Salt-cloud Azure deployement

Links SaltStack , Azure
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/samples/resource-manager-python-template-deployment/

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

   if LooseVersion(azure.storage.__version__) < LooseVersion('0.20.0'):

# 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

run python pudb debug with

 # pudb /usr/bin/salt-cloud -l info -m /etc/salt/cloud.maps.d/ENV/azure_TEST.conf

201807 breakpoint at line 2235 file salt/cloud/init.py "# Not deploying in parallel"
201807 breakpoint at line 1284 file salt/cloud/init.py "output = self.clouds[func](vm_)" Call azurearm to create vm

Setup dev salt-stack azure branch

Checkout salt-stack repo
virtualenv . in git/salt
source bin/activate
install salt into the virtual env from the git repo with, pip install -e .
pip install azure-cli
test salt-cloud -F

Failure

[WARNING ] Keyring cache token has failed: No recommended backend was available. Install the keyrings.alt package if you want to use the non-recommended backends. See README.rst for details.

Fix:

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