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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_resource_info – Generic facts of Azure resources
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_resource_info.
New in version 0.1.2: of azure.azcollection
Synopsis
- Obtain facts of any resource using Azure REST API.
 - This module gives access to resources that are not supported via Ansible modules.
 - Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/ regarding details related to specific resource REST API.
 
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.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
        | 
     |
| api_version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Specific API version to be used.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
        | 
     |
| 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.
        | 
     |
| client_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
        | 
     |
| log_mode
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
         | 
     ||
| log_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
         | 
     ||
| 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.
         | 
     ||
| provider
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Provider type, should be specified in no URL is given.
         | 
     ||
| resource_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Resource group to be used.
        
       
        Required if URL is not specified.
         | 
     ||
| resource_name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Resource name.
         | 
     ||
| resource_type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Resource type.
         | 
     ||
| secret
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
         | 
     ||
| subresource
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        List of subresources.
         | 
     ||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Subresource name.
         | 
     ||
| namespace
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Subresource namespace.
         | 
     ||
| type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Subresource type.
         | 
     ||
| subscription_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Your Azure subscription Id.
         | 
     ||
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
         | 
     ||
| url
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure RM Resource URL.
         | 
     ||
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: Get scaleset info
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    provider: compute
    resource_type: virtualmachinescalesets
    resource_name: myVmss
    api_version: "2017-12-01"
- name: Query all the resources in the resource group
  azure_rm_resource_info:
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    resource_type: resources
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| response
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Response specific to resource type.
          | 
     |||
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Id of the Azure resource.
         Sample:
        
       
        /subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM
         | 
     |||
| location
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Resource location.
         Sample:
        
       
        eastus
         | 
     |||
| name
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Resource name.
         Sample:
        
       
        myVM
         | 
     |||
| properties
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the virtual machine's property.
          | 
     |||
| diagnosticsProfile
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the boot diagnostic settings state.
          | 
     |||
| bootDiagnostics
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        A debugging feature, which to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'enabled': True, 'storageUri': 'https://vxisurgdiag.blob.core.windows.net/'}
         | 
     |||
| hardwareProfile
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'vmSize': 'Standard_D2s_v3'}
         | 
     |||
| networkProfile
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
          | 
     |||
| networkInterfaces
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Describes a network interface reference.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/myvm441'}]
         | 
     |||
| osProfile
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine.
          | 
     |||
| adminUsername
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the name of the administrator account.
         Sample:
        
       
        azureuser
         | 
     |||
| allowExtensionOperations
        
        boolean
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies whether extension operations should be allowed on the virtual machine.
        
       
        This may only be set to False when no extensions are present on the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     |||
| computerName
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the host OS name of the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        myVM
         | 
     |||
| linuxConfiguration
        
        dictionary
         | 
      when OS type is Linux | 
        
        Specifies the Linux operating system settings on the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'disablePasswordAuthentication': False, 'provisionVMAgent': True}
         | 
     |||
| requireGuestProvisionSignale
        
        boolean
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the host require guest provision signal or not.
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     |||
| secrets
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies set of certificates that should be installed onto the virtual machine.
          | 
     |||
| provisioningState
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The provisioning state.
         Sample:
        
       
        Succeeded
         | 
     |||
| storageProfile
        
        complex
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the storage account type for the managed disk.
          | 
     |||
| dataDisks
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the parameters that are used to add a data disk to virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        [{'caching': 'None', 'createOption': 'Attach', 'diskSizeGB': 1023, 'lun': 2, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx....xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk2', 'storageAccountType': 'StandardSSD_LRS'}, 'name': 'testdisk2'}, {'caching': 'None', 'createOption': 'Attach', 'diskSizeGB': 1023, 'lun': 1, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/V-XISURG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/testdisk3', 'storageAccountType': 'StandardSSD_LRS'}, 'name': 'testdisk3'}]
         | 
     |||
| imageReference
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies information about the image to use.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'offer': 'UbuntuServer', 'publisher': 'Canonical', 'sku': '18.04-LTS', 'version': 'latest'}
         | 
     |||
| osDisk
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies information about the operating system disk used by the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        {'caching': 'ReadWrite', 'createOption': 'FromImage', 'diskSizeGB': 30, 'managedDisk': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxx...xxxx/resourceGroups/v-xisuRG/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myVM_disk1_xxx', 'storageAccountType': 'Premium_LRS'}, 'name': 'myVM_disk1_xxx', 'osType': 'Linux'}
         | 
     |||
| vmID
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        Specifies the VM unique ID which is a 128-bits identifier that is encoded and stored in all Azure laaS VMs SMBIOS.
        
       
        It can be read using platform BIOS commands.
         Sample:
        
       
        eb86d9bb-6725-4787-a487-2e497d5b340c
         | 
     |||
| type
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The type of identity used for the virtual machine.
         Sample:
        
       
        Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines
         | 
     |||
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_resource_info_module.html