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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualmachine – Manage Azure DevTest Lab Virtual Machine instance
Note
This plugin is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 1.10.0).
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.
To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualmachine.
New in version 0.1.2: of azure.azcollection
Synopsis
- Create, update and delete instance of Azure DevTest Lab Virtual Machine.
 
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-azure.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 | Choices/Defaults | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ad_user
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
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| adfs_authority_url
        
        string
        
       
        added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection
         | 
      
        
        Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
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| allow_claim
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Indicates whether another user can take ownership of the virtual machine.
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| api_profile
        
        string
        
       
        added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection
         | 
      Default: 
        "latest"
         | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
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| 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.
         | 
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| artifacts
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        The artifacts to be installed on the virtual machine.
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| parameters
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      
        
        The parameters of the artifact.
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| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the artifact parameter.
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| value
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The value of the artifact parameter.
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| source_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The artifact's source name.
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| source_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The artifact's path in the source repository.
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| auth_source
        
        string
        
       
        added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
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| cert_validation_mode
        
        string
        
       
        added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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.
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| client_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
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| cloud_environment
        
        string
        
       
        added in 0.0.1 of azure.azcollection
         | 
      Default: 
        "AzureCloud"
         | 
      
        
        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.
        | 
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| disallow_public_ip_address
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Indicates whether the virtual machine is to be created without a public IP address.
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| expiration_date
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The expiration date for VM.
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| image
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The Microsoft Azure Marketplace image reference of the virtual machine.
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| offer
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The offer of the gallery image.
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| os_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The OS type of the gallery image.
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| publisher
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The publisher of the gallery image.
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| sku
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The SKU of the gallery image.
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| version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The version of the gallery image.
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| lab_name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the lab.
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| lab_subnet
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        An existing subnet within lab's virtual network.
        
       
        It can be the subnet's resource id.
        
       
        It can be a dict which contains  virtual_network_name and name.
        | 
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| log_mode
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
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| log_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
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| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the virtual machine.
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| notes
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The notes of the virtual machine.
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| os_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Base type of operating system.
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| password
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The password of the virtual machine administrator.
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| profile
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
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| resource_group
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the resource group.
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| secret
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
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| ssh_key
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The SSH key of the virtual machine administrator.
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| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Assert the state of the Virtual Machine.
        
       
        Use  present to create or update an Virtual Machine and absent to delete it.
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| storage_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Storage type to use for virtual machine.
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| subscription_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Your Azure subscription Id.
         | 
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| 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.
         | 
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| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
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| user_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The user name of the virtual machine.
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| vm_size
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A valid Azure VM size value. For example,  
       Standard_D4.
       
        The list of choices varies depending on the subscription and location. Check your subscription for available choices.
        
       
        Available values can be found on this website, link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/sizes-general.
        
       
        Required when state=present.
         | 
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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 logincommand. 
Examples
- name: Create (or update) Virtual Machine
  azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualmachine:
    resource_group: myrg
    lab_name: mylab
    name: myvm
    notes: Virtual machine notes....
    os_type: linux
    vm_size: Standard_A2_v2
    user_name: vmadmin
    password: ZSuppas$$21!
    lab_subnet:
      name: myvnSubnet
      virtual_network_name: myvn
    disallow_public_ip_address: no
    image:
      offer: UbuntuServer
      publisher: Canonical
      sku: 16.04-LTS
      os_type: Linux
      version: latest
    artifacts:
      - source_name: myartifact
        source_path: "/Artifacts/linux-install-mongodb"
    allow_claim: no
    expiration_date: "2019-02-22T01:49:12.117974Z"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| compute_id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The identifier of the underlying Compute Virtual Machine resource.
         Sample:
        
       
        /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/myrg/providers/microsoft.devtestlab/labs/mylab/virtualmachines/myvm
         | 
     
| fqdn
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Fully qualified domain name or IP Address of the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        myvm.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com
         | 
     
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The identifier of the DTL Virtual Machine resource.
         Sample:
        
       
        /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/myrg/providers/microsoft.devtestlab/labs/mylab/virtualmachines/myvm
         | 
     
Authors
- Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/azure/azcollection/azure_rm_devtestlabvirtualmachine_module.html