactly the same as the
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Azure modules, which means you will either define the same environment variables described above in `Using Environment Variables`_,
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create a ``$HOME/.azure/credentials`` file (also described above in `Storing in a File`_), or pass command line parameters. To see available command
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line options execute the following:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible-collections/community.general/main/scripts/inventory/azure_rm.py
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$ ./azure_rm.py --help
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As with all dynamic inventory scripts, the script can be executed directly, passed as a parameter to the ansible command,
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or passed directly to ansible-playbook using the -i option. No matter how it is executed the script produces JSON representing
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all of the hosts found in your Azure subscription. You can narrow this down to just hosts found in a specific set of
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Azure resource groups, or even down to a specific host.
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For a given host, the inventory script provides the following host variables:
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.. code-block:: JSON
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{
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"ansible_host": "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX",
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"computer_name": "computer_name2",
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"fqdn": null,
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"id": "/subscriptions/subscription-id/resourceGroups/galaxy-production/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/object-name",
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"image": {
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"offer": "CentOS",
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"publisher": "OpenLogic",
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"sku": "7.1",
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"version": "latest"
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},
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"location": "westus",
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"mac_address": "00-00-5E-00-53-FE",
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"name": "object-name",
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"network_interface": "interface-name",
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"network_interface_id": "/subscriptions/subscription-id/resourceGroups/galaxy-production/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/object-name1",
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"network_security_group": null,
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"network_security_group_id": null,
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"os_disk": {
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"name": "object-name",
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"operating_system_type": "Linux"
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},
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"plan": null,
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"powerstate": "running",
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"private_ip": "172.26.3.6",
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"private_ip_alloc_method": "Static",
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"provisioning_state": "Succeeded",
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"public_ip": "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX",
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"public_ip_alloc_method": "Static",
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"public_ip_id": "/subscriptions/subscription-id/resourceGroups/galaxy-production/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/object-name",
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"public_ip_name": "object-name",
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"resource_group": "galaxy-production",
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"security_group": "object-name",
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"security_group_id": "/subscriptions/subscription-id/resourceGroups/galaxy-production/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/object-name",
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"tags": {
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"db": "mysql"
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},
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"type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
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"virtual_machine_size": "Standard_DS4"
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}
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Host Groups
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By default hosts are grouped by:
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* azure (all hosts)
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* location name
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* resource group name
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* security group name
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* tag key
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* tag key_value
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* os_disk operating_system_type (Windows/Linux)
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You can control host groupings and host selection by either defining environment variables or creating an
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azure_rm.ini file in your current working directory.
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NOTE: An .ini file will take precedence over environment variables.
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NOTE: The name of the .ini file is the basename of the inventory script (in other words, 'azure_rm') with a '.ini'
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extension. This allows you to copy, rename and customize the inventory script and have matching .ini files all in
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the same directory.
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Control grouping using the following variables defined in the environment:
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* AZURE_GROUP_BY_RESOURCE_GROUP=yes
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* AZURE_GROUP_BY_LOCATION=yes
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* AZURE_GROUP_BY_SECURITY_GROUP=yes
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* AZURE_GROUP_BY_TAG=yes
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* AZURE_GROUP_BY_OS_FAMILY=yes
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Select hosts within specific resource groups by assigning a comma separated list to:
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* AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUPS=resource_group_a,resource_group_b
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Select hosts for specific tag key by assigning a comma separated list of tag keys to:
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* AZURE_TAGS=key1,key2,key3
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Select hosts for specific locations by assigning a comma separated list of locations to:
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* AZURE_LOCATIONS=eastus,eastus2,westus
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Or, select hosts for specific tag key:value pairs by assigning a comma separated list key:value pairs to:
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* AZURE_TAGS=key1:value1,key2:value2
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If you don't need the powerstate, you can improve performance by turning off powerstate fetching:
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* AZURE_INCLUDE_POWERSTATE=no
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A sample azure_rm.ini file is included along with the inventory script in
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`here <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible-collections/community.general/main/scripts/inventory/azure_rm.ini>`_.
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An .ini file will contain the following:
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.. code-block:: ini
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[azure]
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# Control which resource groups are included. By default all resources groups are included.
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# Set resource_groups to a comma separated list of resource groups names.
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#resource_groups=
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# Control which tags are included. Set tags to a comma separated list of keys or key:value pairs
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#tags=
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# Control which locations are included. Set locations to a comma separated list of locations.
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#locations=
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# Include powerstate. If you don't need powerstate information, turning it off improves runtime performance.
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# Valid values: yes, no, true, false, True, False, 0, 1.
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include_powerstate=yes
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# Control grouping with the following boolean flags. Valid values: yes, no, true, false, True, False, 0, 1.
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group_by_resource_group=yes
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group_by_location=yes
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group_by_security_group=yes
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group_by_tag=yes
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group_by_os_family=yes
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Examples
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Here are some examples using the inventory script:
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.. code-block:: bash
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# Download inventory script
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$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible-collections/community.general/main/scripts/inventory/azure_rm.py
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# Execute /bin/uname on all instances in the Testing resource group
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$ ansible -i azure_rm.py Testing -m shell -a "/bin/uname -a"
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# Execute win_ping on all Windows instances
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$ ansible -i azure_rm.py windows -m win_ping
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# Execute ping on all Linux instances
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$ ansible -i azure_rm.py linux -m ping
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# Use the inventory script to print instance specific information
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$ ./azure_rm.py --host my_instance_host_name --resource-groups=Testing --pretty
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# Use the inventory script with ansible-playbook
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$ ansible-playbook -i ./azure_rm.py test_playbook.yml
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Here is a simple playbook to exercise the Azure inventory script:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- name: Test the inventory script
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hosts: azure
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connection: local
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gather_facts: no
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tasks:
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- debug:
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msg: "{{ inventory_hostname }} has powerstate {{ powerstate }}"
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You can execute the playbook with something like:
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.. code-block:: bash
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$ ansible-playbook -i ./azure_rm.py test_azure_inventory.yml
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Disabling certificate validation on Azure endpoints
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When an HTTPS proxy is present, or when using Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable certificate validation for
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Azure endpoints in the Azure modules. This is not a recommended security practice, but may be necessary when the system
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CA store cannot be altered to include the necessary CA certificate. Certificate validation can be controlled by setting
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the "cert_validation_mode" value in a credential profile, via the "AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION_MODE" environment variable, or
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by passing the "cert_validation_mode" argument to any Azure module. The default value is "validate"; setting the value
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to "ignore" will prevent all certificate validation. The module argument takes precedence over a credential profile value,
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which takes precedence over the environment value.
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