azure.azcollection.azure_rm_containerinstance module – Manage an Azure Container Instance

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.13.0).

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_containerinstance.

New in version 0.1.2: of azure.azcollection

Synopsis

  • Create, update and delete an Azure Container Instance.

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”

containers

list / elements=dictionary

List of containers.

Required when creation.

commands

list / elements=string

List of commands to execute within the container instance in exec form.

When updating existing container all existing commands will be replaced by new ones.

cpu

float

The required number of CPU cores of the containers.

Default: 1

environment_variables

list / elements=dictionary

List of container environment variables.

When updating existing container all existing variables will be replaced by new ones.

is_secure

boolean

Is variable secure.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

name

string / required

Environment variable name.

value

string / required

Environment variable value.

image

string / required

The container image name.

memory

float

The required memory of the containers in GB.

Default: 1.5

name

string / required

The name of the container instance.

ports

list / elements=integer

List of ports exposed within the container group.

volume_mounts

list / elements=dictionary

The volume mounts for the container instance

mount_path

string / required

The path within the container where the volume should be mounted

name

string / required

The name of the volume mount

read_only

boolean

The flag indicating whether the volume mount is read-only

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

dns_name_label

string

The Dns name label for the IP.

force_update

boolean

Force update of existing container instance. Any update will result in deletion and recreation of existing containers.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

ip_address

string

The IP address type of the container group.

Default is none and creating an instance without public IP.

Choices:

  • public

  • none ← (default)

location

string

Valid azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

name

string / required

The name of the container group.

os_type

string

The OS type of containers.

Choices:

  • linux ← (default)

  • windows

password

string

Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

ports

list / elements=integer

List of ports exposed within the container group.

This option is deprecated, using ports under containers“.

profile

string

Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.

registry_login_server

string

The container image registry login server.

registry_password

string

The password to log in container image registry server.

registry_username

string

The username to log in container image registry server.

resource_group

string / required

Name of resource group.

restart_policy

string

Restart policy for all containers within the container group.

Choices:

  • always

  • on_failure

  • never

secret

string

Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

state

string

Assert the state of the container instance. Use present to create or update an container instance and absent to delete it.

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.

volumes

list / elements=dictionary

List of Volumes that can be mounted by containers in this container group.

azure_file

dictionary

The Azure File volume

read_only

boolean

The flag indicating whether the Azure File shared mounted as a volume is read-only

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

share_name

string / required

The name of the Azure File share to be mounted as a volume

storage_account_key

string / required

The storage account access key used to access the Azure File share

storage_account_name

string / required

The name of the storage account that contains the Azure File share

empty_dir

dictionary

The empty directory volume

git_repo

dictionary

The git repo volume

directory

string

Target directory name

repository

string / required

Repository URL

revision

string

Commit hash for the specified revision

name

string / required

The name of the Volume

secret

dictionary

The secret volume

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 sample container group
  azure_rm_containerinstance:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myContainerInstanceGroup
    os_type: linux
    ip_address: public
    containers:
      - name: myContainer1
        image: httpd
        memory: 1.5
        ports:
          - 80
          - 81

- name: Create sample container group with azure file share volume
  azure_rm_containerinstance:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myContainerInstanceGroupz
    os_type: linux
    ip_address: public
    containers:
      - name: mycontainer1
        image: httpd
        memory: 1
        volume_mounts:
          - name: filesharevolume
            mount_path: "/data/files"
        ports:
          - 80
          - 81
    volumes:
      - name: filesharevolume
        azure_file:
          storage_account_name: mystorageaccount
          share_name: acishare
          storage_account_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

- name: Create sample container group with git repo volume
  azure_rm_containerinstance:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myContainerInstanceGroup
    os_type: linux
    ip_address: public
    containers:
      - name: mycontainer1
        image: httpd
        memory: 1
        volume_mounts:
          - name: myvolume1
            mount_path: "/mnt/test"
        ports:
          - 80
          - 81
    volumes:
      - name: myvolume1
        git_repo:
          repository: "https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aci-helloworld.git"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

containers

list / elements=dictionary

The containers within the container group.

Returned: always

Sample: [{“commands”: null, “cpu”: 1.0, “environment_variables”: null, “image”: “httpd”, “memory”: 1.0, “name”: “mycontainer1”, “ports”: [80, 81], “volume_mounts”: [{“mount_path”: “/data/files”, “name”: “filesharevolume”, “read_only”: false}]}]

id

string

Resource ID.

Returned: always

Sample: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups/aci1b6dd89”

ip_address

string

Public IP Address of created container group.

Returned: if address is public

Sample: “175.12.233.11”

provisioning_state

string

Provisioning state of the container.

Returned: always

Sample: “Creating”

volumes

list / elements=dictionary

The list of volumes that mounted by containers in container group

Returned: if volumes specified

azure_file

dictionary

Azure file share volume details

Returned: If Azure file share type of volume requested

Sample: {“read_only”: null, “share_name”: “acishare”, “storage_account_key”: “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”, “storage_account_name”: “mystorageaccount”}

empty_dir

dictionary

Empty directory volume details

Returned: If Empty directory type of volume requested

Sample: {}

git_repo

dictionary

Git Repo volume details

Returned: If Git repo type of volume requested

Sample: {“directory”: null, “repository”: “https://github.com/Azure-Samples/aci-helloworld.git”, “revision”: null}

name

string

The name of the Volume

Returned: always

Sample: “filesharevolume”

secret

dictionary

Secret volume details

Returned: If Secret type of volume requested

Sample: {}

Authors

  • Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)