AzureRM Backend: support for snapshotting before changes are made

[tombuildsstuff]

Moving this over from hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm#1098

Terraform Version

v0.10.x +

Additional Context

Thinking about this a little:

• I don't think there's a need for an explicit versioning flag, or at least it should be defaulted to true.
• support for Snapshotting is available in both the current Storage SDK and the new Storage SDK - however we're holding off migrating to the new Storage SDK (at least in the AzureRM Provider) until it's stabilised.

References

• Feature Request: AzureRM backend: Snapshot state files (blobs) before updating terraform-provider-azurerm#1098

[pmarques]

Hi @tombuildsstuff I'm implemented a simple version of snapshotting. Added an option to enable/disable auto snapshots (enable by default)

[pmarques]

@tombuildsstuff any updates / feedback on this?

[mjdavies]

Very interested in this!!

[arichiardi]

Interested in this as well!

[cyrilen]

very interested in that

[mildwonkey]

Hi all, thanks for your interest!

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[tombuildsstuff]

@pmarques sorry for the delay here, to give an update: we're doing some work in the AzureRM Backend in the near future to support additional auth methods (and try to fix some of the open issues/enhancements) - as such I believe we'll be taking a look at this as a part of that process - but I'm unable to give a timeframe at this point, unfortunately.

Thanks!

[rohrerb]

+1 on this @tombuildsstuff

cc @amcguign

[rdtechie]

What's the status on this issue? Any progress?