Support for Metric Namespace on azure_rm_autoscale Module

[Jacob-Steele]

SUMMARY

I was looking at using custom metric namespaces for VMSS scaling was hoping azure_rm_autoscale provided this support. Upon looking at the implementation for the module, it doesn't seem like there's support for the property metricNamespace as provided through the feature set on VMSSs.

ISSUE TYPE

• Feature Idea

COMPONENT NAME

azure_rm_autoscale

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We're sending custom metrics to VMSS Azure Metrics via Telegraf and are attempting to attach scaling policies to VMSS based on these custom metrics through Ansible.

Usage would be an additional parameter of metric_namespace in the below statement example

- name: Attach scaling policies
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_autoscale:
    target: "{{ vmss_resource_uri }}"
    resource_group: "{{ resource_group }}"
    name: "{{ vmss_name }}"
    profiles:
      - name: Scale based on Custom Telegraf Metric
        count: 1
        min_count: 1
        max_count: 5
        rules:
          - metric_name: gauges_some_custom_metric
            metric_namespace: telegraf/http
            metric_resource_uri: "{{ vmss_resource_uri }}"
            direction: Increase
            cooldown: 5
            operator: GreaterThan
            statistic: Average
            threshold: 5
            time_grain: 1
            time_window: 5
            type: ChangeCount
            value: 1

As a workaround, I imagine I can probably end up using azure_rm_resource to hit the API directly and update this property. Thanks in advance