Using Terraform with Azure (Setting the Stage)

In this objective, you'll use the credentials provided by the lab to log into Azure using the Azure CLI.

1. Open your terminal and run the az login command
2. In the browser window that opens, enter the credentials provided by the lab
3. Run az account show to verify you've logged in successfully

In this objective, you'll create a Terraform configuration that deploys a container group to Azure.

1. Create new directory and files to hold your Terraform configuration.
2. Add a terraform block requiring major version 3 of the azurerm provider.
3. Add an azurerm provider block with the skip_provider_registration argument set to true.
4. Add a data source to reference the existing resource group.
5. Add a container group resource that uses the ACI hello world image and exposes port 80 on a public URL.
   • Image reference: mcr.microsoft.com/azuredocs/aci-helloworld
6. Add an output to display the FQDN of the container group.
7. Initialize your working directory.
8. Format and validate the code.

In this objective, you'll deploy the Terraform configuration to Azure and verify the deployment.

1. Create a terraform.tfvars file and populate any required variables.
2. Deploy the configuration to Azure.
3. Visit the address shown in the output and verify the webpage loads.