Salt-cloud Azure deployement

Links SaltStack , Azure

2018 - Main SaltStack dependancy for AzureARM (v2) api

pip install 'azure-cli>=2.0.12'
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

2017 - v36 Get updated python storage driver for azure.

# pip install azure-storage

Note, before update use to get the following error

# time salt-cloud -P -m /etc/salt/cloud.maps.d/AEA01/azure_shamera-INF01AEA01-INF.conf
[ERROR   ] Failed to import fileserver azurefs, this is due most likely to a syntax error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/loader.py", line 1461, in _load_module
    mod = imp.load_module(mod_namespace, fn_, fpath, desc)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/fileserver/azurefs.py", line 69, in <module>
    print( azure.storage.__version__ )
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__version__'

salt-cloud keeps asking for an encryption key, it is explained here and fixed with ...

Edit ~/.local/share/python_keyring/keyringrc.cfg:

[backend]
default-keyring=keyrings.alt.file.PlaintextKeyring

== pudb python debug salt-cloud ==
 * 201807 breakpoint at line 2235 file salt/cloud/__init__.py    "# Not deploying in parallel"
   * # pudb /usr/bin/salt-cloud -l info -m /etc/salt/cloud.maps.d/ENV/azure_TEST.conf

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