This session will provider an overview of the different options available for provisioning environments on Azure and the pros and cons of each. We will then work through a hands-on lab to create DevOps pipelines to maintain environments in Azure using Terraform.

Introduction

• Infra as Code Options
• Terraform overview

Labs

Hands on with the basics

• Pre-reqs
• Lab 1.0 - The Basics
• Lab 1.1 - Adding Resources
• Lab 1.2 - Not infra, but environment
• Lab 1.3 - Deletions
• Lab 1.4 - Destroy

Making it more usable

• Lab 2.0 - Variables
• Lab 2.1 - Outputs

Modules

• Lab 3.0 - Modules

Run as ...

• Lab 4.0 - Silently run
• Lab 4.1 - Shared state

Working as a team

• Lab 5.0 - Variable Groups
• Lab 5.1 - CI / CD Pipeline

Secure by default

• Lab 6.0 - Managed Service Identity with Key Vault

ARM within Terraform, not Terraform within ARM.

• Lab 7.0 - Using ARM to plug the gaps

Congifure 3rd Partry resources on Azure

• Lab 8.0 - Configuring Kubernetes