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azure

Stores the state as a given key in a given bucket on Microsoft Azure Storage.

-> Note: Passing credentials directly via config options will make them included in cleartext inside the persisted state. Use of environment variables or config file is recommended.

Example Usage

terraform remote config \
  -backend=azure \
  -backend-config="storage_account_name=terraform123abc" \
  -backend-config="container_name=terraform-state" \
  -backend-config="key=prod.terraform.tfstate"

Example Referencing

# setup remote state data source
data "terraform_remote_state" "foo" {
  backend = "azure"
  config {
    storage_account_name = "terraform123abc"
    container_name       = "terraform-state"
    key                  = "prod.terraform.tfstate"
  }
}

Configuration variables

The following configuration options are supported:

• storage_account_name - (Required) The name of the storage account
• container_name - (Required) The name of the container to use within the storage account
• key - (Required) The key where to place/look for state file inside the container
• access_key / ARM_ACCESS_KEY - (Optional) Storage account access key
• resource_group_name - (Optional) The name of the resource group for the storage account. This is required when using the ARM credentials described below.
• arm_subscription_id - (Optional) The subscription ID to use. It can also be sourced from the ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID environment variable.
• arm_client_id - (Optional) The client ID to use. It can also be sourced from the ARM_CLIENT_ID environment variable.
• arm_client_secret - (Optional) The client secret to use. It can also be sourced from the ARM_CLIENT_SECRET environment variable.
• arm_tenant_id - (Optional) The tenant ID to use. It can also be sourced from the ARM_TENANT_ID environment variable.