Cloud deployment models (public, private, hybrid) in Azure - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Understanding Cloud Deployment Models with Azure

📖 Scenario: You are working as a cloud engineer for a company that wants to understand different cloud deployment models. They want to see how to define and configure resources in Azure for public, private, and hybrid cloud setups.

🎯 Goal: Build simple Azure resource configurations that represent public, private, and hybrid cloud deployment models. You will create resource groups and virtual networks to simulate each model.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an Azure resource group for the public cloud model

Create a variable to hold the location for resources

Create a virtual network inside the resource group to represent private cloud

Add a subnet configuration to the virtual network to complete the hybrid cloud setup

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Companies use different cloud deployment models to meet their security, compliance, and cost needs. Understanding how to configure these models in Azure helps in planning and managing cloud infrastructure.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and architects must know how to set up and manage public, private, and hybrid clouds using Azure resources to support business requirements.

1

Create a resource group for the public cloud model

Create an Azure resource group called PublicCloudRG in the eastus location.

Azure

# Create a resource group named PublicCloudRG in eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the azurerm_resource_group resource with the exact name PublicCloudRG and location eastus.

2

Add a variable for the Azure location

Create a variable called location and set its default value to eastus.

Azure

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "PublicCloudRG" {
  name     = "PublicCloudRG"
  location = "eastus"
}

# Create a variable named location with default eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Define a variable block with the name location and set the default to eastus.

3

Create a virtual network for the private cloud model

Create an Azure virtual network called PrivateVNet inside a resource group called PrivateCloudRG using the variable location for location.

Azure

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "PublicCloudRG" {
  name     = "PublicCloudRG"
  location = "eastus"
}

variable "location" {
  type    = string
  default = "eastus"
}

# Create a resource group PrivateCloudRG and a virtual network PrivateVNet using variable location
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Create a new resource group PrivateCloudRG and then create a virtual network PrivateVNet inside it. Use var.location for location.

4

Add a subnet to the virtual network for hybrid cloud setup

Add a subnet named HybridSubnet with address prefix 10.0.1.0/24 inside the virtual network PrivateVNet.

Azure

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "PublicCloudRG" {
  name     = "PublicCloudRG"
  location = "eastus"
}

variable "location" {
  type    = string
  default = "eastus"
}

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "PrivateCloudRG" {
  name     = "PrivateCloudRG"
  location = var.location
}

resource "azurerm_virtual_network" "PrivateVNet" {
  name                = "PrivateVNet"
  address_space       = ["10.0.0.0/16"]
  location            = var.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.PrivateCloudRG.name
}

# Add a subnet HybridSubnet with address prefix 10.0.1.0/24 inside PrivateVNet
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the azurerm_subnet resource with the exact name HybridSubnet. Link it to PrivateVNet and set the address prefix as 10.0.1.0/24.