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--- ROBOTS: NOINDEX title: 'Quickstart: Create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform' titleSuffix: Azure Content Delivery Network description: In this article, you create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform services: cdn ms.service: azure-cdn ms.topic: quickstart ms.date: 03/31/2025 ms.custom: devx-track-terraform author: TomArcherMsft ms.author: tarcher content_well_notification: - AI-contribution ai-usage: ai-assisted # Customer intent: "As a cloud engineer, I want to create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform, so that I can efficiently manage content delivery and scale my application." --- # Quickstart: Create an Azure CDN profile and endpoint using Terraform [!INCLUDE [Azure CDN from Microsoft (classic) retirement notice](../../includes/cdn-classic-retirement.md)] This article shows how to use Terraform to create an [Azure CDN profile and endpoint](/azure/cdn/cdn-overview) using [Terraform](/azure/developer/terraform/quickstart-configure). [!INCLUDE [Terraform abstract](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/terraform/includes/abstract.md)] In this article, you learn how to: > [!div class="checklist"] > - Create a random pet name for the Azure resource group name using [random_pet](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/pet) > - Create an Azure resource group using [azurerm_resource_group](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/resource_group) > - Create a random string for the CDN endpoint name using [random_string](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/string) > - Create an Azure CDN profile using [azurerm_cdn_profile](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_profile) > - Create an Azure CDN endpoint using [azurerm_cdn_endpoint](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_endpoint) ## Prerequisites - [Install and configure Terraform](/azure/developer/terraform/quickstart-configure) ## Implement the Terraform code > [!NOTE] > The sample code for this article is located in the [Azure Terraform GitHub repo](https://github.com/Azure/terraform/tree/master/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin). You can view the log file containing the [test results from current and previous versions of Terraform](https://github.com/Azure/terraform/blob/master/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin/TestRecord.md). > > See more [articles and sample code showing how to use Terraform to manage Azure resources](/azure/terraform) 1. Create a directory in which to test and run the sample Terraform code and make it the current directory. 1. Create a file named `main.tf` and insert the following code: [!code-terraform[master](~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin/main.tf)] 1. Create a file named `outputs.tf` and insert the following code: [!code-terraform[master](~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin/outputs.tf)] 1. Create a file named `providers.tf` and insert the following code: [!code-terraform[master](~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin/providers.tf)] 1. Create a file named `variables.tf` and insert the following code: [!code-terraform[master](~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-cdn-with-custom-origin/variables.tf)] ## Initialize Terraform [!INCLUDE [terraform-init.md](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/terraform/includes/terraform-init.md)] ## Create a Terraform execution plan [!INCLUDE [terraform-plan.md](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/terraform/includes/terraform-plan.md)] ## Apply a Terraform execution plan [!INCLUDE [terraform-apply-plan.md](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/terraform/includes/terraform-apply-plan.md)] ## Verify the results <a name='azure-cli'></a> #### [Azure CLI](#tab/azure-cli) 1. Get the Azure resource group name in which the Azure CDN profile and endpoint were created. ```console resource_group_name=$(terraform output -raw resource_group_name) ``` 1. Get the CDN profile name. ```console cdn_profile_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_profile_name) ``` 1. Get the CDN endpoint name. ```console cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name) ``` 1. Run [az cdn custom-domain show](/cli/azure/cdn/custom-domain#az-cdn-custom-domain-show) to show details of the custom domain you created in this article. ```azurecli az cdn endpoint show --resource-group $resource_group_name \ --profile-name $cdn_profile_name \ --name $cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name ``` #### [Azure PowerShell](#tab/azure-powershell) 1. Get the Azure resource group name in which the Azure CDN profile and endpoint were created. ```console $resource_group_name=$(terraform output -raw resource_group_name) ``` 1. Get the CDN profile name. ```console $cdn_profile_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_profile_name) ``` 1. Get the CDN endpoint name. ```console $cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name=$(terraform output -raw cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name) ``` 1. Run [Get-AzCdnEndpoint](/powershell/module/az.cdn/get-azcdnendpoint) to show details of the custom domain you created in this article. ```console Get-AzCdnEndpoint -ResourceGroupName $resource_group_name ` -ProfileName $cdn_profile_name ` -Name $cdn_endpoint_endpoint_name ``` --- ## Clean up resources [!INCLUDE [terraform-plan-destroy.md](~/azure-dev-docs-pr/articles/terraform/includes/terraform-plan-destroy.md)] ## Troubleshoot Terraform on Azure [Troubleshoot common problems when using Terraform on Azure](/azure/developer/terraform/troubleshoot) ## Next steps > [!div class="nextstepaction"] > [Tutorial: Use CDN to serve static content from a web app](cdn-add-to-web-app.md)