How to create a Resource group in Azure using Terraform Part -1

Using Terraform with Azure

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1. Prerequisite for Working on Terraform

2. How to launch a Visual Studio code

3. How to make a connection to Azure with Terraform and provision azure resources

A.Prerequisite :-

1. AZ CLI

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-windows?view=azure-cli-latest

-- Download MSI Installer

-- Install

2. Terraform.exe

https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html

-- Download Windows 64 BIT and just

copy the terraform.exe into %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps

Benefit : you can call terraform.exe from any folder and any drive.

refer blog -- https://superuser.com/questions/284342/what-are-path-and-other-environment-variables-and-how-can-i-set-or-use-them

old release of terraform is present here

https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/

3. Visual Studio Code

https://code.visualstudio.com/download

-- Windows 10

-- User installer 64 BIT

-- Download and install

B. Best way to launch a Visual Studio code

-- Start --> run >> cmd >> open the cmd as run as administrator >> go to working drive and create a Folder example =>Rakesh

cd Rakesh

code .

C. How to Authenticating to Azure using Azure CLI with terraform remote state file Architecture

Terraform supports a number of different methods for authenticating to Azure,here i will use backend.tf where TF State file will store

into Azure storage account

so that multiple user can work simultaneously.

D.Terraform using Visual Studio code and connect to Azure portal

Create a Backend.tf

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terraform {

backend "azurerm" {

resource_group_name = "terraform-rg"

storage_account_name = "stgstoragefortf"

container_name = "myterraformstate"

key = "tfstatefile.json"

}

}

Create a Version.tf

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provider "azurerm" {

# whilst the `version` attribute is optional, we recommend pinning to a given version of the Provider

version = "~>2.0.0"

features {}

}

provider "null" {

version = "= 2.1.1"

}

provider "template" {

version = "= 2.1.1"

}

provider "azuread" {

version= "~> 0.7"

}

provider "random" {

version = "~> 2.2"

}

Create a execute.ps1

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az account set -s "Visual Studio Enterprise"

terraform init -backend-config="access_key=$(az storage account keys list --resource-group "Terraform-Training-Rg" --account-name "stgtrainingstorefortf" --query '[0].value' -o tsv)"

Create a resource_group.tf

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resource "azurerm_resource_group" "resource_group" {

name = var.resourcegroup

location = var.location

tags = var.tagging

}

Create a Variable.tf

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variable "resourcegroup" {

type =string

default = "rak-eastus-resource"

}

variable "location" {

type =string

default = "eastus"

}

variable "tagging" {

type = map

default = {

Environment = "Development"

Dept = "training"

}

}

In order to execute above code you need to go to terminal of Visual Studio code and execute below commands
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1. Initilization
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terraform init -backend-config="access_key=$(az storage account keys list --resource-group "Terraform-Training-Rg" --account-name "stgtrainingstorefortf" --query '[0].value' -o tsv)"

2.plan
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terraform plan

3. Apply
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terraform apply

How to create a basic resource group using terraform

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 Demo:-

Refer link --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUUYL2fKQcc&feature=youtu.be