provisioning azure VMs with azure module

[Jeffrey Liu]

Hi All,

Ansible:  1.8.2

Python-azure:  0.9.0

I'm trying to use ansible to provision an Azure VM, but I'm getting the following error:

$ ansible-playbook test.yml

ERROR: local_action is not a legal parameter at this level in an Ansible Playbook

$ cat test.yml

---

# 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

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Jeff

[Brian Coca]

test.yml is not a valid playbook, it only lists tasks, you need a play.

try adding this to the top and indenting the rest to be under 'tasks:'

- hosts: localhost
gather_facts: false
tasks:


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Brian Coca

[Jeffrey Liu]

Silly me.  Yes, that gets me farther.  

Thank you.

Now it seems to be failing on checking if the name is available - looks like a management cert error.

I'll have to continue debugging....

TASK: [create test instance] **************************************************

failed: [localhost -> 127.0.0.1] => {"failed": true, "parsed": false}

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663748.48-67769107595964/azure", line 2049, in <module>

    main()

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663748.48-67769107595964/azure", line 445, in main

    (changed, public_dns_name, deployment) = create_virtual_machine(module, azure)

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663748.48-67769107595964/azure", line 249, in create_virtual_machine

    cloud_service_name_available = azure.check_hosted_service_name_availability(name)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/servicemanagementservice.py", line 811, in check_hosted_service_name_availability

    AvailabilityResponse)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/servicemanagementclient.py", line 218, in _perform_get

    response = self.perform_get(path, x_ms_version)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/servicemanagementclient.py", line 114, in perform_get

    response = self._perform_request(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/servicemanagementclient.py", line 190, in _perform_request

    resp = self._filter(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/http/httpclient.py", line 205, in perform_request

    self.send_request_headers(connection, request.headers)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/http/httpclient.py", line 184, in send_request_headers

    connection.endheaders()

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 908, in endheaders

    self._send_output()

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 780, in _send_output

    self.send(msg)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 739, in send

    self.connect()

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/httplib.py", line 1116, in connect

    self.sock = ssl.wrap_socket(sock, self.key_file, self.cert_file)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ssl.py", line 342, in wrap_socket

    suppress_ragged_eofs=suppress_ragged_eofs)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ssl.py", line 118, in __init__

    cert_reqs, ssl_version, ca_certs)

ssl.SSLError: [Errno 336265225] _ssl.c:341: error:140B0009:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file:PEM lib

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

[Jeffrey Liu]

Okay, looks like I'm getting the same error as reported here:

https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-core/issues/397

No attribute 'public_ips'

$ ansible-playbook -i hosts azure.yml

PLAY [localhost] **************************************************************

TASK: [create test instance] **************************************************

failed: [localhost -> 127.0.0.1] => {"failed": true, "parsed": false}

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663902.48-135102767689358/azure", line 2049, in <module>

    main()

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663902.48-135102767689358/azure", line 445, in main

    (changed, public_dns_name, deployment) = create_virtual_machine(module, azure)

  File "/home/jklee/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1420663902.48-135102767689358/azure", line 309, in create_virtual_machine

    virtual_network_name=virtual_network_name)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/servicemanagementservice.py", line 1259, in create_virtual_machine_deployment

    reserved_ip_name),

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/__init__.py", line 2392, in virtual_machine_deployment_to_xml

    media_location)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/__init__.py", line 2230, in role_to_xml

    network_configuration_set)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/azure/servicemanagement/__init__.py", line 2193, in network_configuration_to_xml

    if configuration.public_ips:

AttributeError: 'ConfigurationSetInputEndpoints' object has no attribute 'public_ips'

FATAL: all hosts have already failed -- aborting

PLAY RECAP ********************************************************************

           to retry, use: --limit @/home/jklee/azure.retry

localhost                  : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

[Brian Coca]

that seems to be an error with the azure python library


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Brian Coca

[Jeffrey Liu]

In Azure, there's a concept of a cloud service (sort of a container that is created first) that is associated with one or more VM instances, and in fact that is created by the ansible play.   So it looks like the Azure API has changed where it expects additional information regarding the VM.

[Jeffrey Liu]

Just an FYI, it seems that downgrading the python azure library to v0.8.4 fixes the issue. 

I'll put a note into the github issue below as well.

[Jeffrey Liu]

Another follow up, downgrading to v0.8.4 seems to allow the creation of a linux VM, but it does not properly terminate.

The Linux VM is deleted, but the associated cloud service is not deleted.

[Jeffrey Liu]

As well as the disk associated with the Linux VM is not deleted.