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Introduction to using HashiCorp Terraform with Azure

The first video in a series with Microsoft showing how to use HashiCorp tools with Azure.

In this quick tutorial video, Zachary from Microsoft Azure and Mishra from HashiCorp will introduce you to the basics of getting Terraform setup and configured to provision and manage Azure infrastructure as code.

Agenda

1:07 - Terraform Introduction
3:10 - Creating and using an Azure Active Directory Service Principal for secure authentication
4:10 - Using Terraform init and Terraform plan
6:50 - Using Terraform apply
7:37 - Managing resource lifecycle with Terraform state (tfstate) and using Terraform Destroy
9:50 - Use Terraform in the Azure Cloud Shell and Installing Terraform locally

Additional Resources

Azure Terraform Hub
Terraform on Azure Documentation
Terraform on Azure

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