azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachineextension module – Managed Azure Virtual Machine extension
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_virtualmachineextension.
New in azure.azcollection 0.1.2
Synopsis
Create, update and delete Azure Virtual Machine Extension.
Note that this module was called azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachine_extension before Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change.
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
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Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal. |
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Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority. |
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Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of Default: |
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Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication. Can also be set via the When set to When set to When set to When set to When set to The Choices:
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Whether the extension handler should be automatically upgraded across minor versions. Choices:
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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 Choices:
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Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. |
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For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, Default: |
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Whether the extension should be updated or re-run even if no changes can be detected from what is currently configured. Helpful when applying changes to protected_settings. Choices:
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Valid Azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group. |
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Parent argument. |
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Parent argument. |
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Name of the vm extension. |
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Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal. |
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Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file. |
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JSON formatted protected settings for the extension. Previously configured settings are not available, so the parameter is not used for idempotency checks. If changes to this parameter need to be applied, use in conjunction with force_update_tag. |
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The name of the extension handler publisher. |
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Name of a resource group where the vm extension exists or will be created. |
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Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. |
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JSON formatted public settings for the extension. |
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State of the vm extension. Use Choices:
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Your Azure subscription Id. |
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Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal. |
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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. |
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The type version of the extension handler. |
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The type of the extension handler. |
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The name of the virtual machine where the extension should be create or updated. |
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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.
See Also
See also
- Sign in with Azure CLI
How to authenticate using the
az logincommand.
Examples
- name: Create VM Extension
azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
name: myvmextension
location: eastus
resource_group: myResourceGroup
virtual_machine_name: myvm
publisher: Microsoft.Azure.Extensions
virtual_machine_extension_type: CustomScript
type_handler_version: 2.0
settings: '{"commandToExecute": "hostname"}'
auto_upgrade_minor_version: true
- name: Delete VM Extension
azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
name: myvmextension
resource_group: myResourceGroup
virtual_machine_name: myvm
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
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Whether or not the resource has changed. Returned: always Sample: |
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Current state of the vm extension. Returned: always Sample: |