--- - hosts: localhost connection: local tasks: - name: Create virtual machine azure_rm_virtualmachine: resource_group: "{{ vm_resource_group }}" name: "{{ vm_name }}" vm_size: Standard_D1 ssh_password_enabled: true admin_username: "{{ vm_admin_username }}" admin_password: "{{ vm_admin_password }}" image: offer: UbuntuServer publisher: Canonical sku: '16.04-LTS' version: latest