Azure Automation Certificate

This page shows how to write Terraform and Azure Resource Manager for Automation Certificate and write them securely.

azurerm_automation_certificate (Terraform)

The Certificate in Automation can be configured in Terraform with the resource name azurerm_automation_certificate. The following sections describe 6 examples of how to use the resource and its parameters.

Example Usage from GitHub

main.tf#L37
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "example" {
  name                    = "certificate1"
  resource_group_name     = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  automation_account_name = azurerm_automation_account.example.name

  description = "This is an example certificate"
main.tf#L7
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "this" {
  automation_account_name = var.automation_account_name
  base64                  = var.base64
  description             = var.description
  name                    = var.name
  resource_group_name     = var.resource_group_name
main.tf#L7
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "this" {
  automation_account_name = var.automation_account_name
  base64                  = var.base64
  description             = var.description
  name                    = var.name
  resource_group_name     = var.resource_group_name
main.tf#L5
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "auto_cert" {
  name                      = var.name
  resource_group_name       = var.resource_group_name
  automation_account_name   = var.automation_account_name

  description               = var.description
main.tf#L54
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "automationAccountCertificate" {
  name                    = var.automation_run_as_certificate_name
  resource_group_name     = var.resource_group_name
  automation_account_name = azurerm_automation_account.automation_account.name

  description = var.automation_run_as_certificate_name
automationaccount.tf#L118
resource "azurerm_automation_certificate" "test" {
  name                    = "AzureRunAsCertificate"
  resource_group_name     = azurerm_automation_account.test.resource_group_name
  automation_account_name = azurerm_automation_account.test.name
  base64                  = filebase64("certificate.pfx")
}

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Parameters

Explanation in Terraform Registry

Manages an Automation Certificate.

Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/certificates (Azure Resource Manager)

The automationAccounts/certificates in Microsoft.Automation can be configured in Azure Resource Manager with the resource name Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/certificates. The following sections describe how to use the resource and its parameters.

Example Usage from GitHub

An example could not be found in GitHub.

Frequently asked questions

What is Azure Automation Certificate?

Azure Automation Certificate is a resource for Automation of Microsoft Azure. Settings can be wrote in Terraform.

Where can I find the example code for the Azure Automation Certificate?

For Terraform, the lazywinadmin/terraform, kevinhead/azurerm and niveklabs/azurerm source code examples are useful. See the Terraform Example section for further details.