Activity 1 contd

• Creating a linux vm in azure requires
  • network interface with nsg connected to a subnet (optional public ip)
  • credentials:
    • username/password
    • username/key
  • Image: os
    publisher = "Canonical"
offer = "0001-com-ubuntu-server-jammy"
sku = "22_04-lts-gen2"
version = "latest"
• Refer Here for the changes done to create virtual machine

Tainting terraform resources

• Tainting a terraform resources is marking for the resource to replaced during next terraform apply.

Installing softwares in virtual machine

• Option 1: Userdata/Custom Data from cloud providers
• Option 2: Terraform provisioning

Terraform Provisioners

• Provisioners can execute some extra stuff in virtual machines. Terraform has 3 types of provisioners
  • file
  • local-exec
  • remote-exec
• For the remote connections provisioner will have a connetion object
• Refer Here also
• Refer Here for the changes done to include a provisioner.