Create a Windows 10 Virtual Machine on Azure With Ansible

This blog post will show you how to use an Ansible playbook to create a Windows 10 virtual machine on Microsoft Azure.

Azure and Ansible

If you use Azure and use Ansible, you can create, manage, and delete resources on Microsoft Azure with Ansible.

Playbook

The following playbook will create a Windows 10 virtual machine on Microsoft Azure. The playbook will create a resource group called WSL. Make sure you set a login password to the VM before you run the playbook.

Once you run the playbook it will take betweeb 2 to 4 minutes for Ansible to provision the new VM.

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- name: Create a resource group
  hosts: localhost
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: Create a resource group
      azure_rm_resourcegroup:
        name: WSL
        location: westus
        tags:
          Environment: PROD

    - name: Create a virtual network
      azure_rm_virtualnetwork:
        resource_group: WSL
        name: wsl_network
        address_prefixes: "10.0.0.0/16"
                 
    - name: Create a subnet
      azure_rm_subnet:
        resource_group: WSL
        virtual_network: wsl_network
        name: hosts
        address_prefix: "10.0.1.0/24"

    - name: Create a public IP address
      azure_rm_publicipaddress:
       resource_group: WSL
       allocation_method: Static
       name: windows10-pub-ip

    - name: Create a Network Security Group and Open RDP port
      azure_rm_securitygroup:
        resource_group: wsl
        name: wsl_nsg
        rules:
          - name: RDP
            protocol: Tcp
            destination_port_range: 3389
            access: Allow
            priority: 100
            direction: Inbound 

    - name: Create a virtual network interface card
      azure_rm_networkinterface:
        resource_group: wsl
        name: wsl_nic
        virtual_network: wsl_network
        subnet: hosts
        public_ip_name: windows10-pub-ip
        security_group: wsl_nsg            

    - name: Create a VM with managed disk 
      azure_rm_virtualmachine:
        resource_group: WSL
        name: windows10
        admin_username: azureradmin
        admin_password: SETPASSWORD
        managed_disk_type: Standard_LRS
        image:
          offer: windows-10
          publisher: MicrosoftWindowsDesktop
          sku: 20h1-pro
          version: latest
        vm_size: Standard_D4
        os_type: Windows
        network_interfaces: wsl_nic