Automation Account

This terraform module simplifies the process of creating and managing automation accounts on azure with customizable options and features, offering a flexible and powerful solution for managing azure automation through code.

Goals

The main objective is to create a more logic data structure, achieved by combining and grouping related resources together in a complex object.

The structure of the module promotes reusability. It's intended to be a repeatable component, simplifying the process of building diverse workloads and platform accelerators consistently.

A primary goal is to utilize keys and values in the object that correspond to the REST API's structure. This enables us to carry out iterations, increasing its practical value as time goes on.

A last key goal is to separate logic from configuration in the module, thereby enhancing its scalability, ease of customization, and manageability.

Non-Goals

These modules are not intended to be complete, ready-to-use solutions; they are designed as components for creating your own patterns.

They are not tailored for a single use case but are meant to be versatile and applicable to a range of scenarios.

Security standardization is applied at the pattern level, while the modules include default values based on best practices but do not enforce specific security standards.

End-to-end testing is not conducted on these modules, as they are individual components and do not undergo the extensive testing reserved for complete patterns or solutions.

Features

• support for multiple variable objects
• ability to have multiple credentials for versatile access management
• utilization of terratest for robust validation
• capability to add multiple modules, including both generic and powershell modules
• ability to associate multiple runbooks with one or more schedules
• dynamic type inference for automation variables

Requirements

Name	Version
terraform	~> 1.0
azurerm	~> 4.0

Providers

Name	Version
azurerm	~> 4.0

Resources

Name	Type
azurerm_automation_account.aa	resource
azurerm_automation_credential.creds	resource
azurerm_automation_module.mod	resource
azurerm_automation_powershell72_module.modpwsh72	resource
azurerm_automation_variable_bool.variables	resource
azurerm_automation_variable_datetime.variables	resource
azurerm_automation_variable_int.variables	resource
azurerm_automation_variable_object.variables	resource
azurerm_automation_variable_string.variables	resource
azurerm_user_assigned_identity.identity	resource

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
config	automation account details	any	n/a	yes
location	default azure region to be used.	string	null	no
naming	contains naming convention	map(string)	{}	no
resource_group	default resource group to be used.	string	null	no
tags	tags to be added to the resources	map(string)	{}	no

Outputs

Name	Description
config	contains automation account details

Testing

For more information, please see our testing guidelines

Notes

Using a dedicated module, we've developed a naming convention for resources that's based on specific regular expressions for each type, ensuring correct abbreviations and offering flexibility with multiple prefixes and suffixes.

Full examples detailing all usages, along with integrations with dependency modules, are located in the examples directory.

To update the module's documentation run make doc

Authors

Module is maintained by these awesome contributors.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the community! Whether it's reporting a bug, suggesting a new feature, or submitting a pull request, your input is highly valued.

For more information, please see our contribution guidelines.

License

MIT Licensed. See LICENSE for full details.

References

• Documentation
• Rest Api