Azure custom_data usage

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Hi,

I am looking for examples on how to use the custom_data field in Ansible azure_rm_virtualmachine.

I am wondering if we can pass an inline script that will use parameters passed from the ansible playbook.

Something like :

  • name: Create VM
    azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: “{{ depName }}ResourceGroup”
    name: “{{ depName }}VM”
    vm_size: Standard_DS1_v2
    admin_username: userName
    ssh_password_enabled: true
    admin_password: ***************
    network_interfaces:

  • “{{ depName }}AdminNIC”

  • “{{ depName }}UserNIC”
    custom_data: “#!/bin/bash
    echo ‘Deployment Name is {{ depName }}’ > ~/toto.txt”

When I do that all the data is sent to cloud_init in one single string and the script fail to execute.

In Terraform we can do something like this but it does not seems to work with Ansible:

custom_data: “<<-EOF
#!/bin/bash
echo ‘Deployment Name is {{ depName }}’ > ~/toto.txt
EOF”

Thanks