Use Terraform Input Variables to Parameterize Infrastructure Deployments

Now that we’ve gone through an introduction to Terraform, let’s take a look at parameterizing our deployments using Terraform Input Variables. Input Variables enable you to pass in configuration values at the time of deployment. This is a great way to build a Terraform project that can be reused to deploy multiple different environments or similar deployments that have slightly different configuration. These configurations are passed into the deployment as variables passed to the Terraform CLI when the plan or apply commands are executed.

Let’s dive in!
 

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The Weeks Top Links

Here are some of the most notable links from the week:

• MVPs Dan Patrick and Kevin Bost to live stream Terraform via Build5Nines
• Terraform AzureRM Provider v2.30.0 Released via Chris Pietschmann
• Terraform updates to version 0.13.4 via Dan Patrick
• Exploring your .NET applications with dotnet-monitor via Scott Hanselman
• Surface Duo with Dan Patrick on Microsoft Cloud IT Pro Podcast via Build5Nines
• Microsoft Azure is Multiple Clouds – Public, US Gov, China and Germany via Chris Pietschmann
• Microsoft Launches New $549 Surface laptop Go via Mehedi Hassan
• Why we invite security researchers to hack Azure Sphere via Teri Seals-Dormer
• Microsoft Azure Brings Confidential Computing to Kubernetes via Mary Branscombe

Recent Videos from Build5Nines

• Getting Started with Azure CLI and Cloud Shell – Azure CLI Kung Fu Series
• A Look at winget, Windows Package Manager for Windows 10
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• Create Azure IoT Hub in Azure Portal
• Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Certification (AZ-220) Prerequisites, Objectives, and Study Tips

Microsoft Azure Service Updates

Here’s a list of the Microsoft Azure Service Updates from over the past week:

• Announcing new lower pricing for Azure Files premium tier
• Standard Load Balancer and Public IP addresses support resource group move
• Microsoft plans to establish new cloud datacenter region in Greece
• Action required: Review your applications to avoid service disruption during Azure changes
• Public Preview: Azure NetApp Files Manual QoS Capacity Pool
• Dark theme is now available for the Azure mobile app
• New analytics and windowing capabilities in Stream Analytics
• Reserved capacity on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale is now available
• Azure portal September 2020 update
• Raw Logs and Metrics are generally available on Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) from Microsoft CDN
• Learn how to manage and optimize your Azure costs with our guided learning modules
• Monitor Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes with Metric Alerts
• Public preview of Azure Stream Analytics unit testing capability in an CI/CD pipeline
• Azure Security Center—News and updates for September 2020
• Embedded C SDK general availability
• Long term retention for Azure Database for PostgreSQL-Single Server
• Azure DevTest Labs: Encrypt OS disks in your lab
• New features for Windows Server containers in Azure Kubernetes Service
• Confidential computing nodes (DCSv2) support on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) in public preview
• GA: Data Factory adds ORC data lake file format support for ADF Data Flows and Synapse Data Flows
• Public Preview: Data Factory adds SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI) support for ADF Data Flows and Synapse Data Flows
• Azure Cognitive Services Translator Text— Assamese language now available
• General availability: Azure Availability Zones in more regions
• Spring Data Azure Cosmos DB SDK v3.0.0 release now available
• New performance recommendations now available in Azure Advisor
• New recommendations for operational excellence are now available in Azure Advisor
• Azure Ultra Disk is now available in more regions
• New guided UI experience to deploy machine learning models in Azure Synapse Analytics (in preview)
• New Common Data Model connector for Apache Spark in Azure Synapse Analytics & Azure Databricks (in preview)
• Shared disks on Azure Disk Storage is now available in broader set of regions

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