azure.azcollection.azure_rm_networkinterface_info module – Get network interface facts

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.16.0).

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_networkinterface_info.

New in azure.azcollection 0.1.2

Synopsis

  • Get facts for a specific network interface or all network interfaces within 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 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"

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"

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

name

string

Only show results for a specific network interface.

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 network interface(s). Required when searching by name.

secret

string

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

subscription_id

string

Your Azure subscription Id.

tags

list / elements=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.

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.

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.

See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI

How to authenticate using the az login command.

Examples

- name: Get facts for one network interface
  azure_rm_networkinterface_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: nic001

- name: Get network interfaces within a resource group
  azure_rm_networkinterface_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup

- name: Get network interfaces by tag
  azure_rm_networkinterface_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

azure_networkinterfaces

list / elements=string

List of network interface dicts.

Returned: always

Sample: [{"dns_settings": {"applied_dns_servers": [], "dns_servers": [], "internal_dns_name_label": null, "internal_fqdn": null}, "enable_ip_forwarding": false, "etag": "W/\"59726bfc-08c4-44ed-b900-f6a559876a9d\"", "id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nic003", "ip_configuration": {"name": "default", "private_ip_address": "10.10.0.4", "private_ip_allocation_method": "Dynamic", "public_ip_address": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/publicip001", "name": "publicip001"}, "subnet": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/vnet001/subnets/subnet001", "name": "subnet001", "virtual_network_name": "vnet001"}}, "location": "westus", "mac_address": null, "name": "nic003", "network_security_group": {"id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups/secgroup001", "name": "secgroup001"}, "primary": null, "provisioning_state": "Succeeded", "tags": {}, "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces"}]

networkinterfaces

list / elements=string

List of network interface dicts. Each dict contains parameters can be passed to azure.azcollection.azure_rm_networkinterface module.

Returned: always

create_with_security_group

boolean

Specifies whether a default security group should be be created with the NIC. Only applies when creating a new NIC.

Returned: success

dns_servers

string

Which DNS servers should the NIC lookup.

List of IP addresses.

Returned: success

dns_settings

string

The DNS settings in network interface.

Returned: success

applied_dns_servers

string

If the VM that uses this NIC is part of an Availability Set, then this list will have the union of all DNS servers from all NICs that are part of the Availability Set. This property is what is configured on each of those VMs.

Returned: success

dns_servers

string

List of DNS servers IP addresses.

Returned: success

internal_dns_name_label

string

Relative DNS name for this NIC used for internal communications between VMs in the same virtual network.

Returned: success

internal_fqdn

string

Fully qualified DNS name supporting internal communications between VMs in the same virtual network.

Returned: success

enable_accelerated_networking

string

Specifies whether the network interface should be created with the accelerated networking feature or not.

Returned: success

enable_ip_forwarding

string

Whether to enable IP forwarding

Returned: success

id

string

Id of the network interface.

Returned: success

ip_configurations

string

List of IP configurations, if contains multiple configurations.

Returned: success

application_gateway_backend_address_pools

string

added in azure.azcollection 1.10.0

List of existing application gateway backend address pools associated with the network interface.

Returned: success

application_security_groups

string

List of Application security groups.

Returned: success

Sample: "/subscriptions/<subsid>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/myASG"

load_balancer_backend_address_pools

string

List of existing load-balancer backend address pools associated with the network interface.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the IP configuration.

Returned: success

primary

string

Whether the IP configuration is the primary one in the list.

Returned: success

private_ip_address

string

Private IP address for the IP configuration.

Returned: success

private_ip_allocation_method

string

Private IP allocation method.

Returned: success

public_ip_address

string

Name of the public IP address. None for disable IP address.

Returned: success

public_ip_allocation_method

string

Public IP allocation method.

Returned: success

location

string

Azure location.

Returned: success

mac_address

string

The MAC address of the network interface.

Returned: success

name

string

Name of the network interface.

Returned: success

provisioning_state

string

The provisioning state of the network interface.

Returned: success

resource_group

string

Name of a resource group where the network interface exists.

Returned: success

security_group

string

A security group resource ID with which to associate the network interface.

Returned: success

subnet

string

Name of an existing subnet within the specified virtual network.

Returned: success

tags

string

Tags of the network interface.

Returned: success

virtual_network

string

An existing virtual network with which the network interface will be associated.

It is a dict which contains name and resource_group of the virtual network.

Returned: success

Authors

  • Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)

  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)