Support for Container Configuration on Azure Batch Pool StartTask

[seniorpaul]

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Description

Azure Batch Pools can be Docker compatible if they have a container configuration supplied to them; Batch Pools also support a "StartTask" that can also be container based. Unfortunately, the current Terraform API version does not support this fully. It would be good if the the start task container_configuratin supported the same container settings as that supported for standard tasks. I've linked to the Azure API for TaskContainerSettings as well.

New or Affected Resource(s)

• azurerm_batch_pool

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "azurerm_batch_pool" "test" {
  name                = "testaccpool"
  resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
  account_name        = "${azurerm_batch_account.test.name}"
  display_name        = "Test Acc Pool Auto"
  vm_size             = "Standard_A1"
  node_agent_sku_id   = "batch.node.ubuntu 16.04"

  storage_image_reference {
    publisher = "microsoft-azure-batch"
    offer     = "ubuntu-server-container"
    sku       = "16-04-lts"
    version   = "latest"
  }
  start_task {
    command_line         = "/bin/sh -c ''"
    max_task_retry_count = 5
    wait_for_success     = true
	
    container_configuration {
      containerRunOptions = "--workdir /app"
      imageName = "containerregisty.azurecr.io/imagename:latest",
      workingDirectory = "taskWorkingDirectory"
    }
  }
  container_configuration {
    container_image_names = ["ubuntu", "hello-world"]
    container_registries = [
      {
        registry_server = "registry-server-url"
        user_name = "registry-username"
        password = "registry-password"
      }
    ]
  }
}

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/azure/batch/batch-docker-container-workloads
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/pool/create#starttask
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/batchmanagement/pool/create#taskcontainersettings

[tonytilbo]

Is there any update on this open issue?

[ironf1st]

This is still an outstanding missing feature for Batch Pools. Currently there is no way to do container configurations or container tasks via azurerm.