Azurerm Terraform Provider v4.76.0 Adds VM Deallocation and Key Vault Release Policy
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HashiCorp's Terraform provider for Azure (azurerm) version 4.76.0 introduces the ability to deallocate virtual machines directly and adds support for release policies in Azure Key Vault keys. These enhancements benefit users managing Azure infrastructure with Terraform by increasing control and security configurations. This release also includes several bug fixes across services like federated identity credentials and NetApp accounts, improving stability and accuracy for existing deployments.
- →Action: azurerm_virtual_machine_power - power_action now supports deallocate
- →azurerm_key_vault_key - add support for the release_policy block
- →azurerm_federated_identity_credential - fix update logic, preventing import errors on updates
- →azurerm_netapp_account - the update function now uses the PUT operation to fix a removal issue with the active_directory property
- →azurerm_netapp_account - fix drift detection for the active_directory and identity properties
Enhancements (2) ›
- Action: azurerm_virtual_machine_power - power_action now supports deallocate
- azurerm_key_vault_key - add support for the release_policy block
Fixes (5) ›
- azurerm_federated_identity_credential - fix update logic, preventing import errors on updates
- azurerm_netapp_account - the update function now uses the PUT operation to fix a removal issue with the active_directory property
- azurerm_netapp_account - fix drift detection for the active_directory and identity properties
- azurerm_netapp_volume_group_oracle - fix validation for the application_identifier property
- azurerm_oracle_resource_anchor - fix validation for the name property to allow hyphens
Read the original announcement →
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/releases/tag/v4.76.0
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