Ansible Role: azurecli

Ansible role for installing an Azure CLI (azure-cli) into a Python3 VirtualEnv.

Requirements

This role has been tested on Ansible 2.7.0+ against the following Linux Distributions:

• Amazon Linux 2
• CentOS 8
• CentOS 7
• Debian 10
• Fedora 29
• Fedora 30
• Fedora 31
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

The target server requires the following packages:

• python3
• python3 development packages
• python3 venv
• gcc

Disclaimer

If you have any problems please create a GitHub issue, I maintain this role in my spare time so I cannot promise a speedy fix delivery.

Role Variables

Variable	Description	Default Value
azcli_version	Use a specific version of azure-cli, eg. 2.0.78. Specify false for latest.	false
azcli_install_dir	Installation directory to put azure-cli virtual environments.	$HOME/.virtualenvs
azcli_venv_name	Name for the azure-cli Virtualenv.	azure-cli
azcli_venv_suffix	Add a custom suffix to virtualenv.	azcli_version
azcli_venv_site_packages	Allow venv to inherit packages from global site-packages.	false
azcli_install_venv_helper	Install a venv helper to launch venv executables from a "bin" directory.	true
azcli_bin_dir	"bin" directory to install venv-helpers to.	$HOME/bin
azcli_install_os_dependencies	Allow role to install OS dependencies.	false
azcli_python3_path	Specify a path to a specific python version to use in virtualenv.	NULL

Dependencies

No dependencies on other roles.

Example Playbook

Example playbook for installing to single user:

- hosts: azcli_hosts
  roles:
     - { role: xanmanning.azurecli, azcli_version: 2.0.78 }

Example playbook for installing the latest azure-cli version globally:

---
- hosts: azcli_hosts
  become: true
  vars:
    azcli_install_os_dependencies: true
    azcli_install_dir: /opt/azure-cli/bin
    azcli_bin_dir: /usr/bin
    azcli_venv_name: current
  roles:
    - role: xanmanning.azurecli

Activating the azure-cli venv

You need to activate the python3 virtual environment to be able to access az. This is done as per the below:

source {{ azure_install_dir }}/{{ azcli_venv_name }}/bin/activate

In the above example global installation playbook, this would look like the following:

source /opt/azure-cli/bin/current/bin/activate

License

BSD 3-clause

Author Information

Xan Manning