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azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension – Manage Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) extensions
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_virtualmachinescalesetextension.
New in version 0.1.2: of azure.azcollection
Synopsis
- Create, update and delete Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) extensions.
 
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.
        | 
     
| 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.
        | 
     
| auto_upgrade_minor_version
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the extension handler should be automatically upgraded across minor versions.
         | 
     
| 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.
        | 
     
| location
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Valid Azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.
         | 
     |
| log_mode
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
         | 
     |
| log_path
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Parent argument.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of the VMSS extension.
         | 
     |
| 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.
         | 
     |
| protected_settings
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary containing protected extension settings.
        
       
        Settings depend on extension type.
        
       
        Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/overview for more information.
         | 
     |
| publisher
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The name of the extension handler publisher.
         | 
     |
| resource_group
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of a resource group where the VMSS extension exists or will be created.
         | 
     |
| secret
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
         | 
     |
| settings
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary containing extension settings.
        
       
        Settings depend on extension type.
        
       
        Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/overview for more information.
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Assert the state of the extension.
        
       
        Use  present to create or update an extension and absent to delete it.
        | 
     
| subscription_id
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Your Azure subscription Id.
         | 
     |
| tenant
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
         | 
     |
| type
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The type of the extension handler.
         | 
     |
| type_handler_version
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The type version of the extension handler.
         | 
     |
| vmss_name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the virtual machine where the extension should be create or updated.
         | 
     
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: Install VMSS Extension
  azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension:
    name: myvmssextension
    location: eastus
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    vmss_name: myvm
    publisher: Microsoft.Azure.Extensions
    type: CustomScript
    type_handler_version: 2.0
    settings: '{"commandToExecute": "hostname"}'
    auto_upgrade_minor_version: true
- name: Remove VMSS Extension
  azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension:
    name: myvmssextension
    location: eastus
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    vmss_name: myvm
    state: absent
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| id
        
        string
         | 
      always | 
        
        VMSS extension resource ID.
         Sample:
        
       
        /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/scalesets/myscaleset/extensions/myext
         | 
     
Authors
- Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/azure/azcollection/azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension_module.html