Using Ansible runner images for Azure deployments

Last updated: October 29, 2026

When migrating Ansible playbooks to Spacelift for Azure deployments, you should use the main Ansible runner image repository rather than the separate Azure-specific repository.

Recommended approach

Use the main Ansible runner image from https://gallery.ecr.aws/spacelift/runner-ansible with the azure-latest tag.

This image contains all the necessary tools and dependencies for running Ansible playbooks against Azure infrastructure.

Why not use the separate Azure repository?

While there is a separate spacelift/runner-ansible-azure repository in the ECR gallery, it is currently empty and not maintained. The Azure-specific functionality is instead provided through tags in the main runner-ansible repository.