Azure Terraform Pipeline with 2 Stages: Plan and Apply

This README provides details about the Azure DevOps Terraform pipeline with two stages: Plan and Apply.

Overview

This pipeline is designed specifically for Azure DevOps and uses the following stages:

Terraform Init and Plan: Initialize Terraform and generate an execution plan.
Terraform Apply: Apply the generated execution plan to create or modify the infrastructure.

Features

Utilizes Azure DevOps YAML pipelines
Separates the Terraform planning and applying stages
Validates the Terraform configuration before planning
Publishes the Terraform plan as an artifact for later use
Runs on an Ubuntu-Latest virtual machine image

Requirements

Azure DevOps account
Azure Service Principal for authentication
Azure Storage Account for storing Terraform remote state
Terraform configuration files in the repository
Install the Terraform Microsoft DevLabs Extension from the Azure DevOps Marketplace

Pipeline Stages

1. Terraform Init and Plan

This stage initializes Terraform, validates the configuration, generates an execution plan, and publishes it as an artifact. The following tasks are performed:

Install the latest version of Terraform
Checkout the repository
Initialize Terraform with the -reconfigure option
Validate the Terraform configuration
Generate a Terraform plan
Publish the Terraform plan as an artifact

2. Terraform Apply

This stage applies the previously generated Terraform plan to create or modify the infrastructure. The following tasks are performed:

Install the latest version of Terraform
Checkout the repository
Download the Terraform plan artifact
Initialize Terraform with the -reconfigure option
Apply the Terraform plan with the -auto-approve and -input=false options

Nodes

The pipeline uses the ubuntu-latest virtual machine image as its build agent. This image provides a Linux-based environment for running the pipeline tasks.

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