azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info module – Get Virtual Machine Scale Set facts

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_virtualmachinescaleset_info.

New in azure.azcollection 0.1.2

Synopsis

  • Get facts for a virtual machine scale set.

  • Note that this module was called azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachine_scaleset_facts 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.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"

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

format

string

Format of the data returned.

If raw is selected information will be returned in raw format from Azure Python SDK.

If curated is selected the structure will be identical to input parameters of azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset module.

In Ansible 2.5 and lower facts are always returned in raw format.

Please note that this option will be deprecated in 2.10 when curated format will become the only supported format.

Choices:

  • "curated"

  • "raw" ← (default)

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

name

string

Limit results to a specific virtual machine scale set.

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

The resource group to search for the desired virtual machine scale set.

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 a virtual machine scale set
  azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvmss001
    format: curated

- name: Get facts for all virtual networks
  azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup

- name: Get facts by tags
  azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    tags:
      - testing

Return Values

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

Key

Description

vmss

complex

List of virtual machine scale sets.

Returned: always

admin_username

string

Admin username used to access the host after it is created.

Returned: always

Sample: "adminuser"

capacity

integer

Capacity of VMSS.

Returned: always

Sample: 2

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/scalesets/myscaleset"

identity

complex

Identity for the Server.

Returned: when available

type

string

Type of the managed identity

Returned: always

Sample: "UserAssigned"

user_assigned_identities

complex

User Assigned Managed Identities and its options

Returned: always

id

dictionary

Dict of the user assigned identities IDs associated to the Resource

Returned: always

image

complex

Image specification.

Returned: always

string

The community gallery image unique id for vm deployment.

Returned: when created from community gallery image

Sample: "/CommunityGalleries/yellowbrick-fc7e81f1-87dd-4989-9ca8-03743762e873/Images/Ubuntu-5.15.0-1035-azure_22.04"

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"

load_balancer

string

Load balancer name.

Returned: always

Sample: "testlb"

location

string

Resource location.

Returned: always

Sample: "japaneast"

managed_disk_type

string

Managed data disk type.

Returned: always

Sample: "Standard_LRS"

name

string

Resource name.

Returned: always

Sample: "myvmss"

orchestrationMode

string

The orchestration mode for the virtual machine scale set.

Returned: always

Sample: "Flexible"

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"

overprovision

boolean

Specifies whether the Virtual Machine Scale Set should be overprovisioned.

Returned: success

Sample: true

platformFaultDomainCount

integer

Fault Domain count for each placement group.

Returned: always

Sample: 1

resource_group

string

Resource group.

Returned: always

Sample: "myResourceGroup"

ssh_password_enabled

boolean

Is SSH password authentication enabled. Valid only for Linux.

Returned: always

Sample: true

subnet_name

string

Subnet name.

Returned: always

Sample: "testsubnet"

tags

dictionary

Tags assigned to the resource. Dictionary of string:string pairs.

Returned: always

Sample: {"tag1": "abc"}

tier

string

SKU Tier.

Returned: always

Sample: "Basic"

upgrade_policy

string

Upgrade policy.

Returned: always

Sample: "Manual"

virtual_network_name

string

Associated virtual network name.

Returned: always

Sample: "testvn"

vm_size

string

Virtual machine size.

Returned: always

Sample: "Standard_D4"

Authors

  • Sertac Ozercan (@sozercan)