How to use Variable Groups to Improve your Azure Pipelines and Terraform Builds | CCT#1

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In this episode we talk about using Variable Groups in your Azure Pipelines to stream line your Terraform Builds. This will be a UA-cam only series and will not be available on the Podcasts (let me know if you want it for audio only versions!)
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[@stergiazotali2282]

It just saved my day(or should I say night...)..

[@SomeoneElsesCloud]

Awesome! Glad it helped ✌️

[@souravsengupta6183]

Hi Sunny, I am trying to create a pipeline for each environment and was facing problem related to the terraform variables. After watching this video I tried passing those variables' values throgh commandOption but not I am getting an error "Too many command line arguments." . Could you please help me out here.

[@ajaysriram2351]

Bro, i tried but i am getting ambiguity task issue. Having same name of task for terraform init,apply . How to resolve?

[@SomeoneElsesCloud]

Hey Ajay, did you modify the yaml pipeline from my repo? Whats the actual error you are getting?

[@sai-od6pm]

Hi Bro,
Could you please mention a way to declare a file instead of mentioning each variable there ( -var filename like this)
Awaiting for your reply

[@SomeoneElsesCloud]

Hey mate, so if I understand you correctly, you just want the variables in a file? Theorectically you can write your code like a module and have variables with default values, see this video: ua-cam.com/video/o9KD7lLrQvg/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SomeoneElse%27sCloud and I also created this video using a tfvars file (its still injected via command like but you can put as many values as you wanted in here: ua-cam.com/video/Ju3-V5ipbNw/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SomeoneElse%27sCloud

[@sai-od6pm]

Thanks for the reply
I watched all your videos
My doubt is that As you declared variables in azure pipelines and mentioned those in command options with each variable as -var assetname=${vg-assetname} instead of this can we turn those azure pipelines variables groups into file and use them in the command options as -var filename
Could you suggest me

[@sai-od6pm]

Bro waiting for your reply, please

[@SomeoneElsesCloud]

@@sai-od6pm I don't think you understand what the tfvars file does? I believe that is what your are asking but this is a terraform point of view. I am not sure if there is a way to do it in azure devops besides using a command line in your pipeline to read the file and set them as environment variables. I don't think they're is any other way as variable groups are configured via the portal.

[@akorenkov]

It's pronounced Azure not Azure

[@SomeoneElsesCloud]

Agreed, I used to call it Azure but now I call it Azure!