ansible.azure.automation/roles/azure_vm/tasks/absent.yml

---
- set_fact:
    tags_list: "{{ tags_list | default([]) |
    union([[tag.key,tag.value]|join(':')]) }}"
  loop: "{{ lookup('dict', vm.tags | default({})) }}"
  loop_control:
    loop_var: "tag"

- name: Get virtual machine
  azure_rm_virtualmachine_facts:
    ad_user: "{{ azure_ad_user | default(omit) }}"
    password: "{{ azure_password | default(omit) }}"
    subscription_id: "{{ azure_subscription_id | default(omit) }}"
    client_id: "{{ azure_client_id | default(omit) }}"
    secret: "{{ azure_secret | default(omit) }}"
    tenant: "{{ azure_tenant | default(omit) }}"
    resource_group: "{{ vm.resource_group }}"
    tags: "{{ tags_list | default(omit) }}"
    name: "{{ vm.name | default(omit) }}"
  register: azure_vm_facts
  failed_when: false

- name: Delete virtual machine
  azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    ad_user: "{{ azure_ad_user | default(omit) }}"
    password: "{{ azure_password | default(omit) }}"
    subscription_id: "{{ azure_subscription_id | default(omit) }}"
    client_id: "{{ azure_client_id | default(omit) }}"
    secret: "{{ azure_secret | default(omit) }}"
    tenant: "{{ azure_tenant | default(omit) }}"
    name: "{{ vm.name }}"
    image: "{{ vm.image }}"
    remove_on_absent: "{{ vm.remove_on_absent | default('all_autocreated', true) }}"
    resource_group: "{{ vm.resource_group }}"
    virtual_network: "{{ vm.virtual_network | default(omit, true) }}"
    state: "absent"
  register: deletedvm
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