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# azure_rm_manageddisk – Manage Azure Manage Disks

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- See Also
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Create, update and delete an Azure Managed Disk.

Aliases: azure_rm_managed_disk

## 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.
attach_caching - added in 2.8 | Choices: read_only read_write | Disk caching policy controlled by VM. Will be used when attached to the VM defined by `managed_by`. If this option is different from the current caching policy, the managed disk will be deattached and attached with current caching option again.
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.
create_option - | Choices: empty import copy | `import` from a VHD file in source_uri and `copy` from previous managed disk source_uri.
disk_size_gb - |  | Size in GB of the managed disk to be created. If create_option=copy then the value must be greater than or equal to the source's size.
location - |  | Valid Azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.
managed_by - added in 2.5 |  | Name of an existing virtual machine with which the disk is or will be associated, this VM should be in the same resource group. To detach a disk from a vm, explicitly set to ''. If this option is unset, the value will not be changed.
name - / required |  | Name of the managed disk.
os_type - | Choices: linux windows | Type of Operating System. Used when create_option=copy or create_option=import and the source is an OS disk. If omitted during creation, no value is set. If omitted during an update, no change is made. Once set, this value cannot be cleared.
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 - / required |  | Name of a resource group where the managed disk exists or will be created.
secret string |  | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
source_uri - |  | URI to a valid VHD file to be used or the resource ID of the managed disk to copy. aliases: source_resource_uri
state - | Choices: absent present ← | Assert the state of the managed disk. Use `present` to create or update a managed disk and `absent` to delete a managed disk.
storage_account_type - | Choices: Standard_LRS StandardSSD_LRS Premium_LRS UltraSSD_LRS | Type of storage for the managed disk. If not specified, the disk is created as `Standard_LRS`. `Standard_LRS` is for Standard HDD. `StandardSSD_LRS` (added in 2.8) is for Standard SSD. `Premium_LRS` is for Premium SSD. `UltraSSD_LRS` (added in 2.8) is for Ultra SSD, which is in preview mode, and only available on select instance types. See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/disks-types for more information about disk types.
subscription_id string |  | Your Azure subscription Id.
tags dictionary |  | Tags to assign to the managed disk. Format tags as 'key' or 'key:value'.
tenant string |  | Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
zone - added in 2.8 | Choices: 1 2 3 | The Azure managed disk's zone. Allowed values are `1`, `2`, `3` and `' '`.

## Notes

Note

- This module was called azure_rm_managed_disk before Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change.
- 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 managed disk
      azure_rm_manageddisk:
        name: mymanageddisk
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        disk_size_gb: 4

    - name: Create managed operating system disk from page blob
      azure_rm_manageddisk:
        name: mymanageddisk
        location: eastus2
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        create_option: import
        source_uri: https://storageaccountname.blob.core.windows.net/containername/blob-name.vhd
        os_type: windows
        storage_account_type: Premium_LRS

    - name: Mount the managed disk to VM
      azure_rm_manageddisk:
        name: mymanageddisk
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        disk_size_gb: 4
        managed_by: testvm001
        attach_caching: read_only

    - name: Unmount the managed disk to VM
      azure_rm_manageddisk:
        name: mymanageddisk
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        disk_size_gb: 4

    - name: Delete managed disk
      azure_rm_manageddisk:
        name: mymanageddisk
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        state: absent

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
changed boolean | always | Whether or not the resource has changed.
id dictionary | always | The managed disk resource ID.
state dictionary | always | Current state of the managed disk.

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Bruno Medina (@brusMX)

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