Setting Up Azure Storage to Be Used for Terraform Remote State

In the Portal

1. Go to the portal and log in using your lab credentials.
2. Click the Cloud Shell icon next to the search bar in the portal.
3. Select Bash at the prompt.
4. Click Show Advanced Settings.
5. Set the Cloud Shell region to the same location as the resource group.
6. Select the existing Resource Group, and select Use Existing for the Storage Account.
7. In the File share section, choose Create new and enter "terraform".
8. Click Attach Storage.

In the Cloud Shell

1. Download the lab_3_setup.sh script at https://github.com/ACloudGuru/advanced-terraform-with-azure/raw/main/lab_setting_up_azure_storage_to_be_used_for_terraform_remote_state/lab_3_setup.sh.
2. Add execute permissions to the script.
3. Run the lab_3_setup.sh script.
4. Move to the terraformguru directory.
5. Initialize the working directory.

In the Cloud Shell

1. Import the resource group found in the remote-state-storage.tf file.
2. Look up and add the resource group name and location values to the resource block.
3. Add the following resource blocks to the configuration and save the file:

   resource "azurerm_storage_account" "tfstate" {
     name                     = "tfstate${random_string.resource_code.result}"
     resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.guru.name
     location                 = azurerm_resource_group.guru.location
     account_tier             = "Standard"
     account_replication_type = "LRS"
     allow_blob_public_access = true
   
     tags = {
       environment = "dev"
     }
   }
   
   resource "azurerm_storage_container" "tfstate" {
     name                  = "tfstate"
     storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.tfstate.name
     container_access_type = "blob"
   }
   
   # Outputs
   output "storage_account_name" {
      value = azurerm_storage_account.tfstate.name
   }
   
   output "storage_container_name" {
     value = azurerm_storage_container.tfstate.name
   }
   

4. Check your formatting and validate your code.
5. Deploy your resources and copy the values in the output.

1. Once successfully deployed, create a file called backend.tf and add the following code:

   terraform {
     backend "azurerm" {
       resource_group_name  = "<RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME>"
       storage_account_name = "<STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>"
       container_name       = "CONTAINER_NAME"
       key                  = "terraform.tfstate"
     }
   }  
   

2. Replace the <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> and <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME> placeholders with the values from the outputs of the storage account deployment.

3. Save the file.

4. Run the terraform init command to add your remote state backend configuration.

5. Verify that your state is now being stored remotely.

6. Once verified, delete your local state file.