# azure_rm_virtualmachineextension – Managed Azure Virtual Machine extension

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- See Also

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Create, update and delete Azure Virtual Machine Extension.

- Note that this module was called azure_rm_virtualmachine_extension before Ansible 2.8. The usage did not change.

Aliases: azure_rm_virtualmachine_extension

## 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.

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.

auto_upgrade_minor_version
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Whether the extension handler should be automatically upgraded across minor versions.

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.
location - |  | Valid Azure location. Defaults to location of the resource group.
name - / required |  | Name of the vm extension.
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.
protected_settings - |  | Json formatted protected settings for the extension.
publisher - |  | The name of the extension handler publisher.
resource_group - / required |  | Name of a resource group where the vm extension exists or will be created.
secret string |  | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
settings - |  | Json formatted public settings for the extension.

state
-

Choices:
- absent
- present ←

State of the vm extension. Use `present` to create or update a vm extension and `absent` to delete a vm extension.

subscription_id string |  | Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant string |  | Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
type_handler_version - |  | The type version of the extension handler.
virtual_machine_extension_type - |  | The type of the extension handler.
virtual_machine_name - |  | The name of the virtual machine where the extension should be create or updated.

## 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 Extension
      azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
        name: myvmextension
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        virtual_machine_name: myvm
        publisher: Microsoft.Azure.Extensions
        virtual_machine_extension_type: CustomScript
        type_handler_version: 2.0
        settings: '{"commandToExecute": "hostname"}'
        auto_upgrade_minor_version: true

    - name: Delete VM Extension
      azure_rm_virtualmachineextension:
        name: myvmextension
        location: eastus
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        virtual_machine_name: myvm
        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. Sample: True
state dictionary | always | Current state of the vm extension. Sample: {'state': 'Deleted'}

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Sertac Ozercan (@sozercan)

- Julien Stroheker (@julienstroheker)

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