# azure_rm_iotdevice – Manage Azure IoT hub device

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Notes
- See Also
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- Create, delete an Azure IoT hub device.

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- python >= 2.7
- azure >= 2.0.0

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
ad_user string |  | Active Directory username. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
adfs_authority_url string added in 2.6 |  | Azure AD authority url. Use when authenticating with Username/password, and has your own ADFS authority.
api_profile string added in 2.5 | Default: "latest" | Selects an API profile to use when communicating with Azure services. Default value of `latest` is appropriate for public clouds; future values will allow use with Azure Stack.

append_tags
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes ←

Use to control if tags field is canonical or just appends to existing tags.
When canonical, any tags not found in the tags parameter will be removed from the object's metadata.

auth_method
string

Choices:
- sas ←
- certificate_authority
- self_signed

The authorization type an entity is to be created with.

auth_source
string
added in 2.5

Choices:
- auto
- cli
- credential_file
- env
- msi

Controls the source of the credentials to use for authentication.
If not specified, ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE environment variable will be used and default to `auto` if variable is not defined.
`auto` will follow the default precedence of module parameters -> environment variables -> default profile in credential file `~/.azure/credentials`.
When set to `cli`, the credentials will be sources from the default Azure CLI profile.
Can also be set via the `ANSIBLE_AZURE_AUTH_SOURCE` environment variable.
When set to `msi`, the host machine must be an azure resource with an enabled MSI extension. `subscription_id` or the environment variable `AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID` can be used to identify the subscription ID if the resource is granted access to more than one subscription, otherwise the first subscription is chosen.
The `msi` was added in Ansible 2.6.

cert_validation_mode
string
added in 2.5

Choices:
- ignore
- validate

Controls the certificate validation behavior for Azure endpoints. By default, all modules will validate the server certificate, but when an HTTPS proxy is in use, or against Azure Stack, it may be necessary to disable this behavior by passing `ignore`. Can also be set via credential file profile or the `AZURE_CERT_VALIDATION` environment variable.

client_id string |  | Azure client ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
cloud_environment string added in 2.4 | Default: "AzureCloud" | For cloud environments other than the US public cloud, the environment name (as defined by Azure Python SDK, eg, `AzureChinaCloud`, `AzureUSGovernment`), or a metadata discovery endpoint URL (required for Azure Stack). Can also be set via credential file profile or the `AZURE_CLOUD_ENVIRONMENT` environment variable.
desired dictionary |  | Used along with reported properties to synchronize device configuration or conditions. The tag can be nested dictionary, '.', '$', '#', ' ' is not allowed in the key. List is not supported. Not supported in IoT Hub with Basic tier.

edge_enabled
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Flag indicating edge enablement.
Not supported in IoT Hub with Basic tier.

hub string / required |  | Name of IoT Hub.
hub_policy_key string / required |  | Key of the hub_policy_name.
hub_policy_name string / required |  | Policy name of the IoT Hub which will be used to query from IoT hub. This policy should have 'RegistryWrite, ServiceConnect, DeviceConnect' accesses. You may get 401 error when you lack any of these.
name string / required |  | Name of the IoT hub device identity.
password string |  | Active Directory user password. Use when authenticating with an Active Directory user rather than service principal.
primary_key string |  | Explicit self-signed certificate thumbprint to use for primary key. Explicit Shared Private Key to use for primary key. aliases: primary_thumbprint
profile string |  | Security profile found in ~/.azure/credentials file.
secondary_key string |  | Explicit self-signed certificate thumbprint to use for secondary key. Explicit Shared Private Key to use for secondary key. aliases: secondary_thumbprint
secret string |  | Azure client secret. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.

state
string

Choices:
- absent
- present ←

State of the IoT hub. Use `present` to create or update an IoT hub device and `absent` to delete an IoT hub device.

status
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Set device status upon creation.

subscription_id string |  | Your Azure subscription Id.
tags dictionary |  | Dictionary of string:string pairs to assign as metadata to the object. Metadata tags on the object will be updated with any provided values. To remove tags set append_tags option to false.
tenant string |  | Azure tenant ID. Use when authenticating with a Service Principal.
twin_tags dictionary |  | A section that the solution back end can read from and write to. Tags are not visible to device apps. The tag can be nested dictionary, '.', '$', '#', ' ' is not allowed in the key. List is not supported. Not supported in IoT Hub with Basic tier.

## Notes

Note

- For authentication with Azure you can pass parameters, set environment variables, use a profile stored in ~/.azure/credentials, or log in before you run your tasks or playbook with `az login`.
- Authentication is also possible using a service principal or Active Directory user.
- To authenticate via service principal, pass subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or set environment variables AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID, AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_SECRET and AZURE_TENANT.
- To authenticate via Active Directory user, pass ad_user and password, or set AZURE_AD_USER and AZURE_PASSWORD in the environment.
- Alternatively, credentials can be stored in ~/.azure/credentials. This is an ini file containing a [default] section and the following keys: subscription_id, client_id, secret and tenant or subscription_id, ad_user and password. It is also possible to add additional profiles. Specify the profile by passing profile or setting AZURE_PROFILE in the environment.

## See Also

See also

Sign in with Azure CLI
  How to authenticate using the `az login` command.

## Examples

    - name: Create simplest Azure IoT Hub device
      azure_rm_iotdevice:
        hub: myHub
        name: Testing
        hub_policy_name: iothubowner
        hub_policy_key: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"

    - name: Create Azure IoT Edge device
      azure_rm_iotdevice:
        hub: myHub
        name: Testing
        hub_policy_name: iothubowner
        hub_policy_key: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        edge_enabled: yes

    - name: Create Azure IoT Hub device with device twin properties and tag
      azure_rm_iotdevice:
        hub: myHub
        name: Testing
        hub_policy_name: iothubowner
        hub_policy_key: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        twin_tags:
            location:
                country: US
                city: Redmond
            sensor: humidity
        desired:
            period: 100

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---

device
dictionary

always

IoT Hub device.
Sample:
{'authentication': {'symmetricKey': {'primaryKey': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', 'secondaryKey': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'}, 'type': 'sas', 'x509Thumbprint': {'primaryThumbprint': None, 'secondaryThumbprint': None}}, 'capabilities': {'iotEdge': False}, 'changed': True, 'cloudToDeviceMessageCount': 0, 'connectionState': 'Disconnected', 'connectionStateUpdatedTime': '0001-01-01T00:00:00', 'deviceId': 'Testing', 'etag': 'NzA2NjU2ODc=', 'failed': False, 'generationId': '636903014505613307', 'lastActivityTime': '0001-01-01T00:00:00', 'modules': [{'authentication': {'symmetricKey': {'primaryKey': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', 'secondaryKey': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'}, 'type': 'sas', 'x509Thumbprint': {'primaryThumbprint': None, 'secondaryThumbprint': None}}, 'cloudToDeviceMessageCount': 0, 'connectionState': 'Disconnected', 'connectionStateUpdatedTime': '0001-01-01T00:00:00', 'deviceId': 'testdevice', 'etag': 'MjgxOTE5ODE4', 'generationId': '636903840872788074', 'lastActivityTime': '0001-01-01T00:00:00', 'managedBy': None, 'moduleId': 'test'}], 'properties': {'desired': {'$metadata': {'$lastUpdated': '2019-04-10T05:00:46.2702079Z', '$lastUpdatedVersion': 8, 'period': {'$lastUpdated': '2019-04-10T05:00:46.2702079Z', '$lastUpdatedVersion': 8}}, '$version': 1, 'period': 100}, 'reported': {'$metadata': {'$lastUpdated': '2019-04-08T06:24:10.5613307Z'}, '$version': 1}}, 'status': 'enabled', 'statusReason': None, 'statusUpdatedTime': '0001-01-01T00:00:00', 'tags': {'location': {'country': 'us', 'city': 'Redmond'}, 'sensor': 'humidity'}}

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Yuwei Zhou (@yuwzho)

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