Terraform on Azure

Intro

Configuration

• Manipulating variables
• Using local variables for custom functions
• Provisioning infrastructure in multiple environments
• Obtaining external data with data sources
• Using external resources from other state files
• Querying external data with Terraform
• Calling Terraform built-in functions
• Writing conditional expressions
• Manipulating local files with Terraform
• Executing local programs with Terraform
• Generating passwords with Terraform

Building Dynamic Environments

• Provisioning multiple resources with the count property
• Using a table of key-value variables with maps
• Looping over object collections
• Generating multiple blocks with dynamic expressions

Terraform CLI

• Using workspaces for managing environments
• Importing existing resources
• Exporting the output in JSON
• Tainting resources
• Generating the graph dependencies
• Debugging the Terraform execution

I have using the following tools:

• Terraform 1.1.2
• Azure CLI 2.31.0
• VSCode 1.63.2

References

• VSCode Terraform HashipCorp Extension
• Terraform Azure Provider