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samuel-torres.com
Role
Provisioning Azure infrastructure declaratively instead of clicking through the Azure Portal, so environments are reproducible and reviewable — a personal project.
Core stack
Terraform · Azure · HCL · GitHub Actions · Azure Blob Storage · IaC
Code
What it is
Provisioning Azure infrastructure the same way application code is written: as version-controlled, reviewable files, instead of a sequence of manual clicks in the Azure Portal that nobody can diff or replay. The resource definitions live in HCL, and a CI pipeline is the only thing that actually applies them.
How it's built
- Azure resources defined in HCL, with variables separated from resource definitions so the same configuration can target different environments.
- Remote state stored in Azure Blob Storage rather than kept as a local file — state that only lives on one laptop can't be shared or trusted.
- A GitHub Actions workflow running
terraform planandterraform apply, so changes go through CI instead of being run ad hoc from a local machine. - The full init → plan → apply → destroy cycle exercised deliberately, including tearing environments down cleanly instead of only ever building them up.
Design notes
Terraform's plan output is the whole point — it says exactly what will change before anything actually changes. Applying without reading the plan defeats the reason to use Terraform at all.
State stored in Azure Blob Storage means the source of truth about what's deployed isn't tied to one machine, and supports locking so two applies can't collide.
Running apply from GitHub Actions instead of a local terminal means every change to real infrastructure has a matching commit and a log of what ran.
Short version (portfolio card)
Azure infrastructure provisioned as code with Terraform: HCL resource definitions, remote state on Azure Blob Storage, and plan/apply run through a GitHub Actions pipeline.
Resume / LinkedIn bullets
- Provisioned Azure infrastructure as code with Terraform (HCL), replacing manual Azure Portal setup with reviewable, version-controlled configuration.
- Configured remote Terraform state on Azure Blob Storage for shared, lockable state instead of a local state file.
- Automated plan/apply through a GitHub Actions CI pipeline.