Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Set Up Cloud Shell and the Lab Environment

   In the Portal

   1. Click the Cloud Shell icon (>_) in the upper right.

   2. Select Bash.

   3. In the Getting started pane, select No storage account required for an ephemeral session.

   4. Using the dropdown menu, select the only subscription available.

   5. Click Apply.

   6. In Cloud Shell, create the clouddrive directory:

      mkdir clouddrive
      

   7. Change directory:

      cd clouddrive
      

   8. Download the lab_5_setup.sh script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ACloudGuru/advanced-terraform-with-azure/main/lab_vm_cluster_resources/lab_5_setup.sh

   9. Add execute permissions to the script.

   10. Run the lab_5_setup.sh script.

2. Challenge

   Import the Resource Group

   In the Cloud Shell

   1. In the Cloud Shell, review the networking.tf file.

   2. Make note of the resource group and label, and then close the file.

   3. Run the az group list command to get the subscription ID.

   4. Import your resource group into Terraform using the resource name, label, and subscription ID.

   5. After the import, add the name and location of your resource group to the networking.tf file so it looks like the code below (fill in with your resource group and location):

      resource "azurerm_resource_group" "comics" {
          name     = "<RESOURCE_GROUP>"
          location = "<LOCATION>"
      }
      

   6. Save the file.

3. Challenge

   Define Your Cluster Config and Output Variables

   In the Cloud Shell

   1. Create a file called vms.tf.
   2. Define the VM configuration so it will deploy a two-VM cluster using count.
   3. Make sure you associate your VMs with your subnet and load balancer backend pool in the networking.tf file, and adjust for the multiple resources in your configuration.
   4. Save the changes.
   5. Create a file called output.tf.
   6. Define the these outputs:
      • Resource group
      • Private IP of the first VM
      • Private IP of the second VM
      • Public IP
      • Resource group location
   7. Save the changes.
4. Challenge

   Add the VM Cluster Terraform Config and Deploy

   In the Cloud Shell

   1. Apply your configuration.
   2. Confirm you have successfully deployed your VM cluster.