azure - create or terminate a virtual machine in azure

Synopsis

Creates or terminates azure instances. When created optionally waits for it to be ‘running’.

Requirements (on host that executes module)

• python >= 2.6
• azure >= 0.7.1

Options

Examples

# Note: None of these examples set subscription_id or management_cert_path
# It is assumed that their matching environment variables are set.

# Provision virtual machine example
- local_action:
    module: azure
    name: my-virtual-machine
    role_size: Small
    image: b39f27a8b8c64d52b05eac6a62ebad85__Ubuntu_DAILY_BUILD-precise-12_04_3-LTS-amd64-server-20131205-en-us-30GB
    location: 'East US'
    user: ubuntu
    ssh_cert_path: /path/to/azure_x509_cert.pem
    storage_account: my-storage-account
    wait: yes

# Terminate virtual machine example
- local_action:
    module: azure
    name: my-virtual-machine
    state: absent

#Create windows machine
- hosts: all
  connection: local
  tasks:
   - local_action:
      module: azure
      name: "ben-Winows-23"
      hostname: "win123"
      os_type: windows
      enable_winrm: yes
      subscription_id: "{{ azure_sub_id }}"
      management_cert_path: "{{ azure_cert_path }}"
      role_size: Small
      image: 'bd507d3a70934695bc2128e3e5a255ba__RightImage-Windows-2012-x64-v13.5'
      location: 'East Asia'
      password: "xxx"
      storage_account: benooytes
      user: admin
      wait: yes
      virtual_network_name: "{{ vnet_name }}"

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