azure_rm_resource_info – Generic facts of Azure resources

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Obtain facts of any resource using Azure REST API.
  • This module gives access to resources that are not supported via Ansible modules.
  • Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/ regarding details related to specific resource REST API.

Aliases: azure_rm_resource_facts

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7
  • azure >= 2.0.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
ad_user
string
Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
adfs_authority_url
string
added in 2.6
Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile
string
added in 2.5
 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.
api_version
-
Specific API version to be used.
auth_source
string
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • auto
  • cli
  • credential_file
  • env
  • msi
Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
If not specified, ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable will be used and default to auto if variable is not defined.
auto will follow the default precedence of module parameters -> environment variables -> default profile in credential file ~/.azure/credentials.
When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the default Azure CLI profile.
Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable.
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.
cert_validation_mode
string
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • ignore
  • validate
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 2.4
 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.
password
string
Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
profile
string
Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
provider
-
Provider type, should be specified in no URL is given.
resource_group
-
Resource group to be used.
Required if URL is not specified.
resource_name
-
Resource name.
resource_type
-
Resource type.
secret
string
Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
subresource
-
List of subresources.
name
-
Subresource name.
namespace
-
Subresource namespace.
type
-
Subresource type.
subscription_id
string
Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant
string
Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
url
-
Azure RM Resource URL.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables, use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials, or log in before you run your tasks or playbook with az login.
  • Authentication is also possible using a service principal or Active Directory user.
  • To authenticate via service principal, pass subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or set environment variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT.
  • To authenticate via Active Directory user, pass ad_user and password, or set AZURE_AD_USER and AZURE_PASSWORD in the environment.
  • Alternatively, credentials can be stored in ~/.azure/credentials. This is an ini file containing a [default] section and the following keys: subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or subscription_id, ad_user and password. It is also possible to add additional profiles. Specify the profile by passing profile or setting AZURE_PROFILE in the environment.

See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI
How to authenticate using the az login command.

Examples

- name: Get scaleset info
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    provider: compute
    resource_type: virtualmachinescalesets
    resource_name: myVmss
    api_version: "2017-12-01"

- name: Query all the resources in the resource group
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    resource_type: resources

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
response
complex
always
Response specific to resource type.
 
id
string
always
Id of the Azure resource.

Sample:
/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM
 
location
string
always
Resource location.

Sample:
eastus
 
name
string
always
Resource name.

Sample:
myVM
 
properties
complex
always
Specifies the virtual machine's property.
   
diagnosticsProfile
complex
always
Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state.
     
bootDiagnostics
dictionary
always
A debugging feature, which to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status.

Sample:
{'enabled': True, 'storageUri': 'https://vxisurgdiag.blob.core.windows.net/'}
   
hardwareProfile
dictionary
always
Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

Sample:
{'vmSize': 'Standard_D2s_v3'}
   
networkProfile
complex
always
Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
     
networkInterfaces
list
always
Describes a network interface reference.

Sample:
[{'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/myvm441'}]
   
osProfile
complex
always
Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine.
     
adminUsername
string
always
Specifies the name of the administrator account.

Sample:
azureuser
     
allowExtensionOperations
boolean
always
Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine.
This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine.

Sample:
True
     
computerName
string
always
Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine.

Sample:
myVM
     
linuxConfiguration
dictionary
when OS type is Linux
Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine.

Sample:
{'disablePasswordAuthentication': False, 'provisionVMAgent': True}
     
requireGuestProvisionSignale
boolean
always
Specifies the host require guest provision signal or not.

Sample:
True
     
secrets
list
always
Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine.
   
provisioningState
string
always
The provisioning state.

Sample:
Succeeded
   
storageProfile
complex
always
Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk.
     
dataDisks
list
always
Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to virtual machine.

Sample:
[{'caching': 'None', 'createOption': 'Attach', 'diskSizeGB': 1023, 'lun': 2, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx....xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk2', 'storageAccountType': 'StandardSSD_LRS'}, 'name': 'testdisk2'}, {'caching': 'None', 'createOption': 'Attach', 'diskSizeGB': 1023, 'lun': 1, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk3', 'storageAccountType': 'StandardSSD_LRS'}, 'name': 'testdisk3'}]
     
imageReference
dictionary
always
Specifies information about the image to use.

Sample:
{'offer': 'UbuntuServer', 'publisher': 'Canonical', 'sku': '18.04-LTS', 'version': 'latest'}
     
osDisk
dictionary
always
Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine.

Sample:
{'caching': 'ReadWrite', 'createOption': 'FromImage', 'diskSizeGB': 30, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myVM_disk1_xxx', 'storageAccountType': 'Premium_LRS'}, 'name': 'myVM_disk1_xxx', 'osType': 'Linux'}
   
vmID
string
always
Specifies the VM unique ID which is a 128-bits identifier that is encoded and stored in all Azure laaS VMs SMBIOS.
It can be read using platform BIOS commands.

Sample:
eb86d9bb-6725-4787-a487-2e497d5b340c
 
type
string
always
The type of identity used for the virtual machine.

Sample:
Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines


Status

Authors

  • Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)

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