Virtual Machine Quickstarts

Worked examples of Bicep and Terraform virtual machine quickstarts. These can be used to show the differences between the tooling and approaches.

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Terraform

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-terraform

Commands:

1. terraform init
2. terraform plan -out main.tfplan
3. terraform apply main.tfplan
4. terraform destroy

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Bicep

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/quick-create-bicep?tabs=CLI

Commands:

1. az group create --name rg-foxtrot-mike --location eastus
2. az deployment group create --resource-group rg-foxtrot-mike --template-file main.bicep --parameters adminUsername=vmaddy
   1. You'll also be prompted to enter adminPassword. The minimum password length is 12 characters.
3. az group delete --name rg-foxtrot-mike