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community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info – Get virtual machine image facts

Note

This plugin is part of the community.azure collection (version 1.1.0).

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 community.azure.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
See Also
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED 

Removed in: version 2.0.0
Why: The Ansible collection community.azure is deprecated. Use azure.azcollection instead.
Alternative: Use azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info instead.

Synopsis 

Get facts for virtual machine images.

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”
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”
location string / required	Azure location value, for example `westus`, `eastus`, `eastus2`, `northcentralus`, etc. Supplying only a location value will yield a list of available publishers for the location.
log_mode string	Parent argument.
log_path string	Parent argument.
offer string	Name of an image offering. Combine with SKU to see a list of available image versions.
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.
publisher string	Name of an image publisher. List image offerings associated with a particular publisher.
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
sku string	Image offering SKU. Combine with offer to see a list of available versions.
subscription_id string	Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant string	Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
version string	Specific version number of an image.

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.

Examples 

- name: Get facts for a specific image
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic
    offer: CentOS
    sku: '7.1'
    version: '7.1.20160308'

- name: List available versions
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic
    offer: CentOS
    sku: '7.1'

- name: List available offers
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic

- name: List available publishers
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info:
    location: eastus

Return Values 

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

Key

Description

azure_vmimages

list / elements=string

List of image dicts.

Returned: always

Sample: [{“id”: “/Subscriptions/xxx…xxx/Providers/Microsoft.Compute/Locations/eastus/ Publishers/OpenLogic/ArtifactTypes/VMImage/Offers/CentOS/Skus/7.1/Versions/7.1.20150410”, “location”: “eastus”, “name”: “7.1.20150410”}, {“id”: “/Subscriptions/xxx…xxx/Providers/Microsoft.Compute/Locations/eastus/ Publishers/OpenLogic/ArtifactTypes/VMImage/Offers/CentOS/Skus/7.1/Versions/7.1.20150605”, “location”: “eastus”, “name”: “7.1.20150605”}, {“id”: “/Subscriptions/xxx…xxx/Providers/Microsoft.Compute/Locations/eastus/ Publishers/OpenLogic/ArtifactTypes/VMImage/Offers/CentOS/Skus/7.1/Versions/7.1.20150731”, “location”: “eastus”, “name”: “7.1.20150731”}, {“id”: “/Subscriptions/xxx…xxx/Providers/Microsoft.Compute/Locations/eastus/ Publishers/OpenLogic/ArtifactTypes/VMImage/Offers/CentOS/Skus/7.1/Versions/7.1.20160308”, “location”: “eastus”, “name”: “7.1.20160308”}]

Status 

This module will be removed in version 2.0.0. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)