Automating Azure Deployments with Terraform.

Automating Azure deployments with Terraform involves using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage and provision Azure resources in a predictable and repeatable manner.

Integrating with Azure Pipelines

You can integrate Terraform with Azure Pipelines to automate your deployments. This involves setting up CI/CD pipelines that run Terraform scripts to deploy infrastructure changes automatically.

By automating Azure deployments with Terraform, you can streamline your infrastructure management process, improve reliability, and save time.

THE STEPS INCLUDE:

Create an application object on the azure active directory

select the name ‘terraform’ and click on Register.
Create a folder called ‘terraform.tf’,and open with vscode.
Go to terraform provider on your browser and click on azure.
Copy the information and paste on your vscode.

CONFIGURE THE MICROSOFT AZURE PROVIDER provider "azurerm" {

subscription_id =""

client_id ="“

client_secret =""

tenant_id =""

features {}

. Click on the client secret on terraform and create a secret and copy the value.

. On your susbscriptio id,copy the id and paste.

Role assignment:

The role ‘Contributor’ is given to terraform so as to give access.

Create a Resource Group:
On the terraform provider,click documentation to see all information needed to create a resoource group,subnet,vnet.etc.
```
 resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
   name     = "example-resources"
   location = "West Europe"
 }
```
Open your terminal and type “terraform init” to initialize.

By running terraform init, you ensure your project is ready for planning and applying infrastructure changes.

Create a terraform plan “terraform plan”

By using terraform plan, you can understand and verify changes before implementing them, ensuring controlled and predictable infrastructure management.

. create a terraform file on vscode “backend.tf”

. The backend.tf file in Terraform is used to configure the backend, which specifies where Terraform's state file is stored.

. Create Terraform Cloud Account.

. Create an Organization

. Create a Workspace

. Using Terraform Cloud enhances collaboration, security, and efficiency in managing your infrastructure

Then you click on the CLI-Driven-Workflow

Copy the Example code, and paste on the backend.tf on your vscode.

Generate a Token

Creating a token involves logging into Terraform Cloud, generating the token, and using it to authenticate your Terraform CLI for streamlined infrastructure management.

To Save The Generated Token in Terrafom.d folder,Follow this Steps:
1. Open Notepad:
  - Press Win + R, type notepad, and press Enter
2. Add the Token Content:
  - Copy and paste the following JSON content into Notepad:
  - {
    
    "credentials": {
    
    "app.terraform.io": {
    
    "token": "your_api_token_here"
    
    }
    
    }
    
    }
  - Replace your_api_token_here with your actual Terraform API token
  - Save the File:
    - Click on "File" > "Save As..."
    - In the "Save As" dialog, navigate to C:\Users\hp\AppData\Roaming\terraform.d.
    - Set the "Save as type" to "All Files".
    - Name the file credentials.tfrc.json.
    - Click "Save".
    - By doing this, you’ll have securely stored your Terraform API token, allowing the Terraform CLI to authenticate using the token stored in this file.

Click on terraform init to initialize the backend that was just created.

Go back to your Terraform Cloud Account and click on the workspace created and click RUN

Now,we have to synchronize the cloud account and the terraform code with terraform plan and apply.

And here we have the resource group which was created with the information listed successfully.

Check your resource group on azure portal,if it was also deployed successfully.

By following these steps, you should be able to automate Azure Deployments with Terraform.

If you have any more questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!

On my next blog i will be talking about how to Deploy a Pipeline-Pushing to Github Repository.