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

Manage Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) extensions

| "added in version" 2.8 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Zim Kalinowski (@zikalino)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.17

Description

Create, update and delete Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) extensions.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - 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
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
    - name: Remove VMSS Extension
      azure_rm_virtualmachinescalesetextension:
        name: myvmssextension
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        vmss_name: myvm
        state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - Name of the VMSS extension.

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

state:
    choices:
    - absent
    - present
    default: present
    description:
    - Assert the state of the extension.
    - Use C(present) to create or update an extension and C(absent) to delete it.

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:
    - A dictionary containing extension settings.
    - Settings depend on extension type.
    - Refer to U(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/overview)
      for more information.

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

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

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

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 VMSS 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:
    - A dictionary containing protected extension settings.
    - Settings depend on extension type.
    - Refer to U(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/overview)
      for more information.

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.

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

Outputs

id:
  description:
  - VMSS extension resource ID.
  returned: always
  sample: /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/scalesets/myscaleset/extensions/myext
  type: str

See also