ansible.builtin.azure_rm_virtualmachineextension (v2.9.17) — module

Managed Azure Virtual Machine extension

| "added in version" 2.4 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Sertac Ozercan (@sozercan), Julien Stroheker (@julienstroheker)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Create, update and delete Azure Virtual Machine Extension.

Note that this module was called M(azure_rm_virtualmachine_extension) before Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Create VM Extension
      azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
        name: myvmextension
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        virtual_machine_name: myvm
        publisher: Microsoft.Azure.Extensions
        virtual_machine_extension_type: CustomScript
        type_handler_version: 2.0
        settings: '{"commandToExecute": "hostname"}'
        auto_upgrade_minor_version: true
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Delete VM Extension
      azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
        name: myvmextension
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        virtual_machine_name: myvm
        state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Name of the vm extension.
    required: true

state:
    choices:
    - absent
    - present
    default: present
    description:
    - State of the vm extension. Use C(present) to create or update a vm extension and
      C(absent) to delete a vm extension.

secret:
    description:
    - Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
    type: str

tenant:
    description:
    - Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
    type: str

ad_user:
    description:
    - Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user
      rather than service principal.
    type: str

profile:
    description:
    - Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
    type: str

location:
    description:
    - Valid Azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.

password:
    description:
    - Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory
      user rather than service principal.
    type: str

settings:
    description:
    - Json formatted public settings for the extension.

client_id:
    description:
    - Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
    type: str

publisher:
    description:
    - The name of the extension handler publisher.

api_profile:
    default: latest
    description:
    - Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value
      of C(latest) is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with
      Azure Stack.
    type: str
    version_added: 0.0.1
    version_added_collection: azure.azcollection

auth_source:
    choices:
    - auto
    - cli
    - credential_file
    - env
    - msi
    default: auto
    description:
    - Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
    - Can also be set via the C(ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE) environment variable.
    - When set to C(auto) (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> C(env)
      -> C(credential_file) -> C(cli).
    - When set to C(env), the credentials will be read from the environment variables
    - When set to C(credential_file), it will read the profile from C(~/.azure/credentials).
    - When set to C(cli), the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile.
      C(subscription_id) or the environment variable C(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 C(msi), the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI
      extension. C(subscription_id) or the environment variable C(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 C(msi) was added in Ansible 2.6.
    type: str
    version_added: 0.0.1
    version_added_collection: azure.azcollection

resource_group:
    description:
    - Name of a resource group where the vm extension exists or will be created.
    required: true

subscription_id:
    description:
    - Your Azure subscription Id.
    type: str

cloud_environment:
    default: AzureCloud
    description:
    - For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as
      defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, C(AzureChinaCloud), C(AzureUSGovernment)), or a
      metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via
      credential file profile or the C(AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT) environment variable.
    type: str
    version_added: 0.0.1
    version_added_collection: azure.azcollection

adfs_authority_url:
    description:
    - Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has
      your own ADFS authority.
    type: str
    version_added: 0.0.1
    version_added_collection: azure.azcollection

protected_settings:
    description:
    - Json formatted protected settings for the extension.

cert_validation_mode:
    choices:
    - ignore
    - validate
    description:
    - 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
      C(ignore). Can also be set via credential file profile or the C(AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION)
      environment variable.
    type: str
    version_added: 0.0.1
    version_added_collection: azure.azcollection

type_handler_version:
    description:
    - The type version of the extension handler.

virtual_machine_name:
    description:
    - The name of the virtual machine where the extension should be create or updated.

auto_upgrade_minor_version:
    description:
    - Whether the extension handler should be automatically upgraded across minor versions.
    type: bool

virtual_machine_extension_type:
    description:
    - The type of the extension handler.

Outputs

changed:
  description:
  - Whether or not the resource has changed.
  returned: always
  sample: true
  type: bool
state:
  description:
  - Current state of the vm extension.
  returned: always
  sample:
    state: Deleted
  type: dict

See also