Microsoft Azure Resource Manager credential type

Select this credential type to enable synchronization of cloud inventory with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager.

Microsoft Azure Resource Manager credentials require the following inputs:

  • Subscription ID: The Subscription UUID for the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Username: The username to use to connect to the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Password: The password to use to connect to the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Client ID: The Client ID for the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Client Secret: The Client Secret for the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Tenant ID: The Tenant ID for the Microsoft Azure account.
  • Azure Cloud Environment: The variable associated with Azure cloud or Azure stack environments.

These fields are equivalent to the variables in the API.

To pass service principal credentials, define the following variables:

AZURE_CLIENT_ID
AZURE_SECRET
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID
AZURE_TENANT
AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT

To pass an Active Directory username and password pair, define the following variables:

AZURE_AD_USER
AZURE_PASSWORD
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID

You can also pass credentials as parameters to a task within a playbook. The order of precedence is parameters, then environment variables, and finally a file found in your home directory.

To pass credentials as parameters to a task, use the following parameters for service principal credentials:

client_id
secret
subscription_id
tenant
azure_cloud_environment

Alternatively, pass the following parameters for Active Directory username and password:

ad_user
password
subscription_id

Access Microsoft Azure Resource Manager credentials in an Ansible Playbook
Copy link

You can get Microsoft Azure credential parameters from a job runtime environment.

vars:
  azure:
    client_id: '{{ lookup("env", "AZURE_CLIENT_ID") }}'
    secret: '{{ lookup("env", "AZURE_SECRET") }}'
    tenant: '{{ lookup("env", "AZURE_TENANT") }}'
    subscription_id: '{{ lookup("env", "AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID") }}'