This gist describes how to install azure-cli with Ansible.
Disclaimer: Code has not been tested so it may not work, but the intent is still clear.
Reference: Azure/azure-cli#20476 (note that issue has been opened by an engineer working at Microsoft on Azure CLI, so I take it as "it's ok to install azure-cli with pip assumning you don't have problem with using Pypi".)
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| # This task file depends on the parameter "azure_cli_virtualenv" | |
| # | |
| # Once this task file is executed, it's possible to use azure cli | |
| # using "{{ azure_cli_virtualenv }}/bin/az". | |
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| - name: Install azure-cli into dedicated virtual environment | |
| # A block is used to group multiple tasks together | |
| # NOTE 1: We could install azure-cli only in the virtual environment, but we would not be able | |
| # to upgrade azure-cli manually later on if we choose to do so. | |
| # NOTE 2: On Ubuntu >= 22.04, we can use the --upgrade-deps option to upgrade the pip/setuptools dependencies | |
| # of the virtual environment. In such case, we would need a single task to both create the virtual environment | |
| # and install the azure-cli dependency. However, on older versions of Ubuntu, we need to create the virtual | |
| # environment first with up-to-date dependencies, then install the azure-cli dependency | |
| block: | |
| - name: Create a virtual environment for azure-cli | |
| ansible.builtin.pip: | |
| name: "{{ item }}" | |
| virtualenv: "{{ azure_cli_virtualenv }}" | |
| # Uncomment to support Ubuntu >= 22.04 only | |
| # If you decide to uncomment the following line, you should also | |
| # change the dependencies to install into [azure-cli] only in this | |
| # task, and you should remove the next task. | |
| # virtualenv_command : python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps | |
| state: latest | |
| # Rather than using --upgrade-deps, we can force the upgrade of the dependencies by using the following: | |
| # Change the dependencies to install into [azure-cli] only in this task if you decide | |
| # to use the virtualenv_comand ansible option with --upgrade-deps | |
| loop: | |
| - pip | |
| - setuptools | |
| - name: Install azure-cli into the virtual environment | |
| ansible.builtin.pip: | |
| name: azure-cli | |
| virtualenv: "{{ azure_cli_virtualenv }}" | |
| # This will not update the azure-cli package if it's already installed | |
| # You may change the state to "latest" to force the upgrade of the package | |
| # to the latest version on each run. | |
| state: present |