Quickstart: Create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform
Important
Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) will be retired on September 30, 2027. To avoid any service disruption, it is important that you migrate your Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) profiles to Azure Front Door Standard or Premium tier by September 30, 2027. For more information, see Azure CDN Standard from Microsoft (classic) retirement.
Azure CDN from Edgio will be retired on November 4, 2025. You must migrate your workload to Azure Front Door before this date to avoid service disruption. For more information, see Azure CDN from Edgio retirement FAQ.
This article shows how to use Terraform to create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform.
Terraform enables the definition, preview, and deployment of cloud infrastructure. Using Terraform, you create configuration files using HCL syntax. The HCL syntax allows you to specify the cloud provider - such as Azure - and the elements that make up your cloud infrastructure. After you create your configuration files, you create an execution plan that allows you to preview your infrastructure changes before they're deployed. Once you verify the changes, you apply the execution plan to deploy the infrastructure.
In this article, you learn how to:
- Create a random pet name for the Azure resource group name using random_pet
- Create an Azure resource group using azurerm_resource_group
- Create a random string for the CDN endpoint name using random_string
- Create an Azure CDN profile using azurerm_cdn_profile
- Create an Azure CDN endpoint using azurerm_cdn_endpoint
Note
The sample code for this article is located in the Azure Terraform GitHub repo. You can view the log file containing the test results from current and previous versions of Terraform.
See more articles and sample code showing how to use Terraform to manage Azure resources
Create a directory in which to test and run the sample Terraform code and make it the current directory.
Create a file named
main.tf
and insert the following code:resource "random_pet" "rg_name" { prefix = var.resource_group_name_prefix } resource "azurerm_resource_group" "rg" { name = random_pet.rg_name.id location = var.resource_group_location } resource "random_string" "aazurerm_cdn_profile_name" { length = 13 lower = true numeric = false special = false upper = false } resource "azurerm_cdn_profile" "profile" { name = "profile-${random_string.azurerm_cdn_endpoint_name.result}" location = azurerm_resource_group.rg.location resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.rg.name sku = var.cdn_sku } resource "random_string" "azurerm_cdn_endpoint_name" { length = 13 lower = true numeric = false special = false upper = false } resource "azurerm_cdn_endpoint" "endpoint" { name = "endpoint-${random_string.azurerm_cdn_endpoint_name.result}" profile_name = azurerm_cdn_profile.profile.name location = azurerm_resource_group.rg.location resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.rg.name is_http_allowed = true is_https_allowed = true querystring_caching_behaviour = "IgnoreQueryString" is_compression_enabled = true content_types_to_compress = [ "application/eot", "application/font", "application/font-sfnt", "application/javascript", "application/json", "application/opentype", "application/otf", "application/pkcs7-mime", "application/truetype", "application/ttf", "application/vnd.ms-fontobject", "application/xhtml+xml", "application/xml", "application/xml+rss", "application/x-font-opentype", "application/x-font-truetype", "application/x-font-ttf", "application/x-httpd-cgi", "application/x-javascript", "application/x-mpegurl", "application/x-opentype", "application/x-otf", "application/x-perl", "application/x-ttf", "font/eot", "font/ttf", "font/otf", "font/opentype", "image/svg+xml", "text/css", "text/csv", "text/html", "text/javascript", "text/js", "text/plain", "text/richtext", "text/tab-separated-values", "text/xml", "text/x-script", "text/x-component", "text/x-java-source", ] origin { name = "origin1" host_name = var.origin_url } }
Create a file named
outputs.tf
and insert the following code:output "resource_group_name" { value = azurerm_resource_group.rg.name } output "cdn_profile_name" { value = azurerm_cdn_profile.profile.name } output "cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name" { value = azurerm_cdn_endpoint.endpoint.name } output "cdn_endpoint_fqdn" { value = azurerm_cdn_endpoint.endpoint.fqdn }
Create a file named
providers.tf
and insert the following code:terraform { required_version = ">=1.0" required_providers { azurerm = { source = "hashicorp/azurerm" version = "~>3.0" } random = { source = "hashicorp/random" version = "~>3.0" } } } provider "azurerm" { features {} }
Create a file named
variables.tf
and insert the following code:variable "resource_group_location" { type = string description = "Location for all resources." default = "eastus" } variable "resource_group_name_prefix" { type = string description = "Prefix of the resource group name that's combined with a random ID so name is unique in your Azure subscription." default = "rg" } variable "origin_url" { type = string description = "Url of the origin." default = "www.contoso.com" } variable "cdn_sku" { type = string description = "CDN SKU names." default = "Standard_Microsoft" validation { condition = contains(["Standard_Akamai", "Standard_Microsoft", "Standard_Verizon", "Premium_Verizon"], var.cdn_sku) error_message = "The cdn_sku must be one of the following: Standard_Akamai, Standard_Microsoft, Standard_Verizon, Premium_Verizon." } }
Run terraform init to initialize the Terraform deployment. This command downloads the Azure provider required to manage your Azure resources.
terraform init -upgrade
Key points:
- The
-upgrade
parameter upgrades the necessary provider plugins to the newest version that complies with the configuration's version constraints.
Run terraform plan to create an execution plan.
terraform plan -out main.tfplan
Key points:
- The
terraform plan
command creates an execution plan, but doesn't execute it. Instead, it determines what actions are necessary to create the configuration specified in your configuration files. This pattern allows you to verify whether the execution plan matches your expectations before making any changes to actual resources. - The optional
-out
parameter allows you to specify an output file for the plan. Using the-out
parameter ensures that the plan you reviewed is exactly what is applied.
Run terraform apply to apply the execution plan to your cloud infrastructure.
terraform apply main.tfplan
Key points:
- The example
terraform apply
command assumes you previously ranterraform plan -out main.tfplan
. - If you specified a different filename for the
-out
parameter, use that same filename in the call toterraform apply
. - If you didn't use the
-out
parameter, callterraform apply
without any parameters.
Get the Azure resource group name in which the Azure CDN profile and endpoint were created.
resource_group_name=$(terraform output -raw resource_group_name)
Get the CDN profile name.
cdn_profile_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_profile_name)
Get the CDN endpoint name.
cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name)
Run az cdn custom-domain show to show details of the custom domain you created in this article.
az cdn endpoint show --resource-group $resource_group_name \ --profile-name $cdn_profile_name \ --name $cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name
When you no longer need the resources created via Terraform, do the following steps:
Run terraform plan and specify the
destroy
flag.terraform plan -destroy -out main.destroy.tfplan
Key points:
- The
terraform plan
command creates an execution plan, but doesn't execute it. Instead, it determines what actions are necessary to create the configuration specified in your configuration files. This pattern allows you to verify whether the execution plan matches your expectations before making any changes to actual resources. - The optional
-out
parameter allows you to specify an output file for the plan. Using the-out
parameter ensures that the plan you reviewed is exactly what is applied.
- The
Run terraform apply to apply the execution plan.
terraform apply main.destroy.tfplan