azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachine – Manage Azure virtual machines

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Manage and configure virtual machines (VMs) and associated resources on Azure.
• Requires a resource group containing at least one virtual network with at least one subnet.
• Supports images from the Azure Marketplace, which can be discovered with M(azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_info).
• Supports custom images since Ansible 2.5.
• To use custom_data on a Linux image, the image must have cloud-init enabled. If cloud-init is not enabled, custom_data is ignored.

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

Notes

See Also

Examples

- name: Create VM with defaults
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm10
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image:
      offer: CentOS
      publisher: OpenLogic
      sku: '7.1'
      version: latest

- name: Create an availability set for managed disk vm
  azure_rm_availabilityset:
    name: avs-managed-disk
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    platform_update_domain_count: 5
    platform_fault_domain_count: 2
    sku: Aligned

- name: Create a VM with managed disk
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: vm-managed-disk
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    availability_set: avs-managed-disk
    managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS
    image:
      offer: CoreOS
      publisher: CoreOS
      sku: Stable
      version: latest
    vm_size: Standard_D4

- name: Create a VM with existing storage account and NIC
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002
    vm_size: Standard_D4
    storage_account: testaccount001
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    ssh_public_keys:
      - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
        key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
    network_interfaces: testvm001
    image:
      offer: CentOS
      publisher: OpenLogic
      sku: '7.1'
      version: latest

- name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data managed disks
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_D4
    managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    ssh_public_keys:
      - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
        key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
    image:
      offer: CoreOS
      publisher: CoreOS
      sku: Stable
      version: latest
    data_disks:
      - lun: 0
        managed_disk_id: "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myDisk"
      - lun: 1
        disk_size_gb: 128
        managed_disk_type: Premium_LRS

- name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data storage accounts
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    ssh_password_enabled: false
    ssh_public_keys:
      - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
        key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
    network_interfaces: testvm001
    storage_container: osdisk
    storage_blob: osdisk.vhd
    boot_diagnostics:
      enabled: yes
    image:
      offer: CoreOS
      publisher: CoreOS
      sku: Stable
      version: latest
    data_disks:
      - lun: 0
        disk_size_gb: 64
        storage_container_name: datadisk1
        storage_blob_name: datadisk1.vhd
      - lun: 1
        disk_size_gb: 128
        storage_container_name: datadisk2
        storage_blob_name: datadisk2.vhd

- name: Create a VM with a custom image
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image: customimage001

- name: Create a VM with a custom image from a particular resource group
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image:
      name: customimage001
      resource_group: myResourceGroup

- name: Create a VM with an image id
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image:
      id: '{{image_id}}'

- name: Create VM with spcified OS disk size
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: big-os-disk
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    os_disk_size_gb: 512
    image:
      offer: CentOS
      publisher: OpenLogic
      sku: '7.1'
      version: latest

- name: Create VM with OS and Plan, accepting the terms
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: f5-nva
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image:
      publisher: f5-networks
      offer: f5-big-ip-best
      sku: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly
      version: latest
    plan:
      name: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly
      product: f5-big-ip-best
      publisher: f5-networks

- name: Create a VM with Spot Instance
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm10
    vm_size: Standard_D4
    priority: Spot
    eviction_policy: Deallocate
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image:
      offer: CentOS
      publisher: OpenLogic
      sku: '7.1'
      version: latest

- name: Power Off
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002
    started: no

- name: Deallocate
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002
    allocated: no

- name: Power On
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002

- name: Restart
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002
    restarted: yes

- name: Create a VM with an Availability Zone
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm001
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: "{{ username }}"
    admin_password: "{{ password }}"
    image: customimage001
    zones: [1]

- name: Remove a VM and all resources that were autocreated
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: testvm002
    remove_on_absent: all_autocreated
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Authors

• Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
• Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
• Christopher Perrin (@cperrin88)
• James E. King III (@jeking3)