Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "This step is skipped if terraform init is run with the -plugin-dir=<PATH> or -get-plugins=false options."

A block of code is set as follows:

# Configure the Microsoft Azure provider 
provider "azurerm" { 
  version            = "=2.20.0" 
  features {}

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

  subscription_id    = "...." 
  client_id          = "...." 
  client_secret      = "...." 
  tenant_id          = "...." 
} 

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

 mkdir terraform && cd terraform

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Now you need to set the environment variable path for Terraform.exe, and to do that, go to This PC, right-click on it, and go to Properties | Advance system settings | Environment Variables."

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