Azure vmss - kubelet: failed to get instance ID from cloud provider: instance not found #5824 (#5855)

* kubernetes-sigs-kubespray #5824

Added support nodes which are part of Virtual Machine Scale Sets(VMSS)

* kubernetes-sigs-kubespray #5824

* kubernetes-sigs-kubespray #5824

Added comments and updatetd azure docs.

* kubernetes-sigs-kubespray #5824

Added supported values comments for "azure_vmtype" in azure.yml

roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml

@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ vsphere_public_network: "{{ lookup('env', 'VSPHERE_PUBLIC_NETWORK')|default('')
 # azure_security_group_name:
 # azure_vnet_name:
 # azure_route_table_name:
+# supported values are 'standard' or 'vmss'
+# azure_vmtype: standard
 # Sku of Load Balancer and Public IP. Candidate values are: basic and standard.
 azure_loadbalancer_sku: basic
 # excludes master nodes from standard load balancer.

roles/kubernetes/node/tasks/cloud-credentials/azure-credential-check.yml

@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@
 - name: "check azure_use_instance_metadata is a bool"
   assert:
     that: azure_use_instance_metadata |type_debug == 'bool'
+
+- name: check azure_vmtype value
+  fail:
+    msg: "azure_vmtype is missing. Supported values are 'standard' or 'vmss'"
+  when: azure_vmtype is not defined or not azure_vmtype

roles/kubernetes/node/templates/cloud-configs/azure-cloud-config.j2

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "vnetName": "{{ azure_vnet_name }}",
   "vnetResourceGroup": "{{ azure_vnet_resource_group }}",
   "routeTableName": "{{ azure_route_table_name }}",
+  "vmType": "{{ azure_vmtype }}",
 {% if azure_primary_availability_set_name is defined %}
   "primaryAvailabilitySetName": "{{ azure_primary_availability_set_name }}",
 {%endif%}