Terraform-provider-azurerm: Feature Request: resource azurerm_automation_variable

[JamesDLD]

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Description

Variable assets are values that are available to all runbooks and DSC configurations in your automation account.

It will be usefull if they can be created, modified, and retrieved from Terraform.

New or Affected Resource(s)

• Affected resource : azurerm_automation_account
• New Automation resource : azurerm_automation_variable
• New Data resource : azurerm_automation_variable

Potential Terraform Configuration

1. Automation resource : azurerm_automation_variable

resource "azurerm_automation_variable" "auto_variable" {
  name                = "myvariable"
  resource_group_name = "myautoaccount_rgname"
  account_name        = "myautoaccount_rgname"
  value               = "myvalue"
  encrypted           = true
  description         = "mydescription"
}

1. Data resource : azurerm_automation_variable

data "azurerm_automation_variable" "auto_variable" {
  name      = "myvariable"
  azurerm_automation_account_id = "/subscriptions/xxx-subscription_id-xxx/resourceGroups/my_rg_name/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/my_auto_account_name"
}

output "auto_variable" {
  value = "${data.azurerm_automation_variable.auto_variable.value}"
}

References

Vendor blog post or documentation

[JunyiYi]

Hi @JamesDLD , thanks for using terraform and creating this feature request. I would like to implement them within next one or two weeks and please allow me to track the progress here:

• [x] Implements new resource azurerm_automation_string_variable
• [ ] ~Implements new resource azurerm_automation_null_variable~
• [x] Implements new resource azurerm_automation_integer_variable
• [x] Implements new resource azurerm_automation_bool_variable
• [x] Implements new resource azurerm_automation_datetime_variable
• [x] Implements new data-source azurerm_automation_string_variable
• [ ] ~Implements new data-source azurerm_automation_null_variable~
• [x] Implements new data-source azurerm_automation_integer_variable
• [x] Implements new data-source azurerm_automation_bool_variable
• [x] Implements new data-source azurerm_automation_datetime_variable

[laughtonsm]

Any news on this guys? Just wondering when this feature is going to be included in the provider

[odee30]

This feature would be really useful.. Any ideas what version of the provider this will be released with?

[WodansSon]

Any news on this guys? Just wondering when this feature is going to be included in the provider

This feature would be really useful.. Any ideas what version of the provider this will be released with?

Sorry for the delay in replying @laughtonsm and @odee30... Yes I do, this will be in v1.28.0 of the provider which should be shipping very soon.

[odee30]

Thanks @jeffreyCline . Good news. Really appreciate the update.

[laughtonsm]

Great stuff. Thanks for the update!

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Thanks @jeffreyClinehttps://github.com/jeffreyCline . Good news. Really appreciate the update.

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This has been released in version 1.28.0 of the provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading. As an example:

provider "azurerm" {
    version = "~> 1.28.0"
}
# ... other configuration ...

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