While working with Terraform modules I wanted to pass on multiple provider aliases with specific credentials and azure subscription details to child module. Ideas was to create resources with assigned privileged users. Non privileged users should not be able to create services in Azure.
In this s…
In this article I will be configuring alias in AzureRM provider and passing it to child module. Which will allow me to configure/deploy resources with given settings and credentials. In this demo in my Parent module, I will use specific client_id, client_secret, subscription_id, tenant_id to authent…
In terraform there is no actual if else condition block. But still you can use if condition to filter map or list of objects to get the required keys or values. In below example I have scenario where I wanted to create Resource Group in Azure to defined locations only. Incase no data is provided or …
This is a informational article on how the variable precedence works in Terraform. This is how the priority is defined for variable when you use it in different ways. In the following diagram, it shows the information of variable priority matrix. Lower the number it has higher the priority and it wi…
While planning and designing Terraform configuration files for Azure deployment, I wanted to deploy resources to different environment in different subscriptions. In the designing code idea was to use different multiple credentials while deploying environments and referencing them with alias.
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While planning and designing Terraform configuration files for Azure deployment, I wanted to deploy resources to different environment in different subscriptions. In the designing code idea was to use different multiple credentials while deploying environments and referencing them with alias.
…While working on collaborative environment of Terraform deployments, you might encounter an error of acquiring the tf state locking issue. In Terraform word when backend is configured to store state file on remote. It limits multiple users from making changes to environment at the same time to avoid…
While working on earlier article Configure Azure Storage Account Blob as Terraform backend to store tfstate file, I wanted to test terraform backend configuration with Azure Service Principal (App registrations) account. To configure initial resources on Azure for backend, I have automated all the s…
In the HashiCorp Terraform context state file is a crucial file when deploying resources through terraform configuration tf file. State file's extension is .tfstate. It is a JSON information/documentation that stores and records details about your organization infrastructure and its configuration. T…
In Terraform, the can function is used to determine whether a given expression or operation can be evaluated without causing an error. It returns true if the expression can be evaluated without errors, and false otherwise. This can be particularly useful for handling optional or dynamic attributes t…
I had a task to create multiple Ubuntu Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure using Terraform. Below is the code for the same. Requirement was VM information should be put into variable with type of map object (Multiple VMs will be created using it). Another requirement was there is already core infras…
This is third part of the script and little bit improvement and 2 separate logics I have added to the script. It is modification of earlier written part Creating a Private Endpoint for Azure Storage Account with Terraform example 2. In the script I wanted to create multiple endpoint for sub resource…
While working with Azure Terraform I converted/updated existing resource block to module (Removed resource block and added module replacing it). But after running terraform plan command I found that earlier created resource using resource block will be destroyed and it will be creating a complete ne…
This is a second part and little update to Using element function with count meta argument example Terraform Azure subnets. After submitting PR (Pull Request), reviewer asked they want small change in the output how it shows on the console. As I am using count to loop through subnet address prefixes…
I had a task to deploy multiple subnets to a Azure Virtual Network (vNet) using Hashicorp Terraform HCL. I wanted to test and use element() function combination with count meta argument to do the simple POC with less code and automation. Here is snapshot of my Virtual Network's Subnets view in the p…
I had a task to create Private Endpoint in Microsoft Azure and was requirement to automate this job using HashiCorp Terraform automation tf configuration files. This Private endpoint will be linked to existing Storage Account and Virtual Network. Other required sub resources Virtual Network Links an…
In this Terraform article I have two examples for loop and count loop. I have one map of object. Where I will use both the loops on map to show how to use them in different way. You can check my earlier articles for different loops examples - Terraform for_each loop on map example and Terraform one …
This is a Terraform example of remote-exec provisioner with ssh connection using null_resource. To use remote-exec you need to provide remote server connection information. In my below example I am using and creating connection with ssh protocol to linux servers with terraform configuration. If you …
In this HashiCorp Terraform configuration example article, I am using if condition to filter list of variable objects. Here in this configuration I am have multiple list of resource group, Their name and location are different in the variable objects as mentioned below.
I want to deploy only res…
In my previous articles I was testing my variable information to see output, one thing I observed in the output was showing all the variable content information in the output.
Terraform testing local variables and output csv file without resource Part 1
Terraform testing variable map object val…
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