azure_rm_virtualnetwork - Manage Azure virtual networks.

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Create, update or delete a virtual networks. Allows setting and updating the available IPv4 address ranges and setting custom DNS servers. Use the azure_rm_subnet module to associate subnets with a virtual network.

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
Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
address_prefixes_cidr
List of IPv4 address ranges where each is formatted using CIDR notation. Required when creating a new virtual network or using purge_address_prefixes.

aliases: address_prefixes
adfs_authority_url
(added in 2.6)
Default:
null
Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile
(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
bool
    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
(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
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • validate
  • ignore
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
Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
cloud_environment
(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.
dns_servers
Custom list of DNS servers. Maximum length of two. The first server in the list will be treated as the Primary server. This is an explicit list. Existing DNS servers will be replaced with the specified list. Use the purge_dns_servers option to remove all custom DNS servers and revert to default Azure servers.
location
Valid azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.
name
required
name of the virtual network.
password
Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
profile
Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
purge_address_prefixes
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use with state present to remove any existing address_prefixes.

aliases: purge
purge_dns_servers
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Use with state present to remove existing DNS servers, reverting to default Azure servers. Mutually exclusive with dns_servers.
resource_group
required
name of resource group.
secret
Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
state
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present
Assert the state of the virtual network. Use 'present' to create or update and 'absent' to delete.
subscription_id
Your Azure subscription Id.
tags
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
Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables or use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials. Authentication is 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.

Examples

- name: Create a virtual network
  azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
    name: foobar
    resource_group: Testing
    address_prefixes_cidr:
        - "10.1.0.0/16"
        - "172.100.0.0/16"
    dns_servers:
        - "127.0.0.1"
        - "127.0.0.2"
    tags:
        testing: testing
        delete: on-exit

- name: Delete a virtual network
  azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
    name: foobar
    resource_group: Testing
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
state
dict
always
Current state of the virtual network.

Sample:
{'address_prefixes': ['10.1.0.0/16', '172.100.0.0/16'], 'dns_servers': ['127.0.0.1', '127.0.0.3'], 'etag': 'W/"0712e87c-f02f-4bb3-8b9e-2da0390a3886"', 'id': '/subscriptions/XXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/Testing/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/my_test_network', 'location': 'eastus', 'name': 'my_test_network', 'provisioning_state': 'Succeeded', 'tags': None, 'type': 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks'}


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as certified which means that it is maintained by an Ansible Partner. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by an Ansible Partner, see here.

Author

  • Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
  • Matt Davis (@nitzmahone)

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