--- title: Azure DevOps CI/CD with Terraform | daily.dev description: This post provides an overview of using Azure DevOps to implement CI/CD with Terraform for deploying infrastructure in Azure. It explains the concept of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-ci-cd-with-terraform-aeefyyxje twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Azure DevOps CI/CD with Terraform | daily.dev og:description: This post provides an overview of using Azure DevOps to implement CI/CD with Terraform for deploying infrastructure in Azure. It explains the concept of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-ci-cd-with-terraform-aeefyyxje og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aeefyYxJE.png og:image:alt: Azure DevOps CI/CD with Terraform og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Azure DevOps CI/CD with Terraform **[AWS Tip](https://daily.dev/sources/awstip)** · 4 min read · 14 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary This post provides an overview of using Azure DevOps to implement CI/CD with Terraform for deploying infrastructure in Azure. It explains the concept of Terraform and how it works, and provides step-by-step instructions for initializing the Terraform Provider. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@brankopetric** · 1 upvotes > I would always recommend not using release pipelines and having everything in YAML. You could configure pre-deployment approval on stage level (with environments or service connections) and pass terraform plan output as artifact to apply stage. > > In addition, you cloud have a nice output of a terraform plan in extra tab and have everything in one place. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#terraform](https://daily.dev/tags/terraform), [#iac](https://daily.dev/tags/iac), [#azure-devops](https://daily.dev/tags/azure-devops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-ci-cd-with-terraform-aeefyyxje) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Azure DevOps CI/CD with Terraform","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-ci-cd-with-terraform-aeefyyxje","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/azure-devops-ci-cd-with-terraform-aeefyyxje"},"datePublished":"2024-04-19T17:45:43.331Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:09.090Z","description":"This post provides an overview of using Azure DevOps to implement CI/CD with Terraform for deploying infrastructure in Azure. 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