Azure Cloud Projects – Terraform Infrastructure Portfolio

This repository contains hands-on Azure cloud engineering projects built with Terraform to demonstrate real-world Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.

The goal of this repository is to showcase practical Azure cloud skills including:

• Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform provisioning
• Azure networking
• Remote Terraform state management
• Cloud architecture design
• Multi-cloud engineering workflows

These projects mirror common production tasks performed by Cloud Engineers, DevOps Engineers, and Platform Engineers.

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Repository Structure

Azure-Cloud-Projects
│
├── project-01-azure-network-baseline
│
└── project-02-azure-terraform-backend

Each project demonstrates a specific cloud engineering concept.

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Project 01 – Azure Network Baseline

This project deploys a foundational Azure network environment using Terraform.

Infrastructure Created

• Azure Resource Group
• Virtual Network (VNet)
• Subnet
• Network Security Group (NSG)
• Public IP Address

These components form the baseline network architecture used in most Azure deployments.

Architecture

Resource Group
      │
      └── Virtual Network
              │
              └── Subnet
                     │
                     └── Network Security Group
                             │
                             └── Public IP

Skills Demonstrated

• Azure networking fundamentals
• Terraform infrastructure provisioning
• Azure Resource Manager integration
• Network security configuration
• Infrastructure as Code workflows

Future Improvements

Future versions of this project may extend the network baseline by attaching:

• Network Interface
• Linux Virtual Machine
• SSH connectivity validation

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Project 02 – Terraform Remote Backend (Azure)

This project provisions an Azure Storage backend for Terraform state management.

Instead of storing Terraform state locally, the infrastructure required to store state remotely is deployed using Terraform itself.

This is considered best practice in production environments.

Infrastructure Created

• Azure Resource Group
• Azure Storage Account
• Azure Blob Container

Architecture

Resource Group
   │
   └── Storage Account
           │
           └── Blob Container
                   │
                   └── Terraform State File

Purpose

Remote state storage enables:

• Team collaboration
• Centralized infrastructure tracking
• State locking
• Safer Terraform deployments

Azure vs AWS Equivalent

AWS	Azure
S3 Bucket	Storage Account
S3 Object	Blob
S3 Bucket Folder	Blob Container
DynamoDB Lock Table	Blob state locking

Skills Demonstrated

• Terraform backend architecture
• Azure Storage provisioning
• Terraform remote state management
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud backend design

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Tools Used

• Terraform
• Azure CLI
• GitHub
• GitHub Codespaces
• Azure Resource Manager

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Deployment Workflow

Typical Terraform workflow used in these projects:

terraform init
terraform validate
terraform plan
terraform apply

To remove infrastructure:

terraform destroy

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Learning Goals

This repository is designed to demonstrate practical experience with:

• Azure infrastructure provisioning
• Terraform architecture
• Cloud networking
• Remote state management
• DevOps workflows
• Multi-cloud engineering

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Future Projects

Planned future projects include:

• Azure Key Vault deployment
• Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
• Container deployment with Azure Container Instances
• Secure private networking
• CI/CD automation for Terraform

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Author

Xavier Simpson

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer (Aspiring)

GitHub: https://github.com/XSimpson765