Create CosmosDB using Terraform

Create CosmosDB using terraform in easy steps.

This example provisions a CosmosDB Account in a single region.

To create an CosmosDB using Terraform, you will need to complete the following steps:

1. Install Terraform on your local machine.

2. Create a new directory for your Azure SQL Server project and navigate to it in your terminal.

3. Create a new file called main.tf in your project directory and add the following code to it:

main.tf

provider "azurerm" {
  features {}
}

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
  name     = "${var.prefix}-resources"
  location = var.location
}

resource "azurerm_cosmosdb_account" "example" {
  name                = "${var.prefix}-cosmosdb"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  offer_type          = "Standard"
  kind                = "GlobalDocumentDB"

  consistency_policy {
    consistency_level       = "BoundedStaleness"
    max_interval_in_seconds = 10
    max_staleness_prefix    = 200
  }

  geo_location {
    location          = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
    failover_priority = 0
  }
}

variables.tf

variable "prefix" {
  description = "epma"
}

variable "location" {
  description = "East US"
}

Terraform’s four magic words

terraform init — loads the settings and pulls the providers

terraform plan — preview the environment and show how it will look before going to production

terraform apply — apply system

terraform destroy — destroy :)

Azure portal and CosmosDB