Deploy to Azure

Ansible environment

The Ansible development environment in Azure will comprise the following:

• Windows Server 2019 virtual machine
• Linux virtual machine running CentOS

Each virtual machine in Azure requires several Azure resources, and each of these resources is managed by different Ansible Modules.

Ansible Modules

The following are the required Azure resources and the corresponding Ansible Modules:

Azure Resource	Azure Module
Resource Group	azure_rm_resourcegroup
Virtual Network	azure_rm_virtualnetwork
Subnet	azure_rm_subnet
Public IP Address	azure_rm_publicipaddress
Network Security Group	azure_rm_securitygroup
Network Interface Card	azure_rm_networkinterface
Custom Script Extension	azure_rm_virtualmachineextension
Virtual Machine	azure_rm_virtualmachine

Ansible codifies your infrastructure in YAML files called Ansible playbooks. You will use pre-written Ansible playbooks to deploy the Ansible development environment to Azure.

Resource Dependency
Several of the Azure resources depend on other resources. These dependencies mean that you have to run the playbooks in the right order.

Let’s start exploring the playbooks we will cover in this lesson one by one.

Create a resource group

First, you need to create a resource group. Review the playbook below: