azure_rm_arcssh

Configure SSH proxy for ARC hosts

Collection: azure.azcollection

Full Name: azure.azcollection.azure_rm_arcssh

Controller module — runs on the local controller, not on remote hosts.

Synopsis

Configure SSH proxy for ARC hosts

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
ad_user	string		Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
adfs_authority_url	string		Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
ansible_host	string		The discovered hostname that is generated by the inventory config.
Please see the examples on how this can be set based on the resource_type.
api_profile	string	`latest`	Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of C(latest) is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack.
auth_source	string	`auto`	Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
Can also be set via the C(ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE) environment variable.
When set to C(auto) (the default) the precedence is module parameters -> C(env) -> C(credential_file) -> C(cli).
When set to C(env), the credentials will be read from the environment variables.
When set to C(credential_file), it will read the profile from C(~/.azure/credentials).
When set to C(cli), the credentials will be sources from the Azure CLI profile. C(subscription_id) or the environment variable C(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 C(msi), the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. C(subscription_id) or the environment variable C(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 C(msi) was added in Ansible 2.6.
cert_validation_mode	string		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 C(ignore). Can also be set via credential file profile or the C(AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION) environment variable.
client_id	string		Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal or Managed Identity (msi).
Can also be set via the C(AZURE_CLIENT_ID) environment variable.
cloud_environment	string	`AzureCloud`	For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, C(AzureChinaCloud), C(AzureUSGovernment)), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the C(AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT) environment variable.
disable_instance_discovery	bool	`false`	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 C(AZURE_DISABLE_INSTANCE_DISCOVERY) environment variable.
inventory_hostname	string		The inventory configured hostname.
local_user	string		The local user that you use to log into your server.
log_mode	string		Parent argument.
log_path	string		Parent argument.
oidc_token	string		Direct OpenID Connect (OIDC) token (JWT) used for workload identity authentication.
This token is exchanged with Azure AD using OIDC federated identity.
Useful in CI systems (for example GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) where an OIDC token is provided directly by the platform.
Can also be set via the C(AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN) environment variable.
oidc_token_file_path	string		Path to a file containing an OpenID Connect (OIDC) token (JWT) used for workload identity authentication.
The file must contain only raw token.
This method is commonly used in platforms that materialize OIDC tokens as files
Can also be set via the C(AZURE_FEDERATED_TOKEN_FILE) environment variable.
password	string		Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
port	int		The port that your ssh server is listening on.
private_key_file	string		The Private key that matches the public key that you have already added to your authorized_hosts of local_user.
profile	string		Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
resource_group	string		The name of the Resource Group to which the server belongs.
resource_type	string		The name of the Resource Type to which the server belongs.
secret	string		Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
ssh_config_file	string		Host specific file location for ssh config. It must match the -F argument passed to ansible_ssh_common_args. This will be overwritten and should be different for each host.
See the Examples for how to set this variable to match both the task and inventory plugin.
ssh_proxy_folder	string		The folder which will store the client ssh proxy.
ssh_relay_file	string		Host specific file location for the relay file.
subscription_id	string		Your Azure subscription Id.
tenant	string		Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
thumbprint	string		The thumbprint of the private key specified in I(x509_certificate_path).
Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
Required if I(x509_certificate_path) is defined.
x509_certificate_path	string		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.

Example

yaml

# Inventory plugin:
# ---
# plugin: azure.azcollection.azure_rm
# plain_host_names: yes
# include_arc_resource_groups: ['*']
#
#
# hostvar_expressions:
#   ansible_host: "resource_group + '-' + name if 'Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines' == resource_type else (public_dns_hostnames + public_ipv4_address) | first"
#   ansible_ssh_common_args: "'-F /tmp/' + resource_group + '-' + name + '/ssh_config' if 'Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines' == resource_type"
#
# keyed_groups:
# # places each host in a group named 'tag_(tag name)_(tag value)' for each tag on a VM.
#  - prefix: "type"
#    key: resource_type
#    trailing_separator: false

- name: Configure ARC SSH Proxy
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  tasks:
    - name: Setup Proxy
      azure.azcollection.azure_rm_arcssh:
        inventory_hostname: "{{ item }}"
        ansible_host: "{{ hostvars[item].ansible_host }}"
        local_user: admin
        resource_group: "{{ hostvars[item].resource_group }}"
        resource_type: "{{ hostvars[item].resource_type }}"
        private_key_file: "~/.ssh/id_rsa"
        ssh_config_file: "/tmp/{{ hostvars[item].resource_group }}-{{ item }}/ssh_config"
        ssh_relay_file: "/tmp/{{ hostvars[item].resource_group }}-{{ item }}/relay_info"
        ssh_proxy_folder: "~/.clientsshproxy"
      loop: "{{ groups['type_Microsoft_HybridCompute_machines'] }}"

- name: Ping ARC Hosts
  hosts: type_Microsoft_HybridCompute_machines
  tasks:
    - name: Ping
      ansible.builtin.ping: