How to create Azure Windows VM using Terraform? - azure

Question

I have environment in Azure with VNet configuration and resources.
I wanto automate the deployment of Azure Windows VM with existing vnet configuration using Terraform.

Answer 1

Firstofall, if you use the existing vnet configuration in the terraform code, it will throw the error code: "Resource already exists". To resolve this, one can run terraform import to import this resource into the "terraform state file" and let terraform import it into the current executable file.
terraform import from terraform registry:
terraform import azurerm_virtual_network.existing /subscriptions/<subscriptionID>/resourceGroups/<resourcegroup>/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/<vnet>
When trying to deploy existing resources in Terraform, you should include a data block. Check the complete script below for your issue, and it was successfully deployed as follows.
data "azurerm_virtual_network" "existing"{
name = "jahnavivnet"
resource_group_name = "example-resources"
}
provider "azurerm" {
features {}
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
name = "example-resources"
location = "West Europe"
}
resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "existing" {
name = "jahnavivnet"
address_space = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
resource_group_name = "example-resources"
location = "West Europe"
}
resource "azurerm_subnet" "existing" {
name = "default"
resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
virtual_network_name = azurerm_virtual_network.existing.name
address_prefixes = ["10.0.2.0/24"]
}
resource "azurerm_network_interface" "example" {
name = "NICxxx"
location = "West Europe"
resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
ip_configuration {
name = "default"
subnet_id = azurerm_subnet.existing.id
private_ip_address_allocation = "Dynamic"
}
}
resource "azurerm_windows_virtual_machine" "example" {
name = "xxxxxnameofVM"
resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
location = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
size = "Standard_F2"
admin_username = "user"
admin_password = "xxxx"
network_interface_ids = [
azurerm_network_interface.example.id,
]
os_disk {
caching = "ReadWrite"
storage_account_type = "Standard_LRS"
}
source_image_reference {
publisher = "MicrosoftWindowsServer"
offer = "WindowsServer"
sku = "2019-Datacenter"
version = "latest"
}
}
Executed terraform init:
Executed terraform plan:
Executed terraform apply --auto-approve:
Deployed virtual machine with the existing virtual network configuration.
Refer terraform templates.