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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_securitygroup – Manage Azure network security groups

Note

This plugin is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.10.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install azure.azcollection.

To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_securitygroup.

New in version 0.1.0: of azure.azcollection

Synopsis

• Create, update or delete a network security group.

• A security group contains Access Control List (ACL) rules that allow or deny network traffic to subnets or individual network interfaces.

• A security group is created with a set of default security rules and an empty set of security rules.

• Shape traffic flow by adding rules to the empty set of security rules.

Requirements

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

• python >= 2.7

• The host that executes this module must have the azure.azcollection collection installed via galaxy

• All python packages listed in collection’s requirements-azure.txt must be installed via pip on the host that executes modules from azure.azcollection

• Full installation instructions may be found https://galaxy.ansible.com/azure/azcollection

Parameters

Parameter	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 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection	Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection	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. Default: “latest”
append_tags boolean	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. Choices: no yes ← (default)
auth_source string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection	Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication. Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable. When set to auto (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> env -> credential_file -> cli. When set to env, the credentials will be read from the environment variables When set to credential_file, it will read the profile from ~/.azure/credentials. When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if more than one is present otherwise the default az cli subscription is used. 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. Choices: auto ← (default) cli credential_file env msi
cert_validation_mode string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection	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. Choices: ignore validate
client_id string	Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
cloud_environment string added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection	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. Default: “AzureCloud”
default_rules string	The set of default rules automatically added to a security group at creation. In general default rules will not be modified. Modify rules to shape the flow of traffic to or from a subnet or NIC. See rules below for the makeup of a rule dict.
location string	Valid azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.
log_mode string	Parent argument.
log_path string	Parent argument.
name string	Name of the security group to operate on.
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.
purge_default_rules boolean	Remove any existing rules not matching those defined in the default_rules parameter. Choices: no ← (default) yes
purge_rules boolean	Remove any existing rules not matching those defined in the rules parameters. Choices: no ← (default) yes
resource_group string / required	Name of the resource group the security group belongs to.
rules string	Set of rules shaping traffic flow to or from a subnet or NIC. Each rule is a dictionary.
access string	Whether or not to allow the traffic flow. Choices: Allow ← (default) Deny
description string	Short description of the rule’s purpose.
destination_address_prefix string	The destination address prefix. CIDR or destination IP range. Asterisk * can also be used to match all source IPs. Default tags such as VirtualNetwork, AzureLoadBalancer and Internet can also be used. It can accept string type or a list of string type. Asterisk * and default tags can only be specified as single string type, not as a list of string. Default: “*”
destination_application_security_groups list / elements=string	List of the destination application security groups. It could be list of resource id. It could be list of names in same resource group. It could be list of dict containing resource_group and name. It is mutually exclusive with destination_address_prefix and destination_address_prefixes.
destination_port_range string	Port or range of ports to which traffic is headed. It can accept string type or a list of string type. Default: “*”
direction string	Indicates the direction of the traffic flow. Choices: Inbound ← (default) Outbound
name string / required	Unique name for the rule.
priority string / required	Order in which to apply the rule. Must a unique integer between 100 and 4096 inclusive.
protocol string	Accepted traffic protocol. Choices: Udp Tcp Icmp * ← (default)
source_address_prefix string	The CIDR or source IP range. Asterisk * can also be used to match all source IPs. Default tags such as VirtualNetwork, AzureLoadBalancer and Internet can also be used. If this is an ingress rule, specifies where network traffic originates from. It can accept string type or a list of string type. Asterisk * and default tags can only be specified as single string type, not as a list of string. Default: “*”
source_application_security_groups list / elements=string	List of the source application security groups. It could be list of resource id. It could be list of names in same resource group. It could be list of dict containing resource_group and name. It is mutually exclusive with source_address_prefix and source_address_prefixes.
source_port_range string	Port or range of ports from which traffic originates. It can accept string type or a list of string type. Default: “*”
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
state string	Assert the state of the security group. Set to present to create or update a security group. Set to absent to remove a security group. Choices: absent present ← (default)
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. Currently, Azure DNS zones and Traffic Manager services also don’t allow the use of spaces in the tag. Azure Front Door doesn’t support the use of Azure Automation and Azure CDN only support 15 tags on resources.
tenant string	Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

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

# Create a security group
- azure_rm_securitygroup:
      resource_group: myResourceGroup
      name: mysecgroup
      purge_rules: yes
      rules:
          - name: DenySSH
            protocol: Tcp
            destination_port_range: 22
            access: Deny
            priority: 100
            direction: Inbound
          - name: 'AllowSSH'
            protocol: Tcp
            source_address_prefix:
              - '174.109.158.0/24'
              - '174.109.159.0/24'
            destination_port_range: 22
            access: Allow
            priority: 101
            direction: Inbound
          - name: 'AllowMultiplePorts'
            protocol: Tcp
            source_address_prefix:
              - '174.109.158.0/24'
              - '174.109.159.0/24'
            destination_port_range:
              - 80
              - 443
            access: Allow
            priority: 102

# Update rules on existing security group
- azure_rm_securitygroup:
      resource_group: myResourceGroup
      name: mysecgroup
      rules:
          - name: DenySSH
            protocol: Tcp
            destination_port_range: 22-23
            access: Deny
            priority: 100
            direction: Inbound
          - name: AllowSSHFromHome
            protocol: Tcp
            source_address_prefix: '174.109.158.0/24'
            destination_port_range: 22-23
            access: Allow
            priority: 102
            direction: Inbound
      tags:
          testing: testing
          delete: on-exit

# Create a securiy group with I(protocol=Icmp)
- azure_rm_securitygroup:
    name: mysecgroup
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    rules:
      - name: SSH
        protocol: Tcp
        destination_port_range: 22
        access: Allow
        priority: 105
        direction: Inbound
      - name: ICMP
        protocol: Icmp
        priority: 106

# Delete security group
- azure_rm_securitygroup:
      resource_group: myResourceGroup
      name: mysecgroup
      state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
state complex	Current state of the security group. Returned: always
default_rules list / elements=string	The default security rules of network security group. Returned: always Sample: [{“access”: “Allow”, “description”: “Allow inbound traffic from all VMs in VNET”, “destination_address_prefix”: “VirtualNetwork”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Inbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/AllowVnetInBound”, “name”: “AllowVnetInBound”, “priority”: 65000, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “VirtualNetwork”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Allow”, “description”: “Allow inbound traffic from azure load balancer”, “destination_address_prefix”: “*”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Inbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/AllowAzureLoadBalancerInBound”, “name”: “AllowAzureLoadBalancerInBound”, “priority”: 65001, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “AzureLoadBalancer”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Deny”, “description”: “Deny all inbound traffic”, “destination_address_prefix”: “*”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Inbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/DenyAllInBound”, “name”: “DenyAllInBound”, “priority”: 65500, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “*”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Allow”, “description”: “Allow outbound traffic from all VMs to all VMs in VNET”, “destination_address_prefix”: “VirtualNetwork”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Outbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/AllowVnetOutBound”, “name”: “AllowVnetOutBound”, “priority”: 65000, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “VirtualNetwork”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Allow”, “description”: “Allow outbound traffic from all VMs to Internet”, “destination_address_prefix”: “Internet”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Outbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/AllowInternetOutBound”, “name”: “AllowInternetOutBound”, “priority”: 65001, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “*”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Deny”, “description”: “Deny all outbound traffic”, “destination_address_prefix”: “*”, “destination_port_range”: “*”, “direction”: “Outbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/defaultSecurityRules/DenyAllOutBound”, “name”: “DenyAllOutBound”, “priority”: 65500, “protocol”: “*”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “*”, “source_port_range”: “*”}]
id string	The resource ID. Returned: always Sample: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup”
location string	The resource location. Returned: always Sample: “westus”
name string	Name of the secrurity group. Returned: always Sample: “mysecgroup”
network_interfaces list / elements=string	A collection of references to network interfaces. Returned: always Sample: []
rules list / elements=string	A collection of security rules of the network security group. Returned: always Sample: [{“access”: “Deny”, “description”: null, “destination_address_prefix”: “*”, “destination_port_range”: “22”, “direction”: “Inbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/securityRules/DenySSH”, “name”: “DenySSH”, “priority”: 100, “protocol”: “Tcp”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “*”, “source_port_range”: “*”}, {“access”: “Allow”, “description”: null, “destination_address_prefix”: “*”, “destination_port_range”: “22”, “direction”: “Inbound”, “etag”: “W/\”edf48d56-b315-40ca-a85d-dbcb47f2da7d\””, “id”: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/mysecgroup/securityRules/AllowSSH”, “name”: “AllowSSH”, “priority”: 101, “protocol”: “Tcp”, “provisioning_state”: “Succeeded”, “source_address_prefix”: “174.109.158.0/24”, “source_port_range”: “*”}]
subnets list / elements=string	A collection of references to subnets. Returned: always Sample: []
tags dictionary	Tags to assign to the security group. Returned: always Sample: {“delete”: “on-exit”, “foo”: “bar”, “testing”: “testing”}
type string	The resource type. Returned: always Sample: “Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups”

Authors

• Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)

• Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)