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---
layout: docs
page_title: 'Autoscaling Plugins: Azure VMSS'
description: The "azure-vmss" target plugin scales an Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set.
---
# Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set Target
The `azure-vmss` target plugin allows for the scaling of the Nomad cluster
clients via manipulating [Azure Virtual Machine Scale
Sets][azure_virtual_machine_scale_sets].
~> The `azure-vmss` target plugin requires Azure fingerprinting, which was
added in Nomad 1.0. If you are running a previous version of Nomad you will to
set a [meta tag][client_meta_tag] in all of your nodes.
## Agent Configuration Options
To use the `azure-vmss` target plugin, the agent configuration needs to be
populated with the appropriate target block. Authentication to the Azure API
can be supplied in a number of ways.
### Virtual Machine Identities
When using [virtual machine identities][azure_vm_identity] you will need to
provide a user-managed identity with the `Contributor` role and set the
`subscription_id` in the Autoscaler configuration file:
```hcl
target "azure-vmss" {
driver = "azure-vmss"
config = {
subscription_id = "ee0886ab-5cc2-4583-a3f0-c4bfd044ee82"
}
}
```
### Configuration file
Credentials should be injected into the configuration via a template rather
than as environment variables. This ensures the credentials are passed only to
the plugin, rather than being available for all plugins and the agent process.
It is recommended, if possible to use the [Vault Azure Secrets
engine][vault_azure_backend] for supplying access credentials to the plugin.
```hcl
target "azure-vmss" {
driver = "azure-vmss"
config = {
tenant_id = "02e99e69-91b0-4d0a-bd61-bf5c08fbfbab"
client_id = "34c276fa-2a74-4cf9-9fce-4e60642274cb"
secret_access_key = "ThisIrznTIS_~FAKEj4X93FTyAgilUC511"
subscription_id = "ee0886ab-5cc2-4583-a3f0-c4bfd044ee82"
}
}
```
- `tenant_id` `(string: "")` - The ID of the tenant to authenticate to.
- `client_id` `(string: "")` - The app ID of the user-assigned identity in
Azure Active Directory.
- `secret_access_key` `(string: "")` - The secret key ID used to authenticate
with the Azure API.
- `subscription_id` `(string: "")` - The ID of the subscription to authenticate
to.
### Nomad ACL
When using a Nomad cluster with ACLs enabled, the plugin will require an ACL
token which provides the following permissions:
```hcl
node {
policy = "write"
}
```
## Policy Configuration Options
```hcl
check "clients-azure-vmss" {
# ...
target "azure-vmss" {
resource_group = "prod"
vm_scale_set = "hashistack-client-set"
node_class = "hashistack"
node_drain_deadline = "5m"
node_purge = "true"
}
# ...
```
- `resource_group` `(string: <required>)` - The name of the [Azure resource
group][azure_resource_group] within which the virtual machine scale set
resides.
- `vm_scale_set` `(string: <required>)` - The name of the Azure virtual machine
scale set to interact with when performing scaling actions.
- `datacenter` `(string: "")` - The Nomad client [datacenter][nomad_datacenter]
identifier used to group nodes into a pool of resource.
- `node_class` `(string: "")` - The Nomad [client node class][nomad_node_class]
identifier used to group nodes into a pool of resource.
- `node_drain_deadline` `(duration: "15m")` The Nomad [drain
deadline][nomad_node_drain_deadline] to use when performing node draining
actions. **Note that the default value for this setting differs from Nomad's
default of 1h.**
- `node_drain_ignore_system_jobs` `(bool: "false")` A boolean flag used to
control if system jobs should be stopped when performing node draining
actions.
- `node_purge` `(bool: "false")` A boolean flag to determine whether Nomad
clients should be [purged][nomad_node_purge] when performing scale in
actions.
- `node_selector_strategy` `(string: "least_busy")` The strategy to use when
selecting nodes for termination. Refer to the [node selector
strategy][node_selector_strategy] documentation for more information.
### Client meta tag
The `azure-vmss` target plugin requires Nomad 1.0 for Azure fingerprinting.
Alternatively, you can set a [client meta tag][nomad_client_meta_tag] called
`unique.platform.azure.name` with the value being the Azure VMSS node name.
This can be retrieved programatically via the [Azure Instance Metadata
service][azure_instance_metadata].
[azure_instance_metadata]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/instance-metadata-service
[azure_resource_group]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/management/manage-resource-groups-portal#what-is-a-resource-group
[azure_virtual_machine_scale_sets]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machine-scale-sets/overview
[azure_vm_identity]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/
[client_meta_tag]: #client-meta-tag
[node_selector_strategy]: /docs/autoscaling/internals/node-selector-strategy
[nomad_datacenter]: /docs/configuration#datacenter
[nomad_client_meta_tag]: /docs/configuration/client#meta
[nomad_node_class]: /docs/configuration/client#node_class
[nomad_node_drain_deadline]: /api-docs/nodes#deadline
[nomad_node_purge]: /api-docs/nodes#purge-node
[vault_azure_backend]: https://www.vaultproject.io/docs/secrets/azure