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Chapter 7 - Terraform Multiple Providers

Using azurerm and azurerm together

Overview​

You can use multiple providers for multiple regions.

You can use one provider for eastus and one for centralus.

Implement multiple providers​

Use an alias to define multiple providers.

# Terraform Block
terraform {
  required_version = ">= 0.15"
  required_providers {
    azurerm = {
      source = "hashicorp/azurerm"
      version = ">= 2.0"
    }
  }
}

# Provider-1 for CentralUS (Default Provider)
provider "azurerm" {
  features {}
}

# Provider-2 for EastUS2
provider "azurerm" {
  features {
    virtual_machine {
      delete_os_disk_on_deletion = false # This will ensure when the Virtual Machine is destroyed, Disk is not deleted, default is true and we can alter it at provider level
    }
  }
  alias = "provider2-eastus2"
  #client_id = "XXXX"
  #client_secret = "YYY"
  #environment = "dr"
  #subscription_id = "differentsubID"
}