azure.azcollection.azure_rm_aks module – Manage a managed Azure Container Service (AKS) instance

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 3.0.0).

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_aks.

New in azure.azcollection 0.1.2

Synopsis

  • Create, update and delete a managed Azure Container Service (AKS) instance.

  • You can only specify identity or service_principal, not both. If you don’t specify either it will default to identity->type->SystemAssigned.

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

aad_profile

dictionary

Profile of Azure Active Directory configuration.

admin_group_object_ids

list / elements=string

AAD group object IDs that will have admin role of the cluster.

client_app_id

string

The client AAD application ID.

enable_azure_rbac

boolean

Whether to enable Azure RBAC for Kubernetes authorization.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

managed

boolean

Whether to enable managed AAD.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

server_app_id

string

The server AAD application ID.

server_app_secret

string

The server AAD application secret.

tenant_id

string

The AAD tenant ID to use for authentication.

If not specified, will use the tenant of the deployment subscription.

ad_user

string

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

addon

dictionary

Profile of managed cluster add-on.

Key can be http_application_routing, monitoring, virtual_node.

Value must be a dict contains a bool variable enabled.

http_application_routing

aliases: httpApplicationRouting

dictionary

The HTTP application routing solution makes it easy to access applications that are deployed to your cluster.

enabled

boolean

Whether the solution enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

monitoring

aliases: omsagent

dictionary

It gives you performance visibility by collecting memory and processor metrics from controllers, nodes, and containers that are available in Kubernetes through the Metrics API.

enabled

boolean

Whether the solution enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

log_analytics_workspace_resource_id

aliases: logAnalyticsWorkspaceResourceID

string / required

Where to store the container metrics.

virtual_node

aliases: aciConnector

dictionary

With virtual nodes, you have quick provisioning of pods, and only pay per second for their execution time.

You don’t need to wait for Kubernetes cluster autoscaler to deploy VM compute nodes to run the additional pods.

enabled

boolean

Whether the solution enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

subnet_resource_id

aliases: SubnetName

string / required

Subnet associated to the cluster.

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.

agent_pool_profiles

list / elements=dictionary

The agent pool profile suboptions.

availability_zones

list / elements=integer

Availability zones for nodes. Must use VirtualMachineScaleSets AgentPoolType.

Choices:

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

count

integer / required

Number of agents (VMs) to host docker containers.

Allowed values must be in the range of 1 to 100 (inclusive).

dns_prefix

string

DNS prefix specified when creating the managed cluster.

enable_auto_scaling

boolean

To enable auto-scaling.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

max_count

integer

Maximum number of nodes for auto-scaling.

Required if enable_auto_scaling=True.

max_pods

integer

Maximum number of pods schedulable on nodes.

min_count

integer

Minmum number of nodes for auto-scaling.

Required if enable_auto_scaling=True.

mode

string

AgentPoolMode represents mode of an agent pool.

Possible values include System and User.

System AgentPoolMode requires a minimum VM SKU of at least 2 vCPUs and 4GB memory.

Choices:

  • "System"

  • "User"

name

string / required

Unique name of the agent pool profile in the context of the subscription and resource group.

node_labels

dictionary

Agent pool node labels to be persisted across all nodes in agent pool.

orchestrator_version

string

Version of kubernetes running on the node pool.

os_disk_size_gb

integer

Size of the OS disk.

os_type

string

The operating system type.

Choices:

  • "Linux"

  • "Windows"

ports

list / elements=integer

List of the agent pool’s port.

security_profile

dictionary

The security settings of an agent pool.

enable_secure_boot

boolean

Whether to disable or enabled the secure boot.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

enable_vtpm

boolean

Whether to disable or enabled the vTPM.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

storage_profiles

string

Storage profile specifies what kind of storage used.

Choices:

  • "StorageAccount"

  • "ManagedDisks"

tags

dictionary

The tags to be persisted on the agent pool virtual machine scale set.

type

string

AgentPoolType represents types of an agent pool.

Possible values include VirtualMachineScaleSets and AvailabilitySet.

Choices:

  • "VirtualMachineScaleSets"

  • "AvailabilitySet"

vm_size

string / required

The VM Size of each of the Agent Pool VM’s (e.g. Standard_F1 / Standard_D2v2).

vnet_subnet_id

string

Specifies the VNet’s subnet identifier.

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"

api_server_access_profile

dictionary

Profile of API Access configuration.

authorized_ip_ranges

list / elements=string

Authorized IP Ranges to kubernetes API server.

Cannot be enabled when using private cluster

enable_private_cluster

boolean

Whether to create the cluster as a private cluster or not.

Cannot be changed for an existing cluster.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

append_tags

boolean

Use to control if tags field is canonical or just appends to existing tags.

When canonical, any tags not found in the tags parameter will be removed from the object’s metadata.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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"

auto_upgrade_profile

dictionary

Auto upgrade profile for a managed cluster.

node_os_upgrade_channel

string

Manner in which the OS on your nodes is updated.

Choices:

  • "None"

  • "Unmanaged"

  • "SecurityPatch"

  • "NodeImage" ← (default)

upgrade_channel

string

Setting the AKS cluster auto-upgrade channel.

Choices:

  • "rapid"

  • "stable"

  • "patch"

  • "node-image" ← (default)

  • "none"

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

disable_local_accounts

boolean

If set to true, getting static credentials will be disabled for this cluster.

This must only be used on Managed Clusters that are AAD enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

dns_prefix

string

DNS prefix specified when creating the managed cluster.

enable_rbac

boolean

Enable RBAC.

Existing non-RBAC enabled AKS clusters cannot currently be updated for RBAC use.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

identity

dictionary

added in azure.azcollection 2.4.0

Identity for the Server.

type

string

Type of the managed identity

Choices:

  • "UserAssigned"

  • "SystemAssigned" ← (default)

user_assigned_identities

string

User Assigned Managed Identity

kubernetes_version

string

Version of Kubernetes specified when creating the managed cluster.

linux_profile

dictionary

The Linux profile suboptions.

Optional, provide if you need an ssh access to the cluster nodes.

admin_username

string / required

The Admin Username for the cluster.

ssh_key

string / required

The Public SSH Key used to access the cluster.

location

string

Valid azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

name

string / required

Name of the managed Azure Container Services (AKS) instance.

network_profile

dictionary

Profile of network configuration.

dns_service_ip

string

An IP address assigned to the Kubernetes DNS service.

It must be within the Kubernetes service address range specified in serviceCidr.

load_balancer_sku

string

The load balancer sku for the managed cluster.

Choices:

  • "standard"

  • "basic"

network_plugin

string

Network plugin used for building Kubernetes network.

This property cannot been changed.

With kubenet, nodes get an IP address from the Azure virtual network subnet.

AKS features such as Virtual Nodes or network policies aren’t supported with kubenet.

azure enables Azure Container Networking Interface(CNI), every pod gets an IP address from the subnet and can be accessed directly.

Choices:

  • "azure"

  • "kubenet"

network_plugin_mode

string

Network plugin mode used for building the Kubernetes network.

Choices:

  • "Overlay"

network_policy

string

Network policy used for building Kubernetes network.

Choices:

  • "azure"

  • "calico"

outbound_type

string

How outbound traffic will be configured for a cluster.

Choices:

  • "loadBalancer" ← (default)

  • "userDefinedRouting"

  • "managedNATGateway"

  • "userAssignedNATGateway"

pod_cidr

string

A CIDR notation IP range from which to assign pod IPs when network_plugin=kubenet is used.

It should be a large address space that isn’t in use elsewhere in your network environment.

This address range must be large enough to accommodate the number of nodes that you expect to scale up to.

service_cidr

string

A CIDR notation IP range from which to assign service cluster IPs.

It must not overlap with any Subnet IP ranges.

It should be the *.10 address of your service IP address range.

node_resource_group

string

Name of the resource group containing agent pool nodes.

Unable to update.

password

string

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

pod_identity_profile

dictionary

Config pod identities in managed Kubernetes cluster.

allow_network_plugin_kubenet

boolean

Whether using Kubenet network plugin with AAD Pod Identity.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

enabled

boolean

Whether the pod identity addon is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

user_assigned_identities

list / elements=dictionary

The pod identities to use in the cluster.

binding_selector

string

The binding selector to use for the AzureIdentityBinding resource.

identity

dictionary / required

The user assigned identity details.

client_id

string

The client ID of the user assigned identity.

object_id

string

The object ID of the user assigned identity.

resource_id

string

The resource ID of the user assigned identity.

name

string / required

The name of the pod identity.

namespace

string / required

The namespace of the pod identity.

profile

string

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

resource_group

string / required

Name of a resource group where the managed Azure Container Services (AKS) exists or will be created.

secret

string

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

security_profile

dictionary

Security profile for the container service cluster.

azure_key_vault_kms

dictionary

Azure Key Vault.

See https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/administer-cluster/kms-provider/ settings for the security profile.

enabled

boolean

Whether to enable Azure Key Vault key management service. The default is false.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

key_id

string

Identifier of Azure Key Vault key.

key_vault_network_acces

string

Network access of key vault.

Choices:

  • "Public" ← (default)

  • "Private"

key_vault_resource_id

string

Resource ID of key vault.

When key_vault_network_acces=Private, this field is required and must be a valid resource ID.

When key_vault_network_acces=Public, leave the field empty.

defender

dictionary

Microsoft Defender settings for the security profile.

log_analytics_workspace_resource_id

string

Resource ID of the Log Analytics workspace to be associated with Microsoft Defender.

When Microsoft Defender is enabled, this field is required and must be a valid workspace resource ID.

When Microsoft Defender is disabled, leave the field empty.

security_monitoring

dictionary

Microsoft Defender threat detection for Cloud settings for the security profile.

enabled

boolean

Whether to enable Defender threat detection.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

image_cleaner

dictionary

Image Cleaner settings for the security profile.

enabled

boolean

Whether to enable Image Cleaner on AKS cluster.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

interval_hours

integer

Image Cleaner scanning interval in hours.

workload_identity

dictionary

Workload identity settings for the security profile.

Workload identity enables Kubernetes applications to access Azure cloud resources securely with Azure AD.

See https://aka.ms/aks/wi for more details.

enabled

boolean

Whether to enable workload identity.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

service_principal

dictionary

The service principal suboptions.

client_id

string / required

The ID for the Service Principal.

client_secret

string

The secret password associated with the service principal.

state

string

Assert the state of the AKS. Use present to create or update an AKS and absent to delete it.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

subscription_id

string

Your Azure subscription Id.

tags

dictionary

Dictionary of string:string pairs to assign as metadata to the object.

Metadata tags on the object will be updated with any provided values.

To remove tags set append_tags option to false.

Currently, Azure DNS zones and Traffic Manager services also don’t allow the use of spaces in the tag.

Azure Front Door doesn’t support the use of

Azure Automation and Azure CDN only support 15 tags on resources.

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: Create an AKS instance With A System Node Pool & A User Node Pool
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: myAKS
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    location: eastus
    dns_prefix: akstest
    kubernetes_version: 1.14.6
    linux_profile:
      admin_username: azureuser
      ssh_key: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAA...
    service_principal:
      client_id: "cf72ca99-f6b9-4004-b0e0-bee10c521948"
      client_secret: "Password1234!"
    agent_pool_profiles:
      - name: default
        count: 1
        vm_size: Standard_B2s
        enable_auto_scaling: true
        type: VirtualMachineScaleSets
        mode: System
        max_count: 3
        min_count: 1
        enable_rbac: true
        tags:
          key1: value1
      - name: user
        count: 1
        vm_size: Standard_D2_v2
        enable_auto_scaling: true
        type: VirtualMachineScaleSets
        mode: User
        max_count: 3
        min_count: 1
        enable_rbac: true

- name: Create a managed Azure Container Services (AKS) instance
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: myAKS
    location: eastus
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    dns_prefix: akstest
    kubernetes_version: 1.14.6
    linux_profile:
      admin_username: azureuser
      ssh_key: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAA...
    service_principal:
      client_id: "cf72ca99-f6b9-4004-b0e0-bee10c521948"
      client_secret: "Password123!"
    agent_pool_profiles:
      - name: default
        count: 5
        mode: System
        vm_size: Standard_B2s
    tags:
      Environment: Production

- name: Use minimal parameters and system-assigned identity
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: myMinimalCluster
    location: eastus
    resource_group: myExistingResourceGroup
    dns_prefix: akstest
    agent_pool_profiles:
      - name: default
        count: 1
        vm_size: Standard_D2_v2

- name: Create AKS with userDefinedRouting "Link:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/limit-egress-traffic#add-a-dnat-rule-to-azure-firewall"
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: "minimal{{ rpfx }}"
    location: eastus
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    kubernetes_version: "{{ versions.azure_aks_versions[0] }}"
    dns_prefix: "aks{{ rpfx }}"
    service_principal:
      client_id: "{{ client_id }}"
      client_secret: "{{ client_secret }}"
    network_profile:
      network_plugin: azure
      load_balancer_sku: standard
      outbound_type: userDefinedRouting
      service_cidr: "10.41.0.0/16"
      dns_service_ip: "10.41.0.10"
    api_server_access_profile:
      authorized_ip_ranges:
        - "20.106.246.252/32"
      enable_private_cluster: false
    agent_pool_profiles:
      - name: default
        count: 1
        vm_size: Standard_B2s
        mode: System
        vnet_subnet_id: "{{ output.subnets[0].id }}"
        type: VirtualMachineScaleSets
        enable_auto_scaling: false

- name: Create an AKS instance wit pod_identity_profile settings
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: "aks{{ rpfx }}"
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    location: eastus
    dns_prefix: "aks{{ rpfx }}"
    kubernetes_version: "{{ versions.azure_aks_versions[0] }}"
    service_principal:
      client_id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
      client_secret: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
    linux_profile:
      admin_username: azureuser
      ssh_key: ssh-rsa AAAAB3Ip6***************
    agent_pool_profiles:
      - name: default
        count: 1
        vm_size: Standard_B2s
        type: VirtualMachineScaleSets
        mode: System
        node_labels: {"release":"stable"}
        max_pods: 42
        availability_zones:
          - 1
          - 2
    node_resource_group: "node{{ noderpfx }}"
    enable_rbac: true
    network_profile:
      load_balancer_sku: standard
    pod_identity_profile:
      enabled: false
      allow_network_plugin_kubenet: false
      user_assigned_identities:
        - name: fredtest
          namespace: fredtest
          binding_selector: test
          identity:
            client_id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
            object_id: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

- name: Remove a managed Azure Container Services (AKS) instance
  azure_rm_aks:
    name: myAKS
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

state

dictionary

Current state of the Azure Container Service (AKS).

Returned: always

Sample: {"agent_pool_profiles": [{"count": 1, "dns_prefix": null, "moode": "System", "name": "default", "node_labels": {"environment": "dev", "release": "stable"}, "os_disk_size_gb": null, "os_type": "Linux", "ports": null, "security_profile": {"enable_secure_boot": true, "enable_vtpm": false}, "storage_profile": "ManagedDisks", "vm_size": "Standard_B2s", "vnet_subnet_id": null}], "auto_upgrade_profile": {"node_os_upgrade_channel": "NodeImage", "upgrade_channel": "patch"}, "changed": false, "disable_local_accounts": true, "dns_prefix": "aks9860bdcd89", "id": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters/aks9860bdc", "identity": {"type": "UserAssigned", "user_assigned_identities": {}}, "kube_config": ["......"], "kubernetes_version": "1.14.6", "linux_profile": {"admin_username": "azureuser", "ssh_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADA....."}, "location": "eastus", "name": "aks9860bdc", "pod_identity_profile": {"allow_network_plugin_kubenet": false, "user_assigned_identities": [{"binding_selector": "test", "identity": {"client_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx", "object_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx\""}, "name": "fredtest", "namespace": "fredtest", "provisioning_state": "Updating"}]}, "provisioning_state": "Succeeded", "security_profile": {"defender": {"log_analytics_workspace_resource_id": "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/rg/providers/Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces/fred01", "security_monitoring": {"enabled": true}}, "image_cleaner": {"enabled": false, "interval_hours": 38}}, "service_principal_profile": {"client_id": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"}, "tags": {}, "type": "Microsoft.ContainerService/ManagedClusters"}

Authors

  • Sertac Ozercan (@sozercan)

  • Yuwei Zhou (@yuwzho)