# Ability to create Azure automation account via Ansible **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** azure\ **Created:** [October 5, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729 "2018-10-05T02:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ameya\_Agashe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/1 "2018-10-05T02:51:54Z")
Hi Guys, Are we not able to create an Azure automation account with Ansible? Seems a simple request but I am not able to figure it out. Would appreciate your guidance. Thank you very much. Kind regards Ameya Agashe P. S: Kindly ignore if this sounds too simple question, I am new to Ansible world. ---
**Author:** ![Ameya\_Agashe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/2 "2018-10-05T04:37:11Z")
Apparently, there is no module for creation of azure automation account? ---
**Author:** ![Ameya\_Agashe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/3 "2018-10-08T23:34:05Z")
Hi is this message gone in spam somewhere?? Ameya ---
**Author:** ![Brad2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Brad2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brad2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/4 "2018-10-09T09:36:51Z")
No, I have no idea what azure is. So, can’t offer any help. You have not provided any details. Possibly describe what the process is for creating an azure account without ansible and what problems you are having with using ansible. Give us the steps you have attempted so far. ---
**Author:** ![Ameya\_Agashe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Ameya\_Agashe](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ameya_Agashe)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 10:19am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/5 "2018-10-09T10:19:50Z")
Hi Brad, Appreciate your prompt response.Azure is a public cloud offering from Microsoft. WIthout Ansible, I would create the account with “Azure PowerShell” with the below command.: New-AzureRmAutomationAccount `-ResourceGroupName "${resource_grp_name_fred_nxt_old_prod}"` -Name “${azure\_automation\_account\_name}” ` -Location “${automation\_account\_location}” What I have done so far is, I am being able to provision a base Windows 2016 Server in Azure, I want to now, automate the manual configuration task, first thing is to provision an automation account. The below snippet is of my yaml file which I run in Azure cloud shell and it provisions the environment. - name: Create Azure VM hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Create resource group azure\_rm\_resourcegroup: name: myResourceGroup location: eastus - name: Create virtual network azure\_rm\_virtualnetwork: resource\_group: myResourceGroup name: myVnet address\_prefixes: “[10.0.0.0/16](http://10.0.0.0/16)” - name: Add subnet azure\_rm\_subnet: resource\_group: myResourceGroup name: mySubnet address\_prefix: “[10.0.1.0/24](http://10.0.1.0/24)” virtual\_network: myVnet - name: Create public IP address azure\_rm\_publicipaddress: resource\_group: myResourceGroup allocation\_method: Static name: myPublicIP register: output\_ip\_address - name: Dump public IP for VM which will be created debug: msg: “The public IP is {{ output\_ip\_address.state.ip\_address }}.” - name: Create Network Security Group that allows RDP azure\_rm\_securitygroup: resource\_group: myResourceGroup name: myNetworkSecurityGroup rules: - name: RDP protocol: Tcp destination\_port\_range: 3389 access: Allow priority: 1002 direction: Inbound - name: Create virtual network inteface card azure\_rm\_networkinterface: resource\_group: myResourceGroup name: myNIC virtual\_network: myVnet subnet: mySubnet public\_ip\_name: myPublicIP security\_group: myNetworkSecurityGroup - name: Create VM azure\_rm\_virtualmachine: resource\_group: myResourceGroup name: myVM vm\_size: Standard\_DS1\_v2 admin\_username: svc\_admin admin\_password: Hash#Dollar$135 os\_type: Windows network\_interfaces: myNIC image: offer: WindowsServer publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer sku: ‘2016-Datacenter’ version: latest The main game, as I see is using Azure ansible modules, I couldn’t locate the equivalent to create an automation account. Kindly assist Thanks Ameya Agashe ---
**Author:** ![Brad2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Brad2](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Brad2)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ability-to-create-azure-automation-account-via-ansible/28729/6 "2018-10-09T11:39:42Z")
OK. Haven’t touched Windows Server for a couple of years. 🙂 I searched the azure modules in ansible and like you, did not see anything directly related. My suggestion: since you already have a poweshell command to create the account, use the win\_command module to run the powershell command where needed. That will probably be your fastest method to get your task accomplished.