Simple Azure VM Provisioning with GitHub Actions

🚀 Project Overview

This project demonstrates Infrastructure as Code (IaC) by provisioning Azure virtual machines using:

• PowerShell scripts (Invoke-AzureProvisioning.ps1) to run Azure CLI commands
• YAML workflow (.github/workflows/main.yaml) to automate everything via GitHub Actions

The result is a repeatable, automated process for creating and managing Azure infrastructure.

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📂 Key Files

• .github/workflows/main.yaml
  Defines the GitHub Actions workflow. Handles logging into Azure and running the provisioning script.

  You can customize VM names, resource group, and other settings directly in this file.

• Invoke-AzureProvisioning.ps1
  PowerShell script containing all the Azure CLI commands for creating resources:

  • Resource group
  • Virtual network
  • Network security groups
  • Two virtual machines

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⚙️ How to Use

1. Configure GitHub Secrets

This workflow requires your Azure credentials and SSH public key.
Create the following repository secrets in Settings → Secrets → Actions:

• AZURE_CREDENTIALS → Your Azure Service Principal credentials
• SSH_PUBLIC_KEY → The content of your SSH public key

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2. Trigger the Workflow

1. Navigate to the Actions tab in your GitHub repo
2. Select Provision Azure Infrastructure workflow
3. Click Run workflow

The provisioning process will begin automatically. ✅

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🎛️ Customization

To customize resource names or settings, edit the environment variables in .github/workflows/main.yaml:

name: Provision Azure Infrastructure

jobs:
  provision-vms:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP: 'your-resource-group'
      AZURE_LOCATION: 'your-azure-region'
      PIHOLE_VM_NAME: 'your-pihole-vm'
      DYNATRACE_VM_NAME: 'your-dynatrace-vm'
      VM_USERNAME: 'your-username'

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✅ Provisioning Success!

The result is a repeatable, automated process for creating and managing Azure infrastructure.

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Notes

• This project demonstrates Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using GitHub Actions + PowerShell.
• Future enhancements will allow the workflow to prompt for inputs so you can choose whether to provision or destroy resources dynamically.
• Ideal for learning CI/CD + Azure automation in a real-world DevOps scenario.

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🛠️ Roadmap / To-Do

• Provision Azure VMs using GitHub Actions + PowerShell
• Add screenshots to validate provisioning
• Create Destroy-AzureResources.ps1 to tear down infrastructure
• Add script to deploy Pi-hole on VM1
• Add script to deploy Dynatrace on VM2
• Update workflows to accept user inputs (resource group, VM names, action: provision/destroy)
• Make scripts fully reusable without manual edits

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