The Microsoft Azure cloud and Juju

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This document describes details specific to using your existing Microsoft Azure cloud with Juju.

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When using the Microsoft Azure cloud with Juju, it is important to keep in mind that it is a (1) machine cloud and (2) not some other cloud.

See more: Cloud differences in Juju

As the differences related to (1) are already documented generically in our Tutorial, How-to guides, and Reference docs, here we record just those that follow from (2).

Juju points of variation Notes for the Microsoft Azure cloud
setup (chronological order):
CLOUD
supported versions:
requirements: If you’re in a locked-down environment:
Permissions:

- Microsoft.Compute/skus (read)

- Microsoft.Resources/subscriptions/resourceGroups (read, write, delete)

- Microsoft.Resources/deployments/ (write/read/delete/cancel/validate)

- Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups (write, read, delete, other - join)

- Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/ (write, read, delete)

- Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/ (write, read, delete, other - start action, other - deallocate action, other - restart action, other powerOff action)

- Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets/ (read, write, delete, other - join)

- Microsoft.Compute/availabilitySets (write, read, delete)

- Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses (write, read, delete, other - join - optional for public services)

- Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces (write, read, delete, other - join)

- Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines (write, read, delete, other - start, power off, restart, deallocate)

- Microsoft.Compute/disks (write, read, delete)

definition: :information_source: Juju automatically defines a cloud of this type.
- name: azure or user-defined
- type: azure
- authentication types: [interactive, service-principal-secret]
- regions: [TO BE ADDED]
- cloud-specific model configuration keys: load-balancer-sku-name (string)
Mirrors the LoadBalancerSkuName type in the Azure SDK.

network (string)
If set, uses the specified virtual network for all model machines instead of creating one.

resource-group-name (string)
If set, uses the specified resource group for all model artefacts instead of creating one based on the model UUID.

CREDENTIAL
definition: auth-type: interactive (recommended), service-principal-secret. Depending on which one you choose, you will have to provide one or more of the following: your subscription id, application name, application id, tenant id, application password.

:warning: If your credential stops working: Credentials for the azure cloud have been reported to occasionally stop working over time. If this happens, try juju update-credential (passing as an argument the same credential) or juju add-credential (passing as an argument a new credential) + juju default-credential.

CONTROLLER
notes on bootstrap:
other (alphabetical order:)
CONSTRAINT
conflicting: [instance-type] vs [arch, cores, mem]
supported?
- allocate-public-ip :white_check_mark:
- arch :white_check_mark:
Valid values: amd64.
- container :white_check_mark:
- cores :white_check_mark:
- cpu-power :x:
- image-id :x:
- instance-role :x:
- instance-type :white_check_mark:
Valid values: See cloud provider.
- mem :white_check_mark:
- root-disk :white_check_mark:
- root-disk-source :white_check_mark:
Represents the juju storage pool for the root disk. By specifying a storage pool, the root disk can be configured to use encryption.
- spaces :x:
- tags :x:
- virt-type :x:
- zones :white_check_mark:
PLACEMENT DIRECTIVE
<machine> TBA
subnet=... :white_check_mark:
system-id=... :x:
zone=... TBA
MACHINE
RESOURCE (cloud)

Consistent naming, tagging, and the ability to add user-controlled tags to created instances.

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Contributors: @kylerhornor

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