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Ansible 2.5: LAUNCH AN Azure CONTAINER INSTANCE

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The Ansible 2.5 release includes an additional 13 Azure modules for automators to use in their hybrid cloud journey. We have a goal of making automation as accessible as possible. As part of this goal, we are working with technology partners to bring additional automation know-how to the Ansible blog.

Special thanks to Kylie Liang from the Microsoft Azure DevEx team for giving us a closer look at one of the new Azure module features.

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Launch an Azure Container Instance 

For this blog entry, we wanted to share a step by step guide to using the Azure Container Instance module that has been included in Ansible 2.5.

The Container Instance service is a PaaS offering on Azure that is designed to let users run containers without managing any of the underlying infrastructure. The Ansible Azure Container Instance module allows users to create, update and delete an Azure Container Instance.

Getting Started

For the purposes of this blog, we’ll assume that you are new to Azure and Ansible and want to automate the Container Instance service. This tutorial will guide you through automating the following steps:

  • Install Ansible and Docker
  • Set up credentials for your Azure modules
  • Create an Continue reading