4 Ways To Create Azure Resources

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GETTING STARTED

🧪 Let’s quickly get started and create our first ever resource; a Resource Group.

1️⃣ CREATE USING AZURE PORTAL

1. Let’s go to portal.azure.com and login using your Microsoft credentials.
2. Go to Global Search bar (G+/) and search for Resource Group.
3. Click on + Create button.
4. Now, you need to fill in 2 details:
   1. Resource Group Name - I’m naming it TestRGUsingPortal
   2. Location/Region - I’m using CentralIndia
5. You can now Click on Next. Feel free to add tags if you want.
6. Once done, click on Create

2️⃣ CREATE USING AZURE CLI

🚩 Skip 1st and 2nd step if you’re using Azure Cloud Shell.

1. Download and install Azure CLI from aka.ms/azcli
2. Run command az login to login.

3. Run below command to create a new Resource Group using Azure CLI

    az group create --name 'TestRGUsingAzCLI'
   

3️⃣ CREATE USING AZURE POWERSHELL

🚩 Skip 1st and 2nd step if you’re using Azure Cloud Shell.

1. Download and install Azure PowerShell module by running below command:

    Install-Module -Name 'Az' -Scope CurrentUser
   

2. Login to Azure PowerShell using command: Login-AzAccount

3. Finally let’s create a Resource group using below command:

    New-AzResourceGroup -Name 'TestRGUsingAzPowerShell'
   

4️⃣ CREATE USING HASHICORP TERRAFORM

1. Let’s create folder: mkdir terraform-demo && cd terraform-demo

2. Let’s create a new terraform file main.tf and add below contents:

    provider "azurerm" {
      features {}
      subscription_id = "0000-0000-0000000-00000000-0000000"
    }
   
    resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg" {
      name     = "TestRGUsingTerraform"
      location = "JapanEest"
   
      tags = {
        environment = "sandbox"
        platform    = "app"
        department  = "finance"
      }
    }
   

3. To find the subscription ID, use command az account show --query 'id'
4. Use terraform init to initialize terraform.
5. Use terraform apply to create the resource group. Make sure you type yes and hit enter when asked to.

🧠 BONUS TIPS

1. Use terraform destroy to delete what you’ve created using Terraform.
2. Use --auto-approve flag with apply and destroy commands to skip confirmation. E.g.
   1. terraform apply --auto-approve
   2. terraform destroy --auto-approve

3. Use below PowerShell command to delete the resources that were created as part of this demo:

    Get-AzResourceGroup -Name 'TestRGUsing*' | Remove-AzResourceGroup -Force