What problem it solves

The AzureRM Terraform Provider allows managing resources within Azure Resource Manager. When using version 5.0 of the AzureRM Provider we recommend using the latest version of Terraform Core.

Key features

• Azure Resource Manager management — Define and manage Azure resources through Terraform using the provider's resource types.

  Source: README, examples

• Multiple authentication methods — Authenticate through Azure CLI, Managed Identity, or a Service Principal.

  Source: README

• Configurable provider behavior — The provider configuration includes a features block for changing Azure provider behavior.

  Source: README

• Explicit provider versioning — Terraform configurations can pin the provider version and identify its source registry.

  Source: README

• Contributor development guidance — The repository includes guides for building and developing the provider.

  Source: README, contributing

Quick start

Copied verbatim from the project's README.

# 1. Specify the version of the AzureRM Provider to use
terraform {
  required_providers {
    azurerm = {
      source = "hashicorp/azurerm"
      version = "=5.0.0"
    }
  }
}

# 2. Configure the AzureRM Provider
provider "azurerm" {
  # The AzureRM Provider supports authenticating using via the Azure CLI, a Managed Identity
  # and a Service Principal. More information on the authentication methods supported by
  # the AzureRM Provider can be found here:
  # https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs#authenticating-to-azure

  # The features block allows changing the behaviour of the Azure Provider, more
  # information can be found here:
  # https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/guides/features-block
  features {}
}

# 3. Create a resource group
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
  name     = "example-resources"
  location = "West Europe"
}

# 4. Create a virtual network within the resource group
resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "example" {
  name                = "example-network"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
}

Who it may suit

This may suit Terraform users who need to manage Azure Resource Manager resources and contributors who want to develop or extend the provider.

Topics to discuss

• Which Azure authentication method should be preferred for different deployment environments?

• What additional usage examples would be most useful to the community?

• How should contributors test changes to resources and data sources?

Written by ReadmeX AI from the project's README, source and public GitHub data; it may contain mistakes.

Read the original README https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm#readme

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