Retrieving resource ids with Terraform remote state

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So, if you want to retreive a rersource id of an Azure resource and share it between configurations when working with Terraform. 

 

To explain that, we can refer to this example : 

 

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Here, we will deploy via two pipeline to simplify this example  : 

 

-Infrastructure

---Networking

##Create the resource group
##Create Virtual Network
##Create Subnet Workload
##Create "AzureFirewallSubnet"
---Firewall
##Create the Firewall  Policy

##Create Firewall

 

NOTE THAT, we have two different state file : 

 

When you’re using multiple folders, you simply cannot have a single state file. 
You can have a single location where you store the different state files.

 

-- One for the networking deployment 

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-- Second for the firewall deployment 

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So, the first step is to deploy the network part :  ( state file is "networking.tfstate" )

 

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and outputs ,  that we will need it later 

 

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Here is the network deployment 

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After that, we need to create the firewall and here we need to use the RG, location and the "AzureFirewallSubnet" of the network folder. 

 

How ? 

 

NOTE :   To get the outputs of the first folder and make them available for the second folder, you can use terraform_remote_state (https://www.terraform.io/language/state/remote). The best practice is to use a data source to get the data you need, but that does require you to provide some info in the second folder. 

 

We need to add the configuration of the terraform_remote_state in the firewall.tf who is located at the folder Firewall 

 

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Then, we can refer for the resources from the folder Netwoking with the outputs of the networking part  : 

 

- RG :  

Output from netwokring 

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firewall.tf file 

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- location : 

Output from netwokring 

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firewall.tf file 

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- Subnet Firewall : 

Output from netwokring 

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firewall.tf file 

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ALL the file firewall.tf : 

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We can see the deployment now : 

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I tried as much as possible to simplify things  :smile: :stareyes:

 

 

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