tf-azure-arm

Azure RM + Terraform

Sample terraform configuration files to provision and deploy VMs in Azure Resource Manager.

##Running Windows VMs for an N-tier architecture on Azure

More information on N-tier architecture on Azure

More information on Azure Automation DSC

More information on Terraform's Microsoft Azure Provider

Provisioning:

• Download latest version of Terraform for Windows, [here.] (https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html) to a local folder, eg. c:\Terraform

• Set path system environmental variable, in PowerShell type $env:Path += ";c:\Terraform"

• Launch PowerShell (cmd or git bash) and type terraform to confirm installation.

• Code using any text editor, Visual Studio Code strongly recommended ( there is a Terraform extension for VSC).

• Register new application in Azure Active Directory using the Classic Portal, see intructions here and assign the Contributor IAM role to the application user account in the ARM Portal.

• Create a PowerShell script (Set-Credentials.ps1) with the credentials set as environment variables (do not version control this file).

            $env:ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID = "..."  
            $env:ARM_CLIENT_ID = "..."  
            $env:ARM_CLIENT_SECRET = "..."  
            $env:ARM_TENANT_ID = "..."  
  

Configuration:

• Create Azure Automation account in Azure Resource Manager Portal.
• Open Azure Automation Account and upload PowerShell DSC files in the DSC Configurations blade.
• Compile each DSC file published.
• Onboard Azure VMs in the DSC Nodes blade.