azure.vm

Virtual Machine Resource

example:

Stop all running VMs

policies:
  - name: stop-running-vms
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: instance-view
        key: statuses[].code
        op: in
        value_type: swap
        value: PowerState/running
    actions:
      - type: stop

example:

Start all VMs

policies:
  - name: start-vms
    resource: azure.vm
    actions:
      - type: start

example:

Restart all VMs

policies:
  - name: start-vms
    resource: azure.vm
    actions:
      - type: restart

example:

Resize specific VM by name

policies:
  - name: resize-vm
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: value
        key: name
        op: eq
        value_type: normalize
        value: fake_vm_name
    actions:
      - type: resize
        vmSize: Standard_A2_v2

example:

Delete specific VM by name

policies:
  - name: delete-vm
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: value
        key: name
        op: eq
        value_type: normalize
        value: fake_vm_name
    actions:
      - type: delete

example:

Find all VMs with a Public IP address

policies:
  - name: vms-with-public-ip
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: network-interface
        key: 'properties.ipConfigurations[].properties.publicIPAddress.id'
        value: not-null

example:

This policy will find all VMs that have Percentage CPU usage >= 75% over the last 72 hours

policies:
  - name: busy-vms
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: metric
        metric: Percentage CPU
        op: ge
        aggregation: average
        threshold: 75
        timeframe: 72

example:

This policy will find all VMs that have Percentage CPU usage <= 1% over the last 72 hours, mark for deletion in 7 days

policies:
  - name: delete-unused-vms
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: metric
        metric: Percentage CPU
        op: le
        aggregation: average
        threshold: 1
        timeframe: 72
     actions:
      - type: mark-for-op
        op: delete
        days: 7

Filters

advisor-recommendation

backup-status

cost

event

instance-view

jit-policy-port

list-item

marked-for-op

metric

network-interface

offhour

onhour

policy-compliant

reduce

resource-lock

value

vm-extensions

advisor-recommendation

Filter resources by Azure Advisor Recommendations

Select all categories with ‘all’

example:

policies:
  - name: disks-with-cost-recommendations
    resource: azure.disk
    filters:
      - type: advisor-recommendation
        category: Cost
        key: '[].properties.recommendationTypeId'
        op: contains
        value: '48eda464-1485-4dcf-a674-d0905df5054a'

network-interface

Actions

auto-tag-date

auto-tag-user

delete

lock

logic-app

mark-for-op

notify

poweroff

resize

restart

start

stop

tag

tag-trim

untag

webhook

poweroff

Parent base class for filters and actions.

resize

Change a VM’s size

example:

Resize specific VM by name

policies:
  - name: resize-vm
    resource: azure.vm
    filters:
      - type: value
        key: name
        op: eq
        value_type: normalize
        value: fake_vm_name
    actions:
      - type: resize
        vmSize: Standard_A2_v2

restart

Parent base class for filters and actions.

start

Parent base class for filters and actions.

stop

Parent base class for filters and actions.