azure_rm_virtualnetwork - Manage Azure virtual networks.¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Author

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

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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