azure_rm_iothub – Manage Azure IoT hub

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

  • Create, delete an Azure IoT hub.

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
string
Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
adfs_authority_url
string
added in 2.6
Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile
string
added in 2.5
 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.
append_tags
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
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.
auth_source
string
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • auto
  • cli
  • credential_file
  • env
  • msi
Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
If not specified, ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable will be used and default to auto if variable is not defined.
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.
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 2.5
    Choices:
  • ignore
  • validate
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 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.
enable_file_upload_notifications
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
File upload notifications are enabled if set to True.
event_endpoint
dictionary
The Event Hub-compatible endpoint property.
partition_count
integer
The number of partitions for receiving device-to-cloud messages in the Event Hub-compatible endpoint.
Default is 2.
retention_time_in_days
integer
The retention time for device-to-cloud messages in days.
Default is 1.
ip_filters
list
Configure rules for rejecting or accepting traffic from specific IPv4 addresses.
action
string / required
    Choices:
  • accept
  • reject
The desired action for requests captured by this rule.
ip_mask
string / required
A string that contains the IP address range in CIDR notation for the rule.
name
string / required
Name of the filter.
location
string
Location of the IoT hub.
name
string / required
Name of the IoT hub.
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.
resource_group
string / required
Name of resource group.
routes
list
Route device-to-cloud messages to service-facing endpoints.
condition
string
The query expression for the routing query that is run against the message application properties, system properties, message body, device twin tags, and device twin properties to determine if it is a match for the endpoint.
enabled
boolean / required
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Whether to enable the route.
endpoint_name
string / required
The name of the endpoint in routing_endpoints where IoT Hub sends messages that match the query.
name
string / required
Name of the route.
source
string / required
    Choices:
  • device_messages
  • twin_change_events
  • device_lifecycle_events
  • device_job_lifecycle_events
The origin of the data stream to be acted upon.
routing_endpoints
list
Custom endpoints.
connection_string
string / required
Connection string of the custom endpoint.
The connection string should have send privilege.
container
string
Container name of the custom endpoint when resource_type=storage.
encoding
string
Encoding of the message when resource_type=storage.
name
string / required
Name of the custom endpoint.
resource_group
string
Resource group of the endpoint.
Default is the same as resource_group.
resource_type
string / required
    Choices:
  • eventhub
  • queue
  • storage
  • topic
Resource type of the custom endpoint.
subscription
string
Subscription id of the endpoint.
Default is the same as subscription.
secret
string
Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
sku
string
    Choices:
  • b1
  • b2
  • b3
  • f1
  • s1
  • s2
  • s3
Pricing tier for Azure IoT Hub.
Note that only one free IoT hub instance is allowed in each subscription. Exception will be thrown if free instances exceed one.
Default is s1 when creation.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
State of the IoT hub. Use present to create or update an IoT hub and absent to delete an IoT hub.
subscription_id
string
Your Azure subscription Id.
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.
tenant
string
Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
unit
integer
Units in your IoT Hub.
Default is 1.

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 login command.

Examples

- name: Create a simplest IoT hub
  azure_rm_iothub:
    name: Testing
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
- name: Create an IoT hub with route
  azure_rm_iothub:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    name: Testing
    routing_endpoints:
        - connection_string: "Endpoint=sb://qux.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=quux;SharedAccessKey=****;EntityPath=myQueue"
          name: foo
          resource_type: queue
          resource_group: myResourceGroup1
    routes:
        - name: bar
          source: device_messages
          endpoint_name: foo
          enabled: yes

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
cloud_to_device
complex
success
Cloud to device message properties.
max_delivery_count
integer
success
The number of times the IoT hub attempts to deliver a message on the feedback queue.

Sample:
10
ttl_as_iso8601
string
success
The period of time for which a message is available to consume before it is expired by the IoT hub.

Sample:
1:00:00
enable_file_upload_notifications
boolean
success
Whether file upload notifications are enabled.

Sample:
True
event_endpoints
complex
success
Built-in endpoint where to deliver device message.
endpoint
string
success
The Event Hub-compatible endpoint.

Sample:
sb://iothub-ns-testing-1478811-9bbc4a15f0.servicebus.windows.net/
partition_count
integer
success
The number of partitions for receiving device-to-cloud messages in the Event Hub-compatible endpoint.

Sample:
2
partition_ids
list
success
List of the partition id for the event endpoint.

Sample:
['0', '1']
retention_time_in_days
integer
success
The retention time for device-to-cloud messages in days.

Sample:
1
host_name
string
success
Host of the IoT hub.

Sample:
testing.azure-devices.net
id
string
success
Resource ID of the IoT hub.

Sample:
/subscriptions/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Devices/IotHubs/Testing
ip_filters
complex
success
Configure rules for rejecting or accepting traffic from specific IPv4 addresses.
action
string
success
The desired action for requests captured by this rule.

Sample:
Reject
ip_mask
string
success
A string that contains the IP address range in CIDR notation for the rule.

Sample:
40.54.7.3
name
string
success
Name of the filter.

Sample:
filter
location
string
success
Location of the IoT hub.

Sample:
eastus
name
string
success
Name of the IoT hub.

Sample:
Testing
resource_group
string
success
Resource group of the IoT hub.

Sample:
myResourceGroup.
routes
complex
success
Route device-to-cloud messages to service-facing endpoints.
condition
boolean
success
The query expression for the routing query that is run against the message application properties, system properties, message body, device twin tags, and device twin properties to determine if it is a match for the endpoint.
For more information about constructing a query, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-hub/iot-hub-devguide-routing-query-syntax

Sample:
true
enabled
string
success
Whether to enable the route.

Sample:
True
endpoint_name
string
success
The name of the endpoint in routing_endpoints where IoT Hub sends messages that match the query.

Sample:
foo
name
string
success
Name of the route.

Sample:
route1
source
string
success
The origin of the data stream to be acted upon.

Sample:
device_messages
routing_endpoints
complex
success
Custom endpoints.
event_hubs
complex
success
List of custom endpoints of event hubs.
connection_string
string
success
Connection string of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
Endpoint=sb://quux.servicebus.windows.net:5671/;SharedAccessKeyName=qux;SharedAccessKey=****;EntityPath=foo
name
string
success
Name of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
foo
resource_group
string
success
Resource group of the endpoint.

Sample:
bar
subscription
string
success
Subscription id of the endpoint.

Sample:
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
service_bus_queues
complex
always
List of custom endpoints of service bus queue.
connection_string
string
success
Connection string of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
Endpoint=sb://quux.servicebus.windows.net:5671/;SharedAccessKeyName=qux;SharedAccessKey=****;EntityPath=foo
name
string
success
Name of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
foo
resource_group
string
success
Resource group of the endpoint.

Sample:
bar
subscription
string
success
Subscription ID of the endpoint.

Sample:
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
service_bus_topics
complex
success
List of custom endpoints of service bus topic.
connection_string
string
success
Connection string of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
Endpoint=sb://quux.servicebus.windows.net:5671/;SharedAccessKeyName=qux;SharedAccessKey=****;EntityPath=foo
name
string
success
Name of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
foo
resource_group
string
success
Resource group of the endpoint.

Sample:
bar
subscription
string
success
Subscription ID of the endpoint.

Sample:
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
storage_containers
complex
success
List of custom endpoints of storage
connection_string
string
success
Connection string of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
Endpoint=sb://quux.servicebus.windows.net:5671/;SharedAccessKeyName=qux;SharedAccessKey=****;EntityPath=foo
name
string
success
Name of the custom endpoint.

Sample:
foo
resource_group
string
success
Resource group of the endpoint.

Sample:
bar
subscription
string
success
Subscription ID of the endpoint.

Sample:
XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX
sku
string
success
Pricing tier for Azure IoT Hub.

Sample:
f1
unit
integer
success
Units in the IoT Hub.

Sample:
1


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Authors

  • Yuwei Zhou (@yuwzho)

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