azure.azcollection.azure_rm_sqlmidblongtermretentionpolicy module – Manage Azure SQL Managed Instance long-term backup retention

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 3.1.0).

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 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_sqlmidblongtermretentionpolicy.

New in azure.azcollection 2.4.0

Synopsis

  • Manage Azure SQL Managed Instance long-term backup retention.

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.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 or Managed Identity (msi).

Can also be set via the AZURE_CLIENT_ID environment variable.

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"

database_name

string / required

The name of the SQL managed instance database.

disable_instance_discovery

boolean

added in azure.azcollection 2.3.0

Determines whether or not instance discovery is performed when attempting to authenticate. Setting this to true will completely disable both instance discovery and authority validation. This functionality is intended for use in scenarios where the metadata endpoint cannot be reached such as in private clouds or Azure Stack. The process of instance discovery entails retrieving authority metadata from https://login.microsoft.com/ to validate the authority. By setting this to **True**, the validation of the authority is disabled. As a result, it is crucial to ensure that the configured authority host is valid and trustworthy.

Set via credential file profile or the AZURE_DISABLE_INSTANCE_DISCOVERY environment variable.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

managed_instance_name

string / required

The name of the SQL managed instance.

monthly_retention

string

The monthly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

password

string

Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

policy_name

string / required

The name of the SQL managed instance long term retention policy.

Choices:

  • "default"

profile

string

Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.

resource_group

string / required

The name of the resource group that contains the resource.

secret

string

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

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.

week_of_year

integer

The week of year to take the yearly backup in an ISO 8601 format.

weekly_retention

string

The weekly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

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.

yearly_retention

string

The yearly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

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: Update SQL managed instance long term retention policy's retention_days
  azure_rm_sqlmidblongtermretentionpolicy:
    resource_group: testrg
    managed_instance_name: testinstancename
    database_name: newdatabase
    policy_name: default
    monthly_retention: P3M
    week_of_year: 17
    weekly_retention: P13W
    yearly_retention: P6Y

Return Values

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

Key

Description

long_term_retention_policy

complex

A dictionary containing facts for SQL Managed Instance Short Term Retention Policies.

Returned: always

database_name

string

SQL managed instance database name.

Returned: always

Sample: "newdatabase"

id

string

Resource ID.

Returned: always

Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx-xxx/resourceGroups/testRG/providers/Microsoft.Sql/ managedInstances/fredsqlmi/databases/newdatabase/backupShortTermRetentionPolicies/default"

managed_instance_name

string

SQL managed instance name.

Returned: always

Sample: "testmanagedinstance"

monthly_retention

string

The monthly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

Returned: always

Sample: "P3M"

policy_name

string

SQL managed instance long term retentioni policy name.

Returned: always

Sample: "default"

resource_group

string

The resource relate resource group.

Returned: always

Sample: "testRG"

type

string

The SQL managed instance type.

Returned: always

Sample: "Microsoft.Sql/managedInstances"

week_of_year

integer

The week of year to take the yearly backup in an ISO 8601 format.

Returned: always

Sample: 7

weekly_retention

string

The weekly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

Returned: always

Sample: "P13W"

yearly_retention

string

The yearly retention policy for an LTR backup in an ISO 8601 format.

Returned: always

Sample: "P6Y"

Authors

  • xuzhang3 (@xuzhang3)

  • Fred-sun (@Fred-sun)