Automating Azure Service Principal with Terraform

Introduction In this blog post, we will explore how to efficiently manage Azure Active Directory (AD) Service Principals using Terraform. Before we delve into automating this process, let’s discuss what a Service Principal is, what App Registration entails, and why it’s necessary. App Registration As the name suggests, App Registration provides Azure AD authentication / authorization for any applications (e.g. Azure DevOps). This is how it looks like : Once registered, the application appears in App Registrations and Enterprise Registrations also known as Service Principals....

April 24, 2024 · 7 min · 1433 words · Colin Loh