Getting Started with Packer and Terraform on Azure!

EPISODE 9
Lot's to cover in this episode covering the basics of Packer and Terraform on Azure. Demonstrates how to setup a Packer HCL project and use it from a Terraform project to provision Virtual Machines using your own custom images!

- Build two Virtual Machine images with Packer. One for both Linux and Windows.
- Use Terraform to setup a Packer Image repository.
- Create reusable Terraform modules for provisioning a simple Linux and Windows Virtual Machines.
- Create reusable Terraform module for provisioning a simple network to host your VMs.
- Reference your Packer VM Images, deploy your VMs and connect to them using SSH and RDP!

Keep the knowledge flowing!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/azterraf...

Source Code:
https://github.com/markti/azure-terra...

Azure ARM Packer Builder
https://developer.hashicorp.com/packe...

Azure ARM Terraform Provider
https://registry.terraform.io/provide...

Terraform Resource List:

- random_string
- azurerm_resource_group
- azurerm_virtual_network
- azurerm_bastion_host
- azurerm_linux_virtual_machine
- azurerm_windows_virtual_machine

Azure Resource Naming Conventions
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azu...