The VSCode Azure Terraform extension is designed to increase developer productivity authoring, testing and using Terraform with Azure. The extension provides terraform command support and resource graph visualization.
Important Note
⚠️ CloudShell integration is currently unavailable in this version of the extension. All Terraform commands will run in your local integrated terminal.
Requirements
This extension requires:
Terraform - Required for executing terraform commands
NOTE: Please make sure these requirements are in your PATH environment variable.
Features
This extension supports the following features:
Terraform commands: init, plan, apply, validate, refresh and destroy
Visualize the terraform module
Commands
Open the Command Palette (Command+Shift+P on macOS and Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux) and type in one of the following commands:
Command
Description
Basic commands:
Azure Terraform: init
Azure Terraform: plan
Azure Terraform: apply
Azure Terraform: validate
Azure Terraform: refresh
Azure Terraform: destroy
Execute terraform command against the current project workspace.
Note: All commands run in your local integrated terminal.
Azure Terraform: visualize
Create a visual representation of the components of the module and save it in graph.png.
Azure Terraform: Execute Test
Run one of the following test against the current module using a test container:
lint: This command will check the formating of the code of the Terraform module.
e2e: This command will deploy the current module with the settings specified in the .tfvars file, verify that the deployment pass the controls and destroy the resources that have been created.
Extension Settings
azureTerraform.terminal - Specifies terminal used to run Terraform commands. Currently only integrated terminal is supported.
azureTerraform.test.imageName - Indicates the container to use to run the tests. By default: microsoft/terraform-test.
azureTerraform.test.aciName - Indicates the name of the Azure Container Instance to use for testing. By default: tf-test-aci.
azureTerraform.test.aciResourceGroup - Indicates the name of the Resource Group to use for the ACI instance. By default: tfTestResourceGroup.
azureTerraform.aciContainerGroup - Indicates the name of the Container Group that host the ACI instance. By default: tfTestContainerGroup
azureTerraform.test.location - Indicates the location where to deploy the test container instance. By default: westus.
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