How Terraform Authenticate to Azure?

How Terraform Authenticate to Azure?

• Authenticating to Azure using the Azure CLI
• Authenticating to Azure using Managed Service Identity
• Authenticating to Azure using a Service Principal and a Client Certificate
• Authenticating to Azure using a Service Principal and a Client Secret

Reference

• https://owendavies.net/articles/create-azure-virtual-machine-with-terraform/
• https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/azure-build?in=terraform/azure-get-started
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/terraform/create-linux-virtual-machine-with-infrastructure
• https://owendavies.net/articles/create-azure-virtual-machine-with-terraform/
• https://gmusumeci.medium.com/how-to-bootstrapping-azure-vms-with-terraform-c8fdaa457836

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