azure.azcollection.azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting module – Create, update, or manage Azure Monitor diagnostic settings.

Note

This module is part of the azure.azcollection collection (version 2.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install azure.azcollection. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting.

New in azure.azcollection 1.10.0

Synopsis

  • Create, update, or manage Azure Monitor diagnostic settings for any type of resource.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • python >= 2.7

  • The host that executes this module must have the azure.azcollection collection installed via galaxy

  • All python packages listed in collection’s requirements.txt must be installed via pip on the host that executes modules from azure.azcollection

  • Full installation instructions may be found https://galaxy.ansible.com/azure/azcollection

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ad_user

string

Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

adfs_authority_url

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.

api_profile

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of latest is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack.

Default: "latest"

auth_source

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.

Can also be set via the ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable.

When set to auto (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> env -> credential_file -> cli.

When set to env, the credentials will be read from the environment variables

When set to credential_file, it will read the profile from ~/.azure/credentials.

When set to cli, the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if more than one is present otherwise the default az cli subscription is used.

When set to msi, the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. subscription_id or the environment variable AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID can be used to identify the subscription ID if the resource is granted access to more than one subscription, otherwise the first subscription is chosen.

The msi was added in Ansible 2.6.

Choices:

  • "auto" ← (default)

  • "cli"

  • "credential_file"

  • "env"

  • "msi"

cert_validation_mode

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

Controls the certificate validation behavior for Azure endpoints. By default, all modules will validate the server certificate, but when an HTTPS proxy is in use, or against Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable this behavior by passing ignore. Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION environment variable.

Choices:

  • "ignore"

  • "validate"

client_id

string

Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal or Managed Identity (msi).

Can also be set via the AZURE_CLIENT_ID environment variable.

cloud_environment

string

added in azure.azcollection 0.0.1

For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, AzureChinaCloud, AzureUSGovernment), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT environment variable.

Default: "AzureCloud"

disable_instance_discovery

boolean

added in azure.azcollection 2.3.0

Determines whether or not instance discovery is performed when attempting to authenticate. Setting this to true will completely disable both instance discovery and authority validation. This functionality is intended for use in scenarios where the metadata endpoint cannot be reached such as in private clouds or Azure Stack. The process of instance discovery entails retrieving authority metadata from https://login.microsoft.com/ to validate the authority. By setting this to **True**, the validation of the authority is disabled. As a result, it is crucial to ensure that the configured authority host is valid and trustworthy.

Set via credential file profile or the AZURE_DISABLE_INSTANCE_DISCOVERY environment variable.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

event_hub

dictionary

An event hub which will receive the diagnostic logs.

At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.

hub

string

An event hub name to receive logs. If none is specified, the default event hub will be selected.

namespace

string / required

The event hub namespace.

policy

string / required

The shared access policy.

resource_group

string

The resource group containing the event hub. If none is specified, the resource group of the resource parameter will be used.

subscription_id

string

The subscription ID containing the event hub. If none is specified, the subscription ID of the resource parameter will be used.

log_analytics

any

A log analytics workspace which will receive the diagnostic logs.

It can be a string containing the log analytics workspace resource ID.

It can be a dictionary containing name and optionally subscription_id and resource_group.

At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.

log_mode

string

Parent argument.

log_path

string

Parent argument.

logs

list / elements=dictionary

The list of log setttings.

At least one of metrics or logs must be specified for the diagnostic setting.

category

string

Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category for a resource type this setting is applied to.

category_group

string

Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category group for a resource type this setting is applied to.

enabled

boolean

Whether the log is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

retention_policy

dictionary

The retention policy for this log.

days

integer

The number of days for the retention policy.

Default: 0

enabled

boolean

Whether the retention policy is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

metrics

list / elements=dictionary

The list of metric setttings.

At least one of metrics or logs must be specified for the diagnostic setting.

category

string

Name of a Diagnostic Metric category for a resource type this setting is applied to.

enabled

boolean

Whether the metric category is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

retention_policy

dictionary

The retention policy for this metric.

days

integer

The number of days for the retention policy.

Default: 0

enabled

boolean

Whether the retention policy is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

name

string / required

The name of the diagnostic settings.

password

string

Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.

profile

string

Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.

resource

any / required

The resource which will be monitored with the diagnostic setting.

It can be a string containing the resource ID.

It can be a dictionary containing name, type, resource_group, and optionally subscription_id.

name. The resource name.

type. The resource type including namespace, such as ‘Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks’.

resource_group. The resource group containing the resource.

subscription_id. The subscription ID containing the resource. If none is specified, the credential’s subscription ID will be used.

secret

string

Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

state

string

State of the private endpoint DNS zone group. Use present to create or update and absent to delete.

Choices:

  • "absent"

  • "present" ← (default)

storage_account

any

A storage account which will receive the diagnostic logs.

It can be a string containing the storage account resource ID.

It can be a dictionary containing name and optionally subscription_id and resource_group.

At least one of storage_account, log_analytics, or event_hub must be specified for the diagnostic setting.

subscription_id

string

Your Azure subscription Id.

tenant

string

Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

thumbprint

string

added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0

The thumbprint of the private key specified in x509_certificate_path.

Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Required if x509_certificate_path is defined.

x509_certificate_path

path

added in azure.azcollection 1.14.0

Path to the X509 certificate used to create the service principal in PEM format.

The certificate must be appended to the private key.

Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

Notes

Note

  • For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables, use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials, or log in before you run your tasks or playbook with az login.

  • Authentication is also possible using a service principal or Active Directory user.

  • To authenticate via service principal, pass subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or set environment variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT.

  • To authenticate via Active Directory user, pass ad_user and password, or set AZURE_AD_USER and AZURE_PASSWORD in the environment.

  • Alternatively, credentials can be stored in ~/.azure/credentials. This is an ini file containing a [default] section and the following keys: subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or subscription_id, ad_user and password. It is also possible to add additional profiles. Specify the profile by passing profile or setting AZURE_PROFILE in the environment.

See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI

How to authenticate using the az login command.

Examples

- name: Create storage-based diagnostic setting for a virtual network
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "logs-storage"
    resource: "{{ vnet_output.state.id }}"
    storage_account: "{{ storage_output.state.id }}"
    logs:
      - category_group: "allLogs"
    metrics:
      - category: "AllMetrics"

- name: Create diagnostic setting for webapp with log analytics, event hub, and storage
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "webapp-logs"
    resource:
      name: "my-webapp"
      type: "Microsoft.Web/sites"
      resource_group: "my-webapp-resource-group"
    event_hub:
      namespace: "my-event-hub"
      policy: "RootManageSharedAccessKey"
    log_analytics:
      name: "my-log-analytics-workspace"
      resource_group: "my-log-analytics-workspace-resource-group"
    storage_account:
      name: "mystorageaccount"
    logs:
      - category: "AppServiceHTTPLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceConsoleLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceAppLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceAuditLogs"
      - category: "AppServiceIPSecAuditLogs"
      - category: "AppServicePlatformLogs"

- name: Delete diagnostic setting
  azure_rm_monitordiagnosticsetting:
    name: "webapp-logs"
    resource:
      name: "my-webapp"
      type: "Microsoft.Web/sites"
      resource_group: "my-webapp-resource-group"
    state: "absent"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

state

dictionary

The state of the diagnostic setting.

Returned: always

event_hub

dictionary

The event hub for the diagnostic setting, if configured.

Returned: always

hub

string

Name of the hub within the namespace.

Returned: always

Sample: "my-event-hub"

id

string

ID of the event hub namespace.

Returned: always

Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.EventHub/namespaces/my-event-hub-namespace"

namespace

string

Name of the event hub namespace.

Returned: always

Sample: "my-event-hub-namespace"

policy

string

Name of the event hub shared access policy.

Returned: always

Sample: "RootManageSharedAccessKey"

id

string

ID of the diagnostic setting.

Returned: always

Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/providers/microsoft.network/applicationgateways/my-appgw/ providers/microsoft.insights/diagnosticSettings/my-diagnostic-setting"

log_analytics

dictionary

The log analytics workspace for the diagnostic setting, if configured.

Returned: always

id

string

ID of the log analytics workspace.

Returned: always

Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/providers/microsoft.operationalinsights/workspaces/my-log-analytics-workspace"

logs

list / elements=dictionary

Enabled log configurations for the diagnostic setting.

Returned: always

category

string

Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category for a resource type this setting is applied to.

Returned: always

category_group

string

Name of a Management Group Diagnostic Log category group for a resource type this setting is applied to.

Returned: always

enabled

boolean

Whether this log is enabled.

Returned: always

retention_policy

dictionary

The retention policy for this log.

Returned: always

days

integer

The number of days for the retention policy.

Returned: always

enabled

boolean

Whether the retention policy is enabled.

Returned: always

metrics

list / elements=dictionary

Enabled metric configurations for the diagnostic setting.

Returned: always

category

string

Name of a Diagnostic Metric category for a resource type this setting is applied to.

Returned: always

enabled

boolean

Whether the metric category is enabled.

Returned: always

retention_policy

dictionary

The retention policy for the metric category.

Returned: always

days

integer

The number of days for the retention policy.

Returned: always

enabled

boolean

Whether the retention policy is enabled.

Returned: always

name

string

Name of the diagnostic setting.

Returned: always

Sample: "my-diagnostic-setting"

storage_account

dictionary

The storage account for the diagnostic setting, if configured.

Returned: always

id

string

ID of the storage account.

Returned: always

Sample: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/my-storage-account"

Authors

  • Ross Bender (@l3ender)