terraform-azure-vm

Terraform code to spin up a small Ubuntu VM in the Azure Cloud. To prevent unexpected behaviour execute all commands in a Powershell.

Prerequisites

• Terraform
• Azure Subscription
• Azure CLI
• (not required but recommended): VS Code with Remote-SSH extension.

Getting Started

• Replace the ip in terraform.tfvars with your own ip address. Pay attention to keep the cidr block format.
• Set the paths to the public and private key file in terraform.tfvars to establish an SSH connection to your VM.
• Replace the path in windows-ssh-script.tpl with a path to your own ssh config.
• Modify the customdata.tpl file to prepare the VM in your own way.
• Run az login and login to your Azure Account.
• Run terraform init to initialize terraform working directory.
• Execute terraform apply and confirm
• (Optional) Connect to your Azure VM via Remote-SSH extension (Connect to Host...)