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20200223

The upload size in bytes # - 512 bytes for the VHD footer (# in this case) must be a multiple of MiB.

$ wc -c os_disk.vhdx
5272240128 os_disk.vhdx

The vhd file size needs to be a number divisible by 1024.

5272240128 / 1025 / 1024 / 1024 = 4.91015625

4.91015625 is not divisible by 1024. We are going to round the number to 5.

5 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 = 5368709120

And add 512 bytes for the VHD footer.

5368709120 + 512 = 5368709632

Reference: Reddit

20191221

Azure Terraform Role Definition

For security purpose, we tend to create service principal that can performs Terraform operations only within a specific resource group without able modify resource outside the resource group within the same subscription.

Reality is we still need to allow the service principal to run few actions within the scope of the subscription.

Therefore here is the role definition with actions required that Terraform operations need to execute successfully.

{
    "Name": "Terraform",
    "Description": "Role definition has actions required that Terraform operations need",
    "Actions": [
        "*/read",
        "Microsoft.Sql/register/action",
        "Microsoft.CognitiveServices/register/action",
        "microsoft.insights/register/action"
    ],
    "AssignableScopes": ["/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"]
}

With this as json content, we may run the following command to create the role and assign it to the subscription.

az role definition create --role-definition terraform-role-definition.json


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