# azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info – Get Virtual Machine Scale Set facts

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- See Also

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- Get facts for a virtual machine scale set.

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

Aliases: azure_rm_virtualmachine_scaleset_facts,azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_facts

## 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.

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.

format
-
added in 2.6

Choices:
- curated
- raw ←

Format of the data returned.
If `raw` is selected information will be returned in raw format from Azure Python SDK.
If `curated` is selected the structure will be identical to input parameters of azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset module.
In Ansible 2.5 and lower facts are always returned in raw format.
Please note that this option will be deprecated in 2.10 when curated format will become the only supported format.

name - |  | Limit results to a specific virtual machine scale set.
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 - |  | The resource group to search for the desired virtual machine scale set.
secret string |  | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
subscription_id string |  | Your Azure subscription Id.
tags - |  | List of tags to be matched.
tenant string |  | Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

## 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: Get facts for a virtual machine scale set
      azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        name: testvmss001
        format: curated

    - name: Get facts for all virtual networks
      azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup

    - name: Get facts by tags
      azure_rm_virtualmachinescaleset_info:
        resource_group: myResourceGroup
        tags:
          - testing

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
vmss complex | always | List of virtual machine scale sets.
| admin_username string | always | Admin username used to access the host after it is created. Sample: adminuser
| capacity integer | always | Capacity of VMSS. Sample: 2
| data_disks complex | always | List of attached data disks.
|  | caching string | always | Type of data disk caching. Sample: ReadOnly
|  | disk_size_gb integer | always | The initial disk size in GB for blank data disks. Sample: 64
|  | lun integer | always | The logical unit number for data disk.
|  | managed_disk_type string | always | Managed data disk type. Sample: Standard_LRS
| id string | always | Resource ID. Sample: /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/scalesets/myscaleset
| image complex | always | Image specification.
|  | offer string | always | The offer of the platform image or marketplace image used to create the virtual machine. Sample: RHEL
|  | publisher string | always | Publisher name. Sample: RedHat
|  | sku string | always | SKU name. Sample: 7-RAW
|  | version string | always | Image version. Sample: 7.5.2018050901
| load_balancer string | always | Load balancer name. Sample: testlb
| location string | always | Resource location. Sample: japaneast
| managed_disk_type string | always | Managed data disk type. Sample: Standard_LRS
| name string | always | Resource name. Sample: myvmss
| os_disk_caching string | always | Type of OS disk caching. Sample: ReadOnly
| os_type string | always | Base type of operating system. Sample: Linux
| overprovision boolean |  | Specifies whether the Virtual Machine Scale Set should be overprovisioned. Sample: True
| resource_group string | always | Resource group. Sample: myResourceGroup
| ssh_password_enabled boolean | always | Is SSH password authentication enabled. Valid only for Linux. Sample: True
| subnet_name string | always | Subnet name. Sample: testsubnet
| tags dictionary | always | Tags assigned to the resource. Dictionary of string:string pairs. Sample: {'tag1': 'abc'}
| tier string | always | SKU Tier. Sample: Basic
| upgrade_policy string | always | Upgrade policy. Sample: Manual
| virtual_network_name string | always | Associated virtual network name. Sample: testvn
| vm_size string | always | Virtual machine size. Sample: Standard_D4

## 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)

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