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# azure_rm_virtualmachine – Manage Azure virtual machines

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

## Synopsis

- Manage and configure virtual machines (VMs) and associated resources on Azure.
- Requires a resource group containing at least one virtual network with at least one subnet.
- Supports images from the Azure Marketplace, which can be discovered with azure_rm_virtualmachineimage_facts.
- Supports custom images since Ansible 2.5.
- To use custom_data on a Linux image, the image must have cloud-init enabled. If cloud-init is not enabled, custom_data is ignored.

## 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
--- | --- | ---
accept_terms boolean added in 2.7 | Choices: no ← yes | Accept terms for Marketplace images that require it. Only Azure service admin/account admin users can purchase images from the Marketplace. Only valid when a plan is specified.
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.
admin_password - |  | Password for the admin username. Not required if the os_type=Linux and SSH password authentication is disabled by setting ssh_password_enabled=false.
admin_username - |  | Admin username used to access the VM after it is created. Required when creating a VM.
allocated boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether the VM is allocated or deallocated, only useful with state=present.
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.
availability_set - added in 2.5 |  | Name or ID of an existing availability set to add the VM to. The availability_set should be in the same resource group as VM.
boot_diagnostics - added in 2.9 |  | Manage boot diagnostics settings for a VM. Boot diagnostics includes a serial console and remote console screenshots.
| enabled boolean / required | Choices: no yes | Flag indicating if boot diagnostics are enabled.
| storage_account - |  | The name of an existing storage account to use for boot diagnostics. If not specified, uses storage_account_name defined one level up. If storage account is not specified anywhere, and `enabled` is `true`, a default storage account is created for boot diagnostics data.
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.
custom_data - added in 2.5 |  | Data made available to the VM and used by `cloud-init`. Only used on Linux images with `cloud-init` enabled. Consult https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/using-cloud-init#cloud-init-overview for cloud-init ready images. To enable cloud-init on a Linux image, follow https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/cloudinit-prepare-custom-image.
data_disks - added in 2.4 |  | Describes list of data disks. Use azure_rm_mangeddisk to manage the specific disk.
| caching - added in 2.4 | Choices: ReadOnly ← ReadWrite | Type of data disk caching.
| disk_size_gb - added in 2.4 |  | The initial disk size in GB for blank data disks. This value cannot be larger than `1023` GB. Size can be changed only when the virtual machine is deallocated. Not sure when managed_disk_id defined.
| lun - / required added in 2.4 |  | The logical unit number for data disk. This value is used to identify data disks within the VM and therefore must be unique for each data disk attached to a VM.
| managed_disk_type - added in 2.4 | Choices: Standard_LRS StandardSSD_LRS Premium_LRS | Managed data disk type. Only used when OS disk created with managed disk.
| storage_account_name - added in 2.4 |  | Name of an existing storage account that supports creation of VHD blobs. If not specified for a new VM, a new storage account started with name will be created using storage type `Standard_LRS`. Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated.
| storage_blob_name - added in 2.4 |  | Name of the storage blob used to hold the OS disk image of the VM. Must end with '.vhd'. Default to the name + timestamp + lun + '.vhd'. Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated.
| storage_container_name - added in 2.4 | Default: "vhds" | Name of the container to use within the storage account to store VHD blobs. If no name is specified a default container named 'vhds' will created. Only used when OS disk created with virtual hard disk (VHD). Used when managed_disk_type not defined. Cannot be updated unless lun updated.
generalized boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no yes | Whether the VM is generalized or not. Set to `true` with state=present to generalize the VM. Generalizing a VM is irreversible.
image - / required |  | The image used to build the VM. For custom images, the name of the image. To narrow the search to a specific resource group, a dict with the keys name and resource_group. For Marketplace images, a dict with the keys publisher, offer, sku, and version. Set version=latest to get the most recent version of a given image.
license_type - added in 2.8 | Choices: Windows_Server Windows_Client | On-premise license for the image or disk. Only used for images that contain the Windows Server operating system. To remove all license type settings, set to the string `None`.
location - |  | Valid Azure location for the VM. Defaults to location of the resource group.
managed_disk_type - added in 2.4 | Choices: Standard_LRS StandardSSD_LRS Premium_LRS | Managed OS disk type. Create OS disk with managed disk if defined. If not defined, the OS disk will be created with virtual hard disk (VHD).
name - / required |  | Name of the VM.
network_interface_names list |  | Network interface names to add to the VM. Can be a string of name or resource ID of the network interface. Can be a dict containing resource_group and name of the network interface. If a network interface name is not provided when the VM is created, a default network interface will be created. To create a new network interface, at least one Virtual Network with one Subnet must exist. aliases: network_interfaces
open_ports - |  | List of ports to open in the security group for the VM, when a security group and network interface are created with a VM. For Linux hosts, defaults to allowing inbound TCP connections to port 22. For Windows hosts, defaults to opening ports 3389 and 5986.
os_disk_caching - | Choices: ReadOnly ← ReadWrite | Type of OS disk caching. aliases: disk_caching
os_disk_name - added in 2.8 |  | OS disk name.
os_disk_size_gb - added in 2.7 |  | Type of OS disk size in GB.
os_type - | Choices: Windows Linux ← | Base type of operating system.
password string |  | Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
plan dictionary added in 2.5 |  | Third-party billing plan for the VM.
| name - / required |  | Billing plan name.
| product - / required |  | Product name.
| promotion_code - |  | Optional promotion code.
| publisher - / required |  | Publisher offering the plan.
profile string |  | Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
public_ip_allocation_method - | Choices: Dynamic Static ← Disabled | Allocation method for the public IP of the VM. Used only if a network interface is not specified. When set to `Dynamic`, the public IP address may change any time the VM is rebooted or power cycled. The `Disabled` choice was added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: public_ip_allocation
remove_on_absent list | Default: ["all"] | Associated resources to remove when removing a VM using state=absent. To remove all resources related to the VM being removed, including auto-created resources, set to `all`. To remove only resources that were automatically created while provisioning the VM being removed, set to `all_autocreated`. To remove only specific resources, set to `network_interfaces`, `virtual_storage` or `public_ips`. Any other input will be ignored.
resource_group - / required |  | Name of the resource group containing the VM.
restarted boolean | Choices: no yes | Set to `true` with state=present to restart a running VM.
secret string |  | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
short_hostname - |  | Name assigned internally to the host. On a Linux VM this is the name returned by the `hostname` command. When creating a VM, short_hostname defaults to name.
ssh_password_enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether to enable or disable SSH passwords. When os_type=Linux, set to `false` to disable SSH password authentication and require use of SSH keys.
ssh_public_keys - |  | For os_type=Linux provide a list of SSH keys. Accepts a list of dicts where each dictionary contains two keys, path and key_data. Set path to the default location of the authorized_keys files. For example, path=/home/<admin username>/.ssh/authorized_keys. Set key_data to the actual value of the public key.
started boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Whether the VM is started or stopped. Set to (true) with state=present to start the VM. Set to `false` to stop the VM.
state - | Choices: absent present ← | State of the VM. Set to `present` to create a VM with the configuration specified by other options, or to update the configuration of an existing VM. Set to `absent` to remove a VM. Does not affect power state. Use started/allocated/restarted parameters to change the power state of a VM.
storage_account_name - |  | Name of a storage account that supports creation of VHD blobs. If not specified for a new VM, a new storage account named <vm name>01 will be created using storage type `Standard_LRS`. aliases: storage_account
storage_blob_name - |  | Name of the storage blob used to hold the OS disk image of the VM. Must end with '.vhd'. If not specified, defaults to the VM name + '.vhd'. aliases: storage_blob
storage_container_name - | Default: "vhds" | Name of the container to use within the storage account to store VHD blobs. If not specified, a default container will be created. aliases: storage_container
subnet_name - |  | Subnet for the VM. Defaults to the first subnet found in the virtual network or the subnet of the network_interface_name, if provided. If the subnet is in another resource group, specify the resource group with virtual_network_resource_group. aliases: subnet
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.
virtual_network_name - |  | The virtual network to use when creating a VM. If not specified, a new network interface will be created and assigned to the first virtual network found in the resource group. Use with virtual_network_resource_group to place the virtual network in another resource group. aliases: virtual_network
virtual_network_resource_group - added in 2.4 |  | The resource group to use when creating a VM with another resource group's virtual network.
vm_identity - added in 2.8 | Choices: SystemAssigned | Identity for the VM.
vm_size - |  | A valid Azure VM size value. For example, `Standard_D4`. Choices vary depending on the subscription and location. Check your subscription for available choices. Required when creating a VM.
winrm - added in 2.8 |  | List of Windows Remote Management configurations of the VM.
| certificate_store - |  | The certificate store on the VM to which the certificate should be added. The specified certificate store is implicitly in the LocalMachine account.
| certificate_url - |  | The URL of a certificate that has been uploaded to Key Vault as a secret.
| protocol - / required | Choices: http https | The protocol of the winrm listener.
| source_vault - |  | The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the certificate.
zones list added in 2.8 |  | A list of Availability Zones for your VM.

## 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 VM with defaults
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm10
        admin_username: chouseknecht
        admin_password: <your password here>
        image:
          offer: CentOS
          publisher: OpenLogic
          sku: '7.1'
          version: latest

    - name: Create an availability set for managed disk vm
      azure_rm_availabilityset:
        name: avs-managed-disk
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        platform_update_domain_count: 5
        platform_fault_domain_count: 2
        sku: Aligned

    - name: Create a VM with managed disk
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: vm-managed-disk
        admin_username: adminUser
        availability_set: avs-managed-disk
        managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS
        image:
          offer: CoreOS
          publisher: CoreOS
          sku: Stable
          version: latest
        vm_size: Standard_D4

    - name: Create a VM with existing storage account and NIC
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002
        vm_size: Standard_D4
        storage_account: testaccount001
        admin_username: adminUser
        ssh_public_keys:
          - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
            key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
        network_interfaces: testvm001
        image:
          offer: CentOS
          publisher: OpenLogic
          sku: '7.1'
          version: latest

    - name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data managed disks
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_D4
        managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS
        admin_username: adminUser
        ssh_public_keys:
          - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
            key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
        image:
          offer: CoreOS
          publisher: CoreOS
          sku: Stable
          version: latest
        data_disks:
          - lun: 0
            managed_disk_id: "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/disks/myDisk"
          - lun: 1
            disk_size_gb: 128
            managed_disk_type: Premium_LRS

    - name: Create a VM with OS and multiple data storage accounts
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
        admin_username: adminUser
        ssh_password_enabled: false
        ssh_public_keys:
          - path: /home/adminUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
            key_data: < insert yor ssh public key here... >
        network_interfaces: testvm001
        storage_container: osdisk
        storage_blob: osdisk.vhd
        boot_diagnostics:
          enabled: yes
        image:
          offer: CoreOS
          publisher: CoreOS
          sku: Stable
          version: latest
        data_disks:
          - lun: 0
            disk_size_gb: 64
            storage_container_name: datadisk1
            storage_blob_name: datadisk1.vhd
          - lun: 1
            disk_size_gb: 128
            storage_container_name: datadisk2
            storage_blob_name: datadisk2.vhd

    - name: Create a VM with a custom image
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
        admin_username: adminUser
        admin_password: password01
        image: customimage001

    - name: Create a VM with a custom image from a particular resource group
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
        admin_username: adminUser
        admin_password: password01
        image:
          name: customimage001
          resource_group: myResourceGroup

    - name: Create a VM with an image id
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
        admin_username: adminUser
        admin_password: password01
        image:
          id: '{{image_id}}'

    - name: Create VM with specified OS disk size
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: big-os-disk
        admin_username: chouseknecht
        admin_password: <your password here>
        os_disk_size_gb: 512
        image:
          offer: CentOS
          publisher: OpenLogic
          sku: '7.1'
          version: latest

    - name: Create VM with OS and Plan, accepting the terms
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: f5-nva
        admin_username: chouseknecht
        admin_password: <your password here>
        image:
          publisher: f5-networks
          offer: f5-big-ip-best
          sku: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly
          version: latest
        plan:
          name: f5-bigip-virtual-edition-200m-best-hourly
          product: f5-big-ip-best
          publisher: f5-networks

    - name: Power Off
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002
        started: no

    - name: Deallocate
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002
        allocated: no

    - name: Power On
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002

    - name: Restart
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002
        restarted: yes

    - name: Create a VM with an Availability Zone
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm001
        vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
        admin_username: adminUser
        admin_password: password01
        image: customimage001
        zones: [1]

    - name: Remove a VM and all resources that were autocreated
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvm002
        remove_on_absent: all_autocreated
        state: absent

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
azure_vm dictionary | always | Facts about the current state of the object. Note that facts are not part of the registered output but available directly. Sample: {'properties': {'availabilitySet': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets/MYAVAILABILITYSET'}, 'hardwareProfile': {'vmSize': 'Standard_D1'}, 'instanceView': {'disks': [{'name': 'testvm10.vhd', 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Provisioning succeeded', 'level': 'Info', 'time': '2016-03-30T07:11:16.187272Z'}]}], 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Provisioning succeeded', 'level': 'Info', 'time': '2016-03-30T20:33:38.946916Z'}, {'code': 'PowerState/running', 'displayStatus': 'VM running', 'level': 'Info'}], 'vmAgent': {'extensionHandlers': [], 'statuses': [{'code': 'ProvisioningState/succeeded', 'displayStatus': 'Ready', 'level': 'Info', 'message': 'GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations.', 'time': '2016-03-30T20:31:16.000Z'}], 'vmAgentVersion': 'WALinuxAgent-2.0.16'}}, 'networkProfile': {'networkInterfaces': [{'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01', 'name': 'testvm10_NIC01', 'properties': {'dnsSettings': {'appliedDnsServers': [], 'dnsServers': []}, 'enableIPForwarding': False, 'ipConfigurations': [{'etag': 'W/"041c8c2a-d5dd-4cd7-8465-9125cfbe2cf8"', 'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01/ipConfigurations/default', 'name': 'default', 'properties': {'privateIPAddress': '10.10.0.5', 'privateIPAllocationMethod': 'Dynamic', 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'publicIPAddress': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/testvm10_PIP01', 'name': 'testvm10_PIP01', 'properties': {'idleTimeoutInMinutes': 4, 'ipAddress': '13.92.246.197', 'ipConfiguration': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/testvm10_NIC01/ipConfigurations/default'}, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'publicIPAllocationMethod': 'Static', 'resourceGuid': '3447d987-ca0d-4eca-818b-5dddc0625b42'}}}}], 'macAddress': '00-0D-3A-12-AA-14', 'primary': True, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'resourceGuid': '10979e12-ccf9-42ee-9f6d-ff2cc63b3844', 'virtualMachine': {'id': '/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroup/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/testvm10'}}}]}, 'osProfile': {'adminUsername': 'chouseknecht', 'computerName': 'test10', 'linuxConfiguration': {'disablePasswordAuthentication': False}, 'secrets': []}, 'provisioningState': 'Succeeded', 'storageProfile': {'dataDisks': [{'caching': 'ReadWrite', 'createOption': 'empty', 'diskSizeGB': 64, 'lun': 0, 'name': 'datadisk1.vhd', 'vhd': {'uri': 'https://testvm10sa1.blob.core.windows.net/datadisk/datadisk1.vhd'}}], 'imageReference': {'offer': 'CentOS', 'publisher': 'OpenLogic', 'sku': '7.1', 'version': '7.1.20160308'}, 'osDisk': {'caching': 'ReadOnly', 'createOption': 'fromImage', 'name': 'testvm10.vhd', 'osType': 'Linux', 'vhd': {'uri': 'https://testvm10sa1.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/testvm10.vhd'}}}}, 'type': 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines'}
deleted_network_interfaces list | on delete | List of deleted NICs. Sample: ['testvm1001']
deleted_public_ips list | on delete | List of deleted public IP address names. Sample: ['testvm1001']
deleted_vhd_uris list | on delete | List of deleted Virtual Hard Disk URIs. Sample: ['https://testvm104519.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/testvm10.vhd']
powerstate string | always | Indicates if the state is `running`, `stopped`, `deallocated`, `generalized`. Sample: running

## Status

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

### Authors

- Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
- Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)
- Christopher Perrin (@cperrin88)
- James E. King III (@jeking3)

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