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azure_instance

Creates a hosted service, role and deployment and then creates a virtual machine in the deployment based on the specified configuration.

Example Usage

resource "azure_hosted_service" "terraform-service" {
    name = "terraform-service"
    location = "North Europe"
    ephemeral_contents = false
    description = "Hosted service created by Terraform."
    label = "tf-hs-01"
}

resource "azure_instance" "web" {
    name = "terraform-test"
    hosted_service_name = "${azure_hosted_service.terraform-service.name}"
    image = "Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS"
    size = "Basic_A1"
    storage_service_name = "yourstorage"
    location = "West US"
    username = "terraform"
    password = "Pass!admin123"

    endpoint {
        name = "SSH"
        protocol = "tcp"
        public_port = 22
        private_port = 22
    }
}

Argument Reference

The following arguments are supported:

• name - (Required) The name of the instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• hosted_service_name - (Optional) The name of the hosted service the instance should be deployed under. If not provided; it will default to the value of name. Changes to this parameter forces the creation of a new resource.

• description - (Optional) The description for the associated hosted service. Changing this forces a new resource to be created (defaults to the instance name).

• image - (Required) The name of an existing VM or OS image to use for this instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• size - (Required) The size of the instance.

• subnet - (Optional) The name of the subnet to connect this instance to. If a value is supplied virtual_network is required. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• virtual_network - (Optional) The name of the virtual network the subnet belongs to. If a value is supplied subnet is required. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• storage_service_name - (Optional) The name of an existing storage account within the subscription which will be used to store the VHDs of this instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created. A Storage Service is required if you are using a Platform Image

• reverse_dns - (Optional) The DNS address to which the IP address of the hosted service resolves when queried using a reverse DNS query. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• location - (Required) The location/region where the cloud service is created. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• automatic_updates - (Optional) If true this will enable automatic updates. This attribute is only used when creating a Windows instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created (defaults false)

• time_zone - (Optional) The appropriate time zone for this instance in the format 'America/Los_Angeles'. This attribute is only used when creating a Windows instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created (defaults false)

• username - (Required) The username of a new user that will be created while creating the instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• password - (Optional) The password of the new user that will be created while creating the instance. Required when creating a Windows instance or when not supplying an ssh_key_thumbprint while creating a Linux instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• ssh_key_thumbprint - (Optional) The SSH thumbprint of an existing SSH key within the subscription. This attribute is only used when creating a Linux instance. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.

• security_group - (Optional) The Network Security Group to associate with this instance.

• endpoint - (Optional) Can be specified multiple times to define multiple endpoints. Each endpoint block supports fields documented below.

The endpoint block supports:

• name - (Required) The name of the external endpoint.

• protocol - (Optional) The transport protocol for the endpoint. Valid options are: tcp and udp (defaults tcp)

• public_port - (Required) The external port to use for the endpoint.

• private_port - (Required) The private port on which the instance is listening.

Attributes Reference

The following attributes are exported:

• id - The instance ID.
• description - The description for the associated hosted service.
• subnet - The subnet the instance is connected to.
• endpoint - The complete set of configured endpoints.
• security_group - The associated Network Security Group.
• ip_address - The private IP address assigned to the instance.
• vip_address - The public IP address assigned to the instance.