azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts - Get virtual machine image facts.

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Get facts for virtual machine images.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7
  • azure >= 2.0.0

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
ad_user Default:
None
Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
api_profile
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • 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
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • auto ←
  • cli
  • credential_file
  • env
Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
auto will follow the default precedence of module parameters -> environment variables -> default profile in credential file ~/.azure/credentials.
When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the default Azure CLI profile.
Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable.
cert_validation_mode
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • validate
  • ignore
Default:
None
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 Default:
None
Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
cloud_environment
(added in 2.4)
 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
required
Azure location value (ie. westus, eastus, eastus2, northcentralus, etc.). Supplying only a location value will yield a list of available publishers for the location.
name Default:
None
Only show results for a specific security group.
offer Default:
None
Name of an image offering. Combine with sku to see a list of available image versions.
password Default:
None
Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
profile Default:
None
Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
publisher Default:
None
Name of an image publisher. List image offerings associated with a particular publisher.
secret Default:
None
Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
sku Default:
None
Image offering SKU. Combine with offer to see a list of available versions.
subscription_id Default:
None
Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant Default:
None
Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
version Default:
None
Specific version number of an image.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables or use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials. Authentication is 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.

Examples

- name: Get facts for a specific image
  azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic
    offer: CentOS
    sku: '7.1'
    version: '7.1.20160308'

- name: List available versions
  azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic
    offer: CentOS
    sku: '7.1'

- name: List available offers
  azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts:
    location: eastus
    publisher: OpenLogic

- name: List available publishers
  azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts:
    location: eastus

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
azure_vmimages
list
 always
List of image dicts.


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

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