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Provision Azure Linux VM using Terraform

Step-01: Introduction

Step-02: Create SSH Keys for Azure Linux VM

# Create Folder
cd terraform-manifests/
mkdir ssh-keys

# Create SSH Key
cd ssh-ekys
ssh-keygen \
    -m PEM \
    -t rsa \
    -b 4096 \
    -C "azureuser@myserver" \
    -f terraform-azure.pem 
Important Note: If you give passphrase during generation, during everytime you login to VM, you also need to provide passphrase.

# List Files
ls -lrt ssh-keys/

# Files Generated after above command 
Public Key: terraform-azure.pem.pub -> Rename as terraform-azure.pub
Private Key: terraform-azure.pem

# Permissions for Pem file
chmod 400 terraform-azure.pem

Step-03: c1-versions.tf - Create Terraform & Provider Blocks

  • Create Terraform Block
  • Create Provider Block
  • Create Random Resource Block 
    # Terraform Block
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 1.0.0"
  required_providers {
    azurerm = {
      source = "hashicorp/azurerm"
      version = ">= 2.0" 
    }
    random = {
      source = "hashicorp/random"
      version = ">= 3.0"
    }
  }
}

# Provider Block
provider "azurerm" {
 features {}          
}

# Random String Resource
resource "random_string" "myrandom" {
  length = 6
  upper = false 
  special = false
  number = false   
}

Step-04: c2-resource-group.tf

# Resource-1: Azure Resource Group
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "myrg" {
  name = "myrg-1"
  location = "East US"
}

Step-05: c3-vritual-network.tf - Virtual Network Resource

# Create Virtual Network
resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "myvnet" {
  name                = "myvnet-1"
  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.name
}

Step-06: c3-vritual-network.tf - Azure Subnet Resource

# Create Subnet
resource "azurerm_subnet" "mysubnet" {
  name                 = "mysubnet-1"
  resource_group_name  = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.name
  virtual_network_name = azurerm_virtual_network.myvnet.name
  address_prefixes     = ["10.0.2.0/24"]
}

Step-07: c3-vritual-network.tf - Azure Public IP Resource

# Create Public IP Address
resource "azurerm_public_ip" "mypublicip" {
  name                = "mypublicip-1"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.location
  allocation_method   = "Static"
  domain_name_label = "app1-vm-${random_string.myrandom.id}"
  tags = {
    environment = "Dev"
  }
}

Step-08: c3-vritual-network.tf - Network Interface Resource

# Create Network Interface
resource "azurerm_network_interface" "myvmnic" {
  name                = "vmnic"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.name

  ip_configuration {
    name                          = "internal"
    subnet_id                     = azurerm_subnet.mysubnet.id
    private_ip_address_allocation = "Dynamic"
    public_ip_address_id = azurerm_public_ip.mypublicip.id 
  }
}

Step-09: c4-linux-virtual-machine.tf

# Resource: Azure Linux Virtual Machine
resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "mylinuxvm" {
  name                = "mylinuxvm-1"
  computer_name       = "devlinux-vm1" # Hostname of the VM
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.myrg.location
  size                = "Standard_DS1_v2"
  admin_username      = "azureuser"
  network_interface_ids = [
    azurerm_network_interface.myvmnic.id
  ]
  admin_ssh_key {
    username   = "azureuser"
    public_key = file("${path.module}/ssh-keys/terraform-azure.pub")
  }
  os_disk {
    name = "osdisk"
    caching              = "ReadWrite"
    storage_account_type = "Standard_LRS"
  }
  source_image_reference {
    publisher = "RedHat"
    offer     = "RHEL"
    sku       = "83-gen2"
    version   = "latest"
  }
  custom_data = filebase64("${path.module}/app-scripts/app1-cloud-init.txt")
}

Step-10: app1-cloud-init.txt

#cloud-config
package_upgrade: false
packages:
  - httpd
write_files:
  - owner: root:root 
    path: /var/www/html/index.html
    content: |
      <h1>Welcome to StackSimplify - APP-1</h1>
  - owner: root:root 
    path: /var/www/html/app1/index.html
    content: |
      <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body style="background-color:rgb(250, 210, 210);"> <h1>Welcome to Stack Simplify - APP-1</h1> <p>Terraform Demo</p> <p>Application Version: V1</p> </body></html>      
runcmd:
  - sudo systemctl start httpd  
  - sudo systemctl enable httpd
  - sudo systemctl stop firewalld
  - sudo mkdir /var/www/html/app1 
  - [sudo, curl, -H, "Metadata:true", --noproxy, "*", "http://169.254.169.254/metadata/instance?api-version=2020-09-01", -o, /var/www/html/app1/metadata.html]

Step-11: Execute Terraform commands to Create Resources using Terraform

# Initialize Terraform
terraform init

# Terraform Validate
terraform validate

# Terraform Plan 
terraform plan

# Terraform Apply 
terraform apply

Step-12: Verify the Resources

  • Verify Resources
  • Azure Resource Group
  • Azure Virtual Network
  • Azure Subnet
  • Azure Public IP
  • Azure Network Interface
  • Azure Virtual Machine 
    # Connect to VM and Verify 
ssh -i ssh-keys/terraform-azure.pem azureuser@<PUBLIC-IP>

# Access Application
http://<PUBLIC_IP>
http://<PUBLIC_IP>/app1
http://<PUBLIC_IP>/app1/metadata.html

Step-13: Destroy Terraform Resources

# Destroy Terraform Resources
terraform destroy

# Remove Terraform Files
rm -rf .terraform*
rm -rf terraform.tfstate*

References

  1. Azure Resource Group
  2. Azure Virtual Network
  3. Azure Subnet
  4. Azure Public IP
  5. Azure Network Interface
  6. Azure Virtual Machine

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