community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachine_info module – Get virtual machine facts

Note

This module 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_virtualmachine_info.

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_virtualmachine_info instead.

Synopsis

  • Get facts for one or all virtual machines in a resource group.

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”

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

name

string

Name of the virtual machine.

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.

resource_group

string

Name of the resource group containing the virtual machines (required when filtering by vm name).

secret

string

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

subscription_id

string

Your Azure subscription Id.

tags

string

Limit results by providing a list of tags. Format tags as ‘key’ or ‘key:value’.

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

- name: Get facts for all virtual machines of a resource group
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachine_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup

- name: Get facts by name
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachine_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: myVm

- name: Get facts by tags
  community.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachine_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    tags:
      - testing
      - foo:bar

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vms

complex

List of virtual machines.

Returned: always

admin_username

string

Administrator user name.

Returned: always

Sample: “admin”

boot_diagnostics

complex

Information about the boot diagnostics settings.

Returned: always

console_screenshot_uri

string

Contains a URI to grab a console screenshot.

Only present if enabled.

Returned: always

Sample: “https://mystorageaccountname.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myvm01-a4db09a6-ab7f-4d80-9da8-fbceaef9288a/ myVm.a4db09a6-ab7f-4d80-9da8-fbceaef9288a.screenshot.bmp”

enabled

boolean

Indicates if boot diagnostics are enabled.

Returned: always

Sample: true

serial_console_log_uri

string

Contains a URI to grab the serial console log.

Only present if enabled.

Returned: always

Sample: “https://mystorageaccountname.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myvm01-a4db09a6-ab7f-4d80-9da8-fbceaef9288a/ myVm.a4db09a6-ab7f-4d80-9da8-fbceaef9288a.serialconsole.log”

storage_uri

string

Indicates the storage account used by boot diagnostics.

Returned: always

Sample: “https://mystorageaccountname.blob.core.windows.net/”

data_disks

complex

List of attached data disks.

Returned: always

caching

string

Type of data disk caching.

Returned: always

Sample: “ReadOnly”

disk_size_gb

integer

The initial disk size in GB for blank data disks.

Returned: always

Sample: 64

lun

integer

The logical unit number for data disk.

Returned: always

Sample: 0

managed_disk_type

string

Managed data disk type.

Returned: always

Sample: “Standard_LRS”

id

string

Resource ID.

Returned: always

Sample: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVm”

image

complex

Image specification.

Returned: always

id

string

Custom image resource ID.

Returned: when created from custom image

Sample: “/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/images/myImage”

offer

string

The offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine.

Returned: when created from marketplace image

Sample: “RHEL”

publisher

string

Publisher name.

Returned: when created from marketplace image

Sample: “RedHat”

sku

string

SKU name.

Returned: when created from marketplace image

Sample: “7-RAW”

version

string

Image version.

Returned: when created from marketplace image

Sample: “7.5.2018050901”

location

string

Resource location.

Returned: always

Sample: “japaneast”

name

string

Resource name.

Returned: always

Sample: “myVm”

network_interface_names

list / elements=string

List of attached network interfaces.

Returned: always

Sample: [“myNetworkInterface”]

os_disk_caching

string

Type of OS disk caching.

Returned: always

Sample: “ReadOnly”

os_type

string

Base type of operating system.

Returned: always

Sample: “Linux”

power_state

string

Power state of the virtual machine.

Returned: always

Sample: “running”

resource_group

string

Resource group.

Returned: always

Sample: “myResourceGroup”

state

string

State of the resource.

Returned: always

Sample: “present”

tags

dictionary

Resource tags.

Returned: always

Sample: {“key1”: “value1”}

vm_size

string

Virtual machine size.

Returned: always

Sample: “Standard_D4”

Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.0.0. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Gustavo Muniz do Carmo (@gustavomcarmo)

  • Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)