Ansible Gather Facts from Azure VM Metadata

gather_facts_from_azure_vm_metadata.yaml

---

- hosts:         localhost

  pre_tasks:

    - name: "apt install curl"
      apt:
        name:  curl
        state: latest
      when: ansible_os_family == "Debian"

    - name: "yum install curl"
      yum:
        name: curl
        state: present
      when: (ansible_os_family == "RedHat")


    - name:        "get metadata"
      shell:       "curl -H Metadata:true http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance?api-version=2017-04-02"
      register:    azure_metadata

    - name: "set azure_metadata"
      set_fact:
        azure_metadata: "{{ azure_metadata.stdout | from_json }}"

  tasks:

    - debug:
        msg:
          - "####################################"
          - "## eastus: {{ azure_metadata.compute.location }}"
          - "####################################"