terraform-azure-linux-vm

This is a training sample I originally created for a Terraform on Azure workshop, which I am cleaning up for public consumption and as an end-to-end, full-stack provisioning demo that can be used as a starting point for more complex solutions.

(Blog post with more info)

Roadmap

This is the list of currently implemented/planned features:

• Let's Encrypt support
• Set up a full web stack
• Set locale in cloud-config
• Metrics agent 2.3/3.0 selection through conditionals
• Improve comments
• Move NSG outside the linux module for flexibility
• Split current cloud-config into base and "PaaS" versions
• Move cloud-config template outside the linux module and into its own folder
• Set up docker and other core packages via cloud-init
• Re-instate public IP, DNS alias and NSGs in main.tf
• Set SSH port and harden configuration via cloud-init
• Split naming for shared vs instance resources in base.tf
• Add portal-compatible metrics using Microsoft.OSTCExtensions 2.3 (using a wadcfg.xml template)
• Add boilerplate for Azure.Linux.Diagnostics 3.0 (using a ladCfg template inlined in settings.json)
• Add availability set in base.tf
• Update Ubuntu to 18.04 in main.tf
• Add boot diagnostics in main.tf
• Break out VM into linux module
• Cleanup and namespacing
• Single Ubuntu VM with managed disks