Ansible Role: container-linux-azure

---

This is an Ansible role for setting up multiple Container Linux instances on Azure.

Requirements

---

You need an Azure account with credentials, along with the Azure Client and Ansible with Azure support installed on your machine.

• Azure Credentials (in file: ~/.azure/credentials)

[default]
subscription_id=$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
client_id=$AZURE_CLIENT_ID
secret=$AZURE_SECRET
tenant=$AZURE_TENANT

• Azure Credentials (as Environment Variables)

AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_AZURE_CLIENT_ID>
AZURE_SECRET=<YOUR_AZURE_PASSWORD>
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<YOUR_AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID>
AZURE_TENANT=<YOUR_AZURE_TENANT_ID>

Role Variables

---

You can adjust the following variables to fit your needs.

Virtual Machine Name Prefix

This is the starting part of the name for the virtual machine. The ending part will be based on a sequence number.

virtual_machine_naming_prefix: containerlinux

Create a new Azure Service Principle

Set this to true if you want to create a new service principle.

azure_create_new_service_principle: False
azure_service_principle_name: <NEW_SERVICE_PRINCIPLE_NAME>

Azure Install Dynamic Inventory

Use this option to download and set up the dynamic inventory script.

azure_install_dynamic_inventory: False

Azure Resource Group

This is the name you will give to your Azure Resource Group.

azure_rg: ContainerLinuxVMs

Azure Resource Group Location

Here you specify the location for the Azure Resource Group.

azure_rg_location: Eastus

Azure Resource Group Network Name

Name for the main network within the Azure resource group.

azure_rg_virt_net_name: ContainerLinuxVMsNetwork001

Azure Resource Group Network CIDR

This is the network address in CIDR format for your main network in Azure.

azure_rg_virt_net_cidr: "10.2.0.0/16"

Azure Resource Group Network Subnet Name

This is the name of the subnet within the main network.

azure_rg_virt_subnet_name: ContainerLinuxVMsSubNet001

Azure Resource Group Network Subnet Address

This is the network address in CIDR format for the subnet.

azure_rg_virt_subnet_addr: "10.2.1.0/24"

Azure Virtual Machine Size

Define how big the Azure virtual machine should be.

azure_vm_size: Standard_B1ms

Azure Managed Disk Type

Specify what type of managed disk you want for your Azure virtual machine.

azure_managed_disk_type: Premium_LRS

Azure Virtual Machines Total

This is the total number of Container Linux virtual machines you want to create.

azure_virtual_machines_total: 2

Container Linux Admin Password

Set a default password for the Core user.

container_linux_admin_password: Fl@tc@rL1nux

Container Linux SKU

Choose which Container Linux version to use on Azure: 'stable', 'beta', or 'alpha'. The default is 'alpha'.

container_linux_sku: 'alpha'

Container Linux Version

You can specify a version of Container Linux to use. The default is the latest version.

container_linux_version: latest

Example Playbook

---

Here is how you might typically use this role in an Ansible playbook.

- hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: True
  roles:
    - container-linux-azure

Contributors

---

• Peter Pouliot peter@pouliot.net

Copyright and License

---

Copyright (C) 2018 Peter J. Pouliot

You can contact Peter Pouliot at: peter@pouliot.net

This software is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. A copy of the License can be found at:

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

This software is provided "as is," without warranties or conditions of any kind. Please refer to the License for permissions and limitations.