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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualnetwork module – Manage Azure virtual networks

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_virtualnetwork.

New in version 0.1.0: of azure.azcollection

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
See Also
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

Create, update or delete a virtual networks. Allows setting and updating the available IPv4 address ranges and setting custom DNS servers. Use the azure.azcollection.azure_rm_subnet module to associate subnets with a virtual network.

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.
address_prefixes_cidr aliases: address_prefixes string	List of IPv4 address ranges where each is formatted using CIDR notation. Required when creating a new virtual network or using purge_address_prefixes.
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”
dns_servers string	Custom list of DNS servers. Maximum length of two. The first server in the list will be treated as the Primary server. This is an explicit list. Existing DNS servers will be replaced with the specified list. Use the purge_dns_servers option to remove all custom DNS servers and revert to default Azure servers.
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	Name of the virtual network.
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_address_prefixes aliases: purge boolean	Use with state=present to remove any existing address_prefixes. Choices: no ← (default) yes
purge_dns_servers boolean	Use with state=present to remove existing DNS servers, reverting to default Azure servers. Mutually exclusive with DNS servers. Choices: no ← (default) yes
resource_group string / required	Name of resource group.
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
state string	State of the virtual network. Use `present` to create or update and `absent` to delete. 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.

Examples 

- name: Create a virtual network
  azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myVirtualNetwork
    address_prefixes_cidr:
        - "10.1.0.0/16"
        - "172.100.0.0/16"
    dns_servers:
        - "127.0.0.1"
        - "127.0.0.2"
    tags:
        testing: testing
        delete: on-exit

- name: Delete a virtual network
  azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myVirtualNetwork
    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 virtual network. Returned: always
address_prefixes list / elements=string	The virtual network IPv4 address ranges. Returned: always Sample: [“10.1.0.0/16”, “172.100.0.0/16”]
dns_servers list / elements=string	DNS servers. Returned: always Sample: [“127.0.0.1”, “127.0.0.3”]
etag string	A unique read-only string that changes whenever the resource is update. Returned: always Sample: “W/\”0712e87c-f02f-4bb3-8b9e-2da0390a3886\””
id string	Resource ID. Returned: always Sample: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/ Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/myVirtualNetwork”
location string	The Geo-location where the resource lives. Returned: always Sample: “eastus”
name string	Resource name. Returned: always Sample: “my_test_network”
provisioning_state string	Provisioning state of the virtual network. Returned: always Sample: “Succeeded”
tags dictionary	Resource tags, such as { ‘tags1’:’value1’ }. Returned: always Sample: {“key1”: “value1”}
type string	Resource type. Returned: always Sample: “Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks”

Authors

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

Collection links

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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualnetwork module – Manage Azure virtual networks

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

See Also

Examples

Return Values