azure required for this module error

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Hello,

I am new to ansible and trying to create new VM in Azure with azure module but getting the error:

failed: [localhost] => {“failed”: true, “parsed”: false}

failed=True msg=‘azure required for this module’

Here is the playbook:

Provision ubuntu virtual machine example

  • hosts: localhost

connection: local

tasks:

  • name: install ubuntu

azure:

name: ubuntu-test

role_size: A2

image: Ubuntu 15.04

location: ‘East US’

user: architech

ssh_cert_path: /Users/someuser/someuser.pem

storage_account: https://someurl.blob.core.windows.net/vhds

wait: yes

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Roman.

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Looks like to use that module, you need to install a python library called ‘azure’. Looking here http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/azure_module.html, it seems to need to be a version later than 0.7.1

This is probably something you can install using pip / yum / apt-get.

Hope this helps.

Jon

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I checked and it looks like it is installed

/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/ansible/modules/core/cloud/azure
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 16 Jul 11:29 .
drwxr-xr-x 13 root wheel 442 16 Jul 11:29 …
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 0 16 Jul 11:28 init.py
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 165 16 Jul 11:29 init.pyc
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 19663 16 Jul 11:28 azure.py
-rw-r–r-- 1 root wheel 16599 16 Jul 11:29 azure.pyc

Is this the right place I am looking at??

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Hi,
You are looking at the ansible module. Usually those modules also need a python library.
/Martin

5

Ok, I run ansible-doc -l and it shows that azure is installed.

less comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
For information about the terms of redistribution,
see the file named README in the less distribution.
Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
a10_server Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices
a10_service_group Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices
a10_virtual_server Manage A10 Networks AX/SoftAX/Thunder/vThunder devices
acl Sets and retrieves file ACL information.
add_host add a host (and alternatively a group) to the ansible-playbook in-memory inventory
airbrake_deployment Notify airbrake about app deployments
alternatives Manages alternative programs for common commands
apache2_module enables/disables a module of the Apache2 webserver
apt Manages apt-packages
apt_key Add or remove an apt key
apt_repository Add and remove APT repositories
apt_rpm apt_rpm package manager
assemble Assembles a configuration file from fragments
assert Fail with custom message
at Schedule the execution of a command or script file via the at command.
authorized_key Adds or removes an SSH authorized key
azure create or terminate a virtual machine in azure
bigip_facts Collect facts from F5 BIG-IP devices
…

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Hi,

I think you need to look at this:

  • ansible azure module
  • azure Python library

The former requires the latter to work.

But both can be installed separately. That doesn’t mean anyone is useful to you without the other. Check your distribution docs for how to install packages. Or if it’s not packaged try to read up on “Python pip”.

HTH,
Martin

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I got it now.
Once I ran pip install azure, it worked.

Thank you.