azure_rm_virtualmachine – Manage Azure virtual machines

Synopsis

  • Manage and configure virtual machines (VMs) and associated resources on Azure.
  • Requires a resource group containing at least one virtual network with at least one subnet.
  • Supports images from the Azure Marketplace, which can be discovered with azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.
  • Supports custom images since Ansible 2.5.
  • To use custom_data on a Linux image, the image must have cloud-init enabled. If cloud-init is not enabled, custom_data is ignored.

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
accept_terms
boolean
added in 2.7
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
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 2.6
Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
admin_password
-
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
-
Admin username used to access the VM after it is created.
Required when creating a VM.
allocated
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether the VM is allocated or deallocated, only useful with state=present.
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.
append_tags
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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 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.
availability_set
-
added in 2.5
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
-
added in 2.9
Manage boot diagnostics settings for a VM.
Boot diagnostics includes a serial console and remote console screenshots.
enabled
boolean / required
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Flag indicating if boot diagnostics are enabled.
storage_account
-
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 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.
custom_data
-
added in 2.5
Data made available to the VM and used by cloud-init.
Only used on Linux images with cloud-init enabled.
data_disks
-
added in 2.4
Describes list of data disks.
Use azure_rm_mangeddisk to manage the specific disk.
caching
-
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • ReadOnly ←
  • ReadWrite
Type of data disk caching.
disk_size_gb
-
added in 2.4
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
- / required
added in 2.4
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
-
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • Standard_LRS
  • StandardSSD_LRS
  • Premium_LRS
Managed data disk type.
Only used when OS disk created with managed disk.
storage_account_name
-
added in 2.4
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
-
added in 2.4
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
-
added in 2.4
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.
generalized
boolean
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether the VM is generalized or not.
Set to true with state=present to generalize the VM.
Generalizing a VM is irreversible.
image
- / 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
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • Windows_Server
  • Windows_Client
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
-
Valid Azure location for the VM. Defaults to location of the resource group.
managed_disk_type
-
added in 2.4
    Choices:
  • Standard_LRS
  • StandardSSD_LRS
  • Premium_LRS
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).
name
- / required
Name of the VM.
network_interface_names
list
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
-
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
-
    Choices:
  • ReadOnly ←
  • ReadWrite
Type of OS disk caching.

aliases: disk_caching
os_disk_name
-
added in 2.8
OS disk name.
os_disk_size_gb
-
added in 2.7
Type of OS disk size in GB.
os_type
-
    Choices:
  • Windows
  • Linux ←
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
added in 2.5
Third-party billing plan for the VM.
name
- / required
Billing plan name.
product
- / required
Product name.
promotion_code
-
Optional promotion code.
publisher
- / required
Publisher offering the plan.
profile
string
Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
public_ip_allocation_method
-
    Choices:
  • Dynamic
  • Static ←
  • Disabled
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
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
- / required
Name of the resource group containing the VM.
restarted
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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
-
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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
-
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
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
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.
tenant
string
Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
virtual_network_name
-
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
-
added in 2.4
The resource group to use when creating a VM with another resource group's virtual network.
vm_identity
-
added in 2.8
    Choices:
  • SystemAssigned
Identity for the VM.
vm_size
-
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
-
added in 2.8
List of Windows Remote Management configurations of the VM.
certificate_store
-
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
-
The URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret.
protocol
- / required
    Choices:
  • http
  • https
The protocol of the winrm listener.
source_vault
-
The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the certificate.
zones
list
added in 2.8
A list of Availability Zones for your VM.

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: Create VM with defaults
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm10
    admin_username: chouseknecht
    admin_password: <your password here>
    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: adminUser
    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: adminUser
    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: adminUser
    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: adminUser
    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: adminUser
    admin_password: password01
    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: adminUser
    admin_password: password01
    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: adminUser
    admin_password: password01
    image:
      id: '{{image_id}}'

- name: Create VM with specified OS disk size
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: big-os-disk
    admin_username: chouseknecht
    admin_password: <your password here>
    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: chouseknecht
    admin_password: <your password here>
    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: 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: adminUser
    admin_password: password01
    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

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
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
on delete
List of deleted NICs.

Sample:
['testvm1001']
deleted_public_ips
list
on delete
List of deleted public IP address names.

Sample:
['testvm1001']
deleted_vhd_uris
list
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


Status

Authors

  • Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
  • Christopher Perrin (@cperrin88)
  • James E. King III (@jeking3)

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