azure.azcollection.azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting module – Create, update, or manage Azure Monitor diagnostic settings.

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_monitordiagnosticsetting.

New in azure.azcollection 1.10.0

Synopsis

• Create, update, or manage Azure Monitor diagnostic settings for any type of resource.

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
event_hub dictionary	An event hub which will receive the diagnostic logs. At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.
hub string	An event hub name to receive logs. If none is specified, the default event hub will be selected.
namespace string / required	The event hub namespace.
policy string / required	The shared access policy.
resource_group string	The resource group containing the event hub. If none is specified, the resource group of the resource parameter will be used.
subscription_id string	The subscription ID containing the event hub. If none is specified, the subscription ID of the resource parameter will be used.
log_analytics any	A log analytics workspace which will receive the diagnostic logs. It can be a string containing the log analytics workspace resource ID. It can be a dictionary containing name and optionally subscription_id and resource_group. At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.
log_mode string	Parent argument.
log_path string	Parent argument.
logs list / elements=dictionary	The list of log setttings. At least one of metrics or logs must be specified for the diagnostic setting.
category string	Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category for a resource type this setting is applied to.
category_group string	Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category group for a resource type this setting is applied to.
enabled boolean	Whether the log is enabled. Choices: false true ← (default)
retention_policy dictionary	The retention policy for this log.
days integer	The number of days for the retention policy. Default: 0
enabled boolean	Whether the retention policy is enabled. Choices: false true ← (default)
metrics list / elements=dictionary	The list of metric setttings. At least one of metrics or logs must be specified for the diagnostic setting.
category string	Name of a Diagnostic Metric category for a resource type this setting is applied to.
enabled boolean	Whether the metric category is enabled. Choices: false true ← (default)
retention_policy dictionary	The retention policy for this metric.
days integer	The number of days for the retention policy. Default: 0
enabled boolean	Whether the retention policy is enabled. Choices: false true ← (default)
name string / required	The name of the diagnostic settings.
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 any / required	The resource which will be monitored with the diagnostic setting. It can be a string containing the resource ID. It can be a dictionary containing name, type, resource_group, and optionally subscription_id. name. The resource name. type. The resource type including namespace, such as ‘Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks’. resource_group. The resource group containing the resource. subscription_id. The subscription ID containing the resource. If none is specified, the credential’s subscription ID will be used.
secret string	Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
state string	State of the private endpoint DNS zone group. Use present to create or update and absent to delete. Choices: "absent" "present" ← (default)
storage_account any	A storage account which will receive the diagnostic logs. It can be a string containing the storage account resource ID. It can be a dictionary containing name and optionally subscription_id and resource_group. At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.
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.
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 storage-based diagnostic setting for a virtual network
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "logs-storage"
    resource: "{{ vnet_output.state.id }}"
    storage_account: "{{ storage_output.state.id }}"
    logs:
      - category_group: "allLogs"
    metrics:
      - category: "AllMetrics"

- name: Create diagnostic setting for webapp with log analytics, event hub, and storage
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "webapp-logs"
    resource:
      name: "my-webapp"
      type: "Microsoft.Web/sites"
      resource_group: "my-webapp-resource-group"
    event_hub:
      namespace: "my-event-hub"
      policy: "RootManageSharedAccessKey"
    log_analytics:
      name: "my-log-analytics-workspace"
      resource_group: "my-log-analytics-workspace-resource-group"
    storage_account:
      name: "mystorageaccount"
    logs:
      - category: "AppServiceHTTPLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceConsoleLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceAppLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceAuditLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceIPSecAuditLogs"
      - category: "AppServicePlatformLogs"

- name: Delete diagnostic setting
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "webapp-logs"
    resource:
      name: "my-webapp"
      type: "Microsoft.Web/sites"
      resource_group: "my-webapp-resource-group"
    state: "absent"

Return Values

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

Key	Description
state dictionary	The state of the diagnostic setting. Returned: always
event_hub dictionary	The event hub for the diagnostic setting, if configured. Returned: always
hub string	Name of the hub within the namespace. Returned: always Sample: "my-event-hub"
id string	ID of the event hub namespace. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/my-event-hub-namespace"
namespace string	Name of the event hub namespace. Returned: always Sample: "my-event-hub-namespace"
policy string	Name of the event hub shared access policy. Returned: always Sample: "RootManageSharedAccessKey"
id string	ID of the diagnostic setting. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/providers/microsoft.network/applicationgateways/my-appgw/ providers/microsoft.insights/diagnosticSettings/my-diagnostic-setting"
log_analytics dictionary	The log analytics workspace for the diagnostic setting, if configured. Returned: always
id string	ID of the log analytics workspace. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/my-log-analytics-workspace"
logs list / elements=dictionary	Enabled log configurations for the diagnostic setting. Returned: always
category string	Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category for a resource type this setting is applied to. Returned: always
category_group string	Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category group for a resource type this setting is applied to. Returned: always
enabled boolean	Whether this log is enabled. Returned: always
retention_policy dictionary	The retention policy for this log. Returned: always
days integer	The number of days for the retention policy. Returned: always
enabled boolean	Whether the retention policy is enabled. Returned: always
metrics list / elements=dictionary	Enabled metric configurations for the diagnostic setting. Returned: always
category string	Name of a Diagnostic Metric category for a resource type this setting is applied to. Returned: always
enabled boolean	Whether the metric category is enabled. Returned: always
retention_policy dictionary	The retention policy for the metric category. Returned: always
days integer	The number of days for the retention policy. Returned: always
enabled boolean	Whether the retention policy is enabled. Returned: always
name string	Name of the diagnostic setting. Returned: always Sample: "my-diagnostic-setting"
storage_account dictionary	The storage account for the diagnostic setting, if configured. Returned: always
id string	ID of the storage account. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/my-storage-account"

Authors

• Ross Bender (@l3ender)

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