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Azure Export for Terraform: A Comprehensive How-To Guide
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- Saif Segni
Introduction
Azure Export for Terraform is a tool designed to help reduce friction in translation between Azure and Terraform concepts.
Azure Export for Terraform exports supported resources into Terraform state and generate the corresponding Terraform configuration.It is possible to import into Terraform (or export from Azure, hence the name) a single resource, resources from a resource group, or a set of customizable resources.
In this demo , I will show you how to install Microsoft Azure Export for Terraform, and important existing Azure resources and discuss some best practices and limitations of the tool.
Prerequisites
An Azure account and subscription . Terraform installed on your machine with version >= v0.12. Azure CLI installed on your machine . Azure profile configured within Azure CLI to read resources in your Azure subscription .