Use the Ansible CLI to create a VM in AZURE Platform

 

 

Manage Linux virtual machines in Azure using Ansible

 

--- # Get facts for the user

- name: Create a Virtual Machine on Azure Using Ansible

  hosts: localhost


  vars:

    vm_name: "Test-Ansible"

    vm_size: "Standard_B1ls"

    vm_image: "RedHat:RHEL:8-LVM:latest"

    vm_username: "testansible"

    vm_password: "my-password@1234"

    rg_name: "test-ansible"

    vnet_name: "test-ansible"

    subnet_name: "test-ansible"

    location: "centralindia"

    subscription_id: <YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ID>

    tenant: <YOUR TENANT ID>

    client_id: <YOUR CLIENT ID>

    secret: <YOUR SECRET>

 

  tasks:    

    - name: Create a Resource Group

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_resourcegroup:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        name: "{{ rg_name }}"

        location: "{{ location }}"

      register: rg

 

    - name: Create a Virtual Network

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualnetwork:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        name: "{{ vnet_name }}"

        address_prefixes: "10.0.0.0/16"

      register: vnet



    - name: Create a subnet

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_subnet:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        virtual_network_name: "{{ vnet_name }}"

        name: "{{ subnet_name }}"

        address_prefix: "10.0.0.0/24"

      register: subnet



    - name: Create a public IP address

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_publicipaddress:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        allocation_method: static

        name: "{{ vm_name }}-public-ip"

      register: public_ip



    - name: Create a network security group and configure the security group

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_securitygroup:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        name: "{{ vm_name }}-nsg"

        rules:

          - name: "AllowSSH"

            protocol: Tcp

            direction: Inbound

            priority: 1000

            access: Allow

            source_address_prefix: "*"

            source_port_range: "*"

            destination_port_range: "22"

            destination_address_prefix: "*"

      register: nsg

    

    - name: Create a Virtual Network Interface Card

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_networkinterface:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        name: "{{ vm_name }}-nic"

        virtual_network: "{{ vnet_name }}"

        subnet_name: "{{ subnet_name }}"

        public_ip_name: "{{ vm_name }}-public-ip"

        security_group: "{{ vm_name }}-nsg"



    - name: Create a vm_image

      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_virtualmachine:

        subscription_id: "{{ subscription_id }}"

        tenant: "{{ tenant }}"

        client_id: "{{ client_id }}"

        secret: "{{ secret }}"

        resource_group: "{{ rg_name }}"

        name: "{{ vm_name }}"

        vm_size: "{{ vm_size }}"

        admin_username: "{{ vm_username }}"

        admin_password: "{{ vm_password }}"

        image:

          offer: "CentOS"

          publisher: "OpenLogic"

          sku: "7.5"

          version: "latest"

        os_disk_caching: ReadWrite

        os_disk_name: "{{ vm_name }}-os-disk"

        network_interface_names:

          - "{{ vm_name }}-nic"

        network_interfaces:

          - name: "{{ vm_name }}-nic"

            properties:

              primary: True

        availability_set: null

        ssh_public_keys: []

        ssh_password_enabled: true