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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_backuppolicy module – Manage Azure Backup Policy

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.14.0).

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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in azure.azcollection 1.4.0

Synopsis 

Create and delete instance of Azure Backup Policy.

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 azure.azcollection 0.0.1	Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	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 azure.azcollection 0.0.1	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"`
backup_management_type string	Defines the type of resource the policy will be applied to. Choices: `"AzureIaasVM"`
cert_validation_mode string added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1	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 azure.azcollection 0.0.1	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"`
daily_retention_count integer	The amount of days to retain backups. Does not apply to Weekly frequency.
instant_recovery_snapshot_retention integer	How many days to retain instant recovery snapshots.
log_mode string	Parent argument.
log_path string	Parent argument.
name string / required	The name of the backup policy.
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 / required	The name of the resource group the vault is in.
schedule_days list / elements=string	List of days to execute the schedule. Does not apply to Daily frequency.
schedule_run_frequency string	The frequency to run the policy. Choices: `"Daily"` `"Weekly"`
schedule_run_time integer	The hour to run backups. Valid choices are on 24 hour scale (0-23).
schedule_weekly_frequency integer	The amount of weeks between backups. Backup every schedule_weekly_frequency week(s) Azure will default behavior to running weekly if this is left blank Backup every schedule_weekly_frequency week(s). Azure will default behavior to running weekly if this is left blank. Does not apply to Daily frequency.
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
state string	Assert the state of the backup policy. Use `present` to create or update a backup policy and `absent` to delete it. Choices: `"absent"` `"present"` ← (default)
subscription_id string	Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant string	Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
thumbprint string added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0	The thumbprint of the private key specified in x509_certificate_path. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. Required if x509_certificate_path is defined.
time_zone string	Timezone to apply schedule_run_time. Default: `"UTC"`
vault_name string / required	The name of the Recovery Services Vault the policy belongs to.
weekly_retention_count integer	The amount of weeks to retain backups.
x509_certificate_path path added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0	Path to the X509 certificate used to create the service principal in PEM format. The certificate must be appended to the private key. 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: Delete a backup policy
  azure_rm_backuppolicy:
    vault_name: Vault_Name
    name: Policy_Name
    resource_group: Resource_Group_Name
    state: absent

- name: Create a daily VM backup policy
  azure_rm_backuppolicy:
    vault_name: Vault_Name
    name: Policy_Name
    resource_group: Resource_Group_Name
    state: present
    backup_management_type: "AzureIaasVM"
    schedule_run_frequency: "Daily"
    instant_recovery_snapshot_retention: 2
    daily_retention_count: 12
    time_zone: "Pacific Standard Time"
    schedule_run_time: 14

- name: Create a weekly VM backup policy
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_backuppolicy:
    vault_name: Vault_Name
    name: Policy_Name
    resource_group: Resource_Group_Name
    state: present
    backup_management_type: "AzureIaasVM"
    schedule_run_frequency: "Weekly"
    instant_recovery_snapshot_retention: 5
    weekly_retention_count: 4
    schedule_days:
      - "Monday"
      - "Wednesday"
      - "Friday"
    time_zone: "Pacific Standard Time"
    schedule_run_time: 8

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
id string	Id of specified backup policy. Returned: always Sample: `"/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/providers/Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/Vault_Name/backupPolicies/Policy_Name"`
location string	Location of backup policy. Returned: always Sample: `"eastus"`
name string	Name of backup policy. Returned: always Sample: `"DefaultPolicy"`
type string	Type of backup policy. Returned: always Sample: `"Microsoft.RecoveryServices/vaults/backupPolicies"`

Authors

Cole Neubauer(@coleneubauer)

Collection links

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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_backuppolicy module – Manage Azure Backup Policy

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

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Examples

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