terraform-azurem-windowsvm

Terraform template to create a Windows VM on azure.

To use this template:

• Please install Terraform version >=1.36
• Have an Azure account

How to authenticate on Azure

This template is based on a service principal and a certificate. All the documentation to available in the Azure Provider Terraform documentatino.

Configuration of the variables

I suggestion to split the variables in two categories, the secrets used for authentication and the contextual variables linked to the VM you want to create.

Secrets

Create a tfvars file - add in your gitignore file the *.tfvars exclusion called secrets.tfvars. Copy this code and fill in:

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Authentication
subscription_id             = "<your_subscription_id" 
client_id                   = "<your_client_id>" # Application ID of your Service Principal
client_certificate_path     = "<your_path_to_your_pfx_file.pfx" # Local path to the certificate you added in the Service Principal to identicate
client_certificate_password = "<your_certificate_password" #Password you defined when you created the certificate 
tenant_id                   = "<your_azure_active_directory_id>"

This file will be use to authenticate automatically when you run terraform script on this directory.

Contextual variables

Create a tfvar file called context.tfvars or any other name which make sense to your context.
Copy this code and fill in:

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Context

region          = "<azure_region>"
vmpassword      = "<password_to_connnect_to_vm>"
vm_size         = "<vm_size>"

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tags
# Business tags
applicationid = "<id_of_application_supported_by_vm>"
owner         = "<email_of_the_owner"
costcenter    = "<cost_center>"
customer      = "<who_use_the_application>"
project       = "<the_project>"
# Technical tags
template         = "<terraform_template_name>"
template_version = "<version>"
environment      = "<environment>"
tier             = "<support_tier_level>"
# Automation tags
cron       = "" # Define a CRON format if you want to set automation on this VM (automatic shutdown, etc)
automation = "" # Define the action which needs to be performed - up to you and your automation to define it

# Security tags
confidentiality = "" # Which level of confidentiality
compliance      = "" # If compliance needs to be applied

Authors

Originally created by Valery Jacot

License

MIT