Creating vm instance on azure through shell or ansible?

Question

I want to create a VM instance on azure through ansible/shell script from my machine.

ways i have found

Installing az cli on my machine, az login and create instance.

Problem with az cli :In this way i can create instance but i need a session login for infinite time unless i logout. If i logout or system logs me out then i have to login manually with portal to cli which i don't want.If there is any automate process to login with keys or passwords.

can anyone suggesst me how can i acheive ?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 05 '19 at 06:54

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For your requirement, you can use the service principal to login both for the Azure CLI and ansible. In this way, it works as the username and password so that you need not log in with portal.

You can follow steps via the Azure CLI command to create the service principal and use it to log in. And the ansible steps here.

answered Sep 05 '19 at 06:54

Charles Xu

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Thanks a lot. What is the login session time in this case. – TechChain Sep 06 '19 at 05:20
@DhirajKumar You just need the command `az login --service-principal -u appId -p secret` for Azure CLI login in the script. The ansible just needs the credentials file. – Charles Xu Sep 09 '19 at 01:22
I got your point. But my concern is for how long session will continue if i have logged in. – TechChain Sep 09 '19 at 04:18
@DhirajKumar As I know, the session will continue the whole script time. – Charles Xu Sep 09 '19 at 06:24
Yes but will session long for a month ,year or days ? – TechChain Sep 09 '19 at 06:29
@DhirajKumar No, if you just use a script, it can only continue the script time. – Charles Xu Sep 09 '19 at 06:33
but i am not still clear if i do az login then for how long this will continue ? – TechChain Sep 09 '19 at 07:07
@DhirajKumar It will continue to untile the script is over or you log in again in the script. – Charles Xu Sep 09 '19 at 07:16

Creating vm instance on azure through shell or ansible?

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