How Terraform Authentication works with Azure

How authentication works in Terraform

Terraform Authentication using Azure SPN

To authenticate Terraform with Azure, you can use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to generate a service principal (SPN), and then use the workstation CLI to configure the necessary environment variables for Terraform to access and manage Azure resources.

Azure SPN from a workstation

To authenticate Terraform with Azure, you can use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to generate a service principal (SPN), and then use the workstation CLI to configure the necessary environment variables for Terraform to access and manage Azure resources.

Create an Azure SPN for Terraform

An Azure Service Principal (SPN) is a security identity used by applications and services to access Azure resources.

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