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--- title: 'Quickstart: Create an Azure Front Door using Terraform' description: This quickstart describes how to create an Azure Front Door using Terraform. author: johndowns ms.author: jodowns ms.service: azure-frontdoor ms.topic: quickstart ms.date: 08/11/2023 ms.custom: devx-track-terraform content_well_notification: - AI-contribution ai-usage: ai-assisted --- # Quickstart: Create an Azure Front Door using Terraform **Applies to:** :heavy_check_mark: Front Door Standard :heavy_check_mark: Front Door Premium This quickstart describes how to use Terraform to create a Front Door profile to set up high availability for a web endpoint. [!INCLUDE [ddos-waf-recommendation](../../includes/ddos-waf-recommendation.md)] In this article, you learn how to: > [!div class="checklist"] > * Create a random value 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 value for the Front Door endpoint resource name and App Service app name using [random_id](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/random/latest/docs/resources/id). > * Create a Front Door profile using [azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_profile](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_frontdoor_profile). > * Create a Front Door endpoint using [azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_endpoint](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_frontdoor_endpoint). > * Create a Front Door origin group using [azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_origin_group](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_frontdoor_origin_group) > * Create a Front Door origin, which refers to the App Service app, using [azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_origin](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_frontdoor_origin). > * Create a Front Door route using [azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_route](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/cdn_frontdoor_route). > * Create an App Service plan using [azurerm_service_plan](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/service_plan). > * Create an App Service app using [azurerm_windows_web_app](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/windows_web_app). ## 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-front-door-standard-premium). You can view the log file containing the [test results from current and previous versions of Terraform](https://github.com/Azure/terraform/tree/master/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/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 the sample Terraform code and make it the current directory. 1. Create a file named `providers.tf` and insert the following code: :::code language="Terraform" source="~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/providers.tf"::: 1. Create a file named `main.tf` and insert the following code: :::code language="Terraform" source="~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/main.tf"::: 1. Create a file named `app-service.tf` and insert the following code: :::code language="Terraform" source="~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/app-service.tf"::: 1. Create a file named `variables.tf` and insert the following code: :::code language="Terraform" source="~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/variables.tf"::: 1. Create a file named `outputs.tf` and insert the following code: :::code language="Terraform" source="~/terraform_samples/quickstart/101-front-door-standard-premium/outputs.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 1. Get the Front Door endpoint: ```console terraform output -raw frontDoorEndpointHostName ``` 1. Paste the endpoint into a browser. :::image type="content" source="./media/create-front-door-terraform/endpoint.png" alt-text="Screenshot of a successful connection to endpoint."::: ## 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"] > [Overview of Azure Front Door](front-door-overview.md)