Azure Automation utility package

Contains a python package to make it easier to author Python within Azure Automation. It contains the following functions:

• get_automation_runas_credential()
• get_automation_runas_token()
• import_child_runbook(resource_group, automation_account, runbook_name)
• load_webhook_body()

Build instructions

You can create a wheel file by following the below steps

• Download or clone this repository.
• Run the below commands to create the package and install using pip.

python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
pip install .

Example usage

List resource groups

import azure.mgmt.resource
import automationassets
from azure_automation_utility import get_automation_runas_credential

# Authenticate to Azure using the Azure Automation RunAs service principal
runas_connection = automationassets.get_automation_connection("AzureRunAsConnection")
azure_credential = get_automation_runas_credential()

# Intialize the resource management client with the RunAs credential and subscription
resource_client = azure.mgmt.resource.ResourceManagementClient(
    azure_credential,
    str(runas_connection["SubscriptionId"]))

# Get list of resource groups and print them out
groups = resource_client.resource_groups.list()
for group in groups:
    print group.name

Call a function in a child runbook

from azure_automation_utility import import_child_runbook

# Import child runbook and call some function
child_runbook = import_child_runbook("ContosoGroup", "ContosoAccount", "hello_world")

# hello_world runbook that is published in the Automation account
"""
#!/usr/bin/env python2
def hello(name):
    print ("Hello " + name)
"""

child_runbook.hello("world")

Get webhook request body

from azure_automation_utility import load_webhook_body

requestBody = load_webhook_body()
print requestBody

Get list of runbooks using REST call against Azure

import requests
import automationassets
from azure_automation_utility import get_automation_runas_token

# Authenticate to Azure using the Azure Automation RunAs service principal
access_token = get_automation_runas_token()

# Get subscription from RunAs connection
automation_runas_connection = automationassets.get_automation_connection("AzureRunAsConnection")
subscription_id = str(automation_runas_connection["SubscriptionId"])

# Automation resource group and account to get list of runbooks
_AUTOMATION_RESOURCE_GROUP = "ContosoGroup"
_AUTOMATION_ACCOUNT = "ContosoAccount"

# Set up URI to list runbooks
uri = ("https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/" + subscription_id
       + "/resourceGroups/" + _AUTOMATION_RESOURCE_GROUP
       + "/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/" + _AUTOMATION_ACCOUNT
       + "/runbooks?api-version=2015-10-31")

# Get list of runbooks in the Automation account
headers = {"Authorization": 'Bearer ' + access_token}
json_output = requests.get(uri, headers=headers).json()

for runbook in json_output['value']:
    print runbook['name']