azure.azcollection.azure_rm_networkinterface_info module – Get network interface 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_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.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
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
networkinterfaces complex	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: always Sample: false
dns_servers list / elements=string	Which DNS servers should the NIC lookup. List of IP addresses. Returned: always Sample: []
dns_settings complex	The DNS settings in network interface. Returned: always
applied_dns_servers list / elements=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: always Sample: []
dns_servers list / elements=string	List of DNS servers IP addresses. Returned: always Sample: []
internal_dns_name_label string	Relative DNS name for this NIC used for internal communications between VMs in the same virtual network. Returned: always
internal_fqdn string	Fully qualified DNS name supporting internal communications between VMs in the same virtual network. Returned: always
enable_accelerated_networking boolean	Specifies whether the network interface should be created with the accelerated networking feature or not. Returned: always Sample: false
enable_ip_forwarding boolean	Whether to enable IP forwarding Returned: always Sample: false
id string	Id of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxxx-xxxxx/resourceGroups/testRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/nic01"
ip_configurations complex	List of IP configurations, if contains multiple configurations. Returned: always
application_gateway_backend_address_pools list / elements=string added in azure.azcollection 1.10.0	List of existing application gateway backend address pools associated with the network interface. Returned: always
application_security_groups list / elements=string	List of Application security groups. Returned: always Sample: ["/subscriptions/<subsid>/resourceGroups/<rg>/providers/Microsoft.Network/applicationSecurityGroups/myASG"]
load_balancer_backend_address_pools list / elements=string	List of existing load-balancer backend address pools associated with the network interface. Returned: always
name string	Name of the IP configuration. Returned: always Sample: "default"
primary boolean	Whether the IP configuration is the primary one in the list. Returned: always Sample: true
private_ip_address string	Private IP address for the IP configuration. Returned: always Sample: "10.10.0.4"
private_ip_allocation_method string	Private IP allocation method. Returned: always Sample: "Dynamic"
public_ip_address string	Name of the public IP address. None for disable IP address. Returned: always
public_ip_allocation_method string	Public IP allocation method. Returned: always
location string	Azure location. Returned: always Sample: "eastus"
mac_address string	The MAC address of the network interface. Returned: always
name string	Name of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "nic01"
provisioning_state string	The provisioning state of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: "Succeeded"
resource_group string	Name of a resource group where the network interface exists. Returned: always Sample: "testRG"
security_group string	A security group resource ID with which to associate the network interface. Returned: always
subnet string	Name of an existing subnet within the specified virtual network. Returned: always Sample: "sub01"
tags dictionary	Tags of the network interface. Returned: always Sample: {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}
virtual_network complex	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: always
name string	The name of the virtual network relate network interface. Returned: always Sample: "vnetnic01"
resource_gorup string	Resource groups name that exist on the virtual network. Returned: always Sample: "testRG"
subnet_id string	The subnet’s ID. Returned: always Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx-xxxx/resourceGroups/testRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/nic01/subnets/sub01"
subscription_id string	Virtual network Subscription ID. Returned: always Sample: "xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Authors

• Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)

• Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

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