This series of posts is intended to assist in learning how to use Terraform with Azure – we will walk through a full deployment, covering off each step and all elements within the code. Within this series of posts I will walk through the following steps, breaking down the installation and Terraform code step-by-step to give an overview: Part 1: […]
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Updated! – Securing your deployment with code scanning in GitHub Actions
Security scanning of code, before, during, and after deployment is a great way to enhance the security of any project. Knowing that your code is being analysed for issues before deployment, during the build phase, and then after deployment when you are in the support/run phase, can really help to improve the security posture of an environment, with minimal effort […]
Continue Reading →Deploying Azure Resources with Terraform using GitHub Actions
To deploy any of the Terraform-Azure Environments, or any Terraform code for Azure you have created yourself, using GitHub Actions, follow the steps outlined below. 1. Fork the Terraform-Azure Repository This will then allow you to access backend settings privately and create your own deployments based on the code within. You can then of course customise code, make changes, or […]
Continue Reading →Deploying and Configuring Azure Firewall using Terraform
Recently I’ve been working with Azure Firewall and deploying it into various environments to provide security and traffic control. I’ve been doing the majority of the deployment of Azure Firewall using Terraform, so wanted to outline a few tips, tricks, and provide some specific code examples to help anyone else looking to deploy this using Terraform. For this post, I […]
Continue Reading →Updates to my Terraform Azure base Lab Environments
Earlier this year I blogged about some Lab Environments I’d created using Terraform, and shared in my GitHub repo: “Recently I have been working more and more with Terraform – and seeing the benefits to what I can do in a short space of time within Azure, using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies. I’m now using Terraform for all my […]
Continue Reading →UK Windows Virtual Desktop User Group – Azure NetApp Files Cross Region Replication
This week I presented at the UK Windows Virtual Desktop User Group May Meeting. I went through Azure NetApp Files Cross Region Replication, which is currently in Preview. Thanks to Neil and Kirk for organising the meetup! Demo Lab Environment For anyone wishing to deploy the Cross Region Replication Lab that I used in my presentation, these files are available […]
Continue Reading →Azure DevOps – Azure NetApp Files (Part 2, Terraform)
For the next post in this series around using Azure DevOps and WVD, I wanted continue focusing on Azure NetApp Files. Continuing on from Part 1 in this series, I will be covering the setup of Azure NetApp Files (ANF) within an Azure DevOps Pipeline, but this time using Terraform to deploy ANF. In Part 1, Azure CLI was used […]
Continue Reading →Azure DevOps – Azure NetApp Files (Part 1, Azure CLI)
For the next post in this series around using Azure DevOps and WVD, I wanted to focus on Azure NetApp Files. Azure NetApp Files (ANF) is often used for hosting both application and profile data, and in particular is used when rapid access and high IO throughput are required. This is often the case with User Profiles in a VDI […]
Continue Reading →Azure DevOps – using Packer to create images
Recently I’ve been using Packer to create images for use with Citrix Cloud and Windows Virtual Desktop, and building this into a DevOps Pipeline, to automate creation of images based on a JSON template. Within Azure DevOps this is a really simple process – and great for creating VM images within your Pipelines, or for Lab/Testing environments too. I use […]
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