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Azure SQL Server is a cloud-based version of the Microsoft SQL Server relational database management system. It is a fully managed platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering that provides automatic patching, backup and recovery, high availability, and disaster recovery capabilities, and built-in intelligence and advanced analytics features. Azure SQL Server offers multiple deployment options, service tiers, programming languages, and connectivity options, and provides integration with other Azure services.
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Terraform Name
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azurerm_sql_server
SQL Server
attributes:

The following arguments are supported:

  • name - (Required) The name of the Microsoft SQL Server. This needs to be globally unique within Azure. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
  • resource_group_name - (Required) The name of the resource group in which to create the Microsoft SQL Server. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
  • location - (Required) Specifies the supported Azure location where the resource exists. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
  • version - (Required) The version for the new server. Valid values are: 2.0 (for v11 server) and 12.0 (for v12 server). Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
  • administrator_login - (Required) The administrator login name for the new server. Changing this forces a new resource to be created.
  • administrator_login_password - (Required) The password associated with the administrator_login user. Needs to comply with Azure's Password Policy
  • connection_policy - (Optional) The connection policy the server will use. Possible values are Default, Proxy, and Redirect. Defaults to Default.
  • identity - (Optional) An identity block as defined below.
  • threat_detection_policy - (Optional) Threat detection policy configuration. The threat_detection_policy block supports fields documented below.
  • tags - (Optional) A mapping of tags to assign to the resource.

An identity block supports the following:

  • type - (Required) Specifies the type of Managed Service Identity that should be configured on this SQL Server. The only possible value is SystemAssigned.

NOTE:

The assigned principal_id and tenant_id can be retrieved after the identity type has been set to SystemAssigned and the Microsoft SQL Server has been created. More details are available below.

The threat_detection_policy block supports the following:

  • state - (Optional) The State of the Policy. Possible values are Disabled, Enabled and New.
  • disabled_alerts - (Optional) Specifies a list of alerts which should be disabled. Possible values include Access_Anomaly, Data_Exfiltration, Sql_Injection, Sql_Injection_Vulnerability and Unsafe_Action",.
  • email_account_admins - (Optional) Should the account administrators be emailed when this alert is triggered?
  • email_addresses - (Optional) A list of email addresses which alerts should be sent to.
  • retention_days - (Optional) Specifies the number of days to keep in the Threat Detection audit logs.
  • storage_account_access_key - (Optional) Specifies the identifier key of the Threat Detection audit storage account. Required if state is Enabled.
  • storage_endpoint - (Optional) Specifies the blob storage endpoint (e.g. https://example.blob.core.windows.net). This blob storage will hold all Threat Detection audit logs. Required if state is Enabled.

Associating resources with a
SQL Server
Resources do not "belong" to a
SQL Server
Rather, one or more Security Groups are associated to a resource.
Create
SQL Server
via Terraform:
The following HCL manages a Microsoft SQL Azure Database Server
Syntax:

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
 name     = "database-rg"
 location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_account" "example" {
 name                     = "examplesa"
 resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
 location                 = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
 account_tier             = "Standard"
 account_replication_type = "LRS"
}

resource "azurerm_sql_server" "example" {
 name                         = "mssqlserver"
 resource_group_name          = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
 location                     = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
 version                      = "12.0"
 administrator_login          = "mradministrator"
 administrator_login_password = "thisIsDog11"

 tags = {
   environment = "production"
 }
}

Create
SQL Server
via CLI:
Parametres:

az sql server create --name
                    --resource-group
                    [--admin-password]
                    [--admin-user]
                    [--assign-identity]
                    [--enable-ad-only-auth]
                    [--enable-public-network {false, true}]
                    [--external-admin-name]
                    [--external-admin-principal-type]
                    [--external-admin-sid]
                    [--federated-client-id]
                    [--identity-type {None, SystemAssigned, SystemAssigned,UserAssigned, UserAssigned}]
                    [--key-id]
                    [--location]
                    [--minimal-tls-version {1.0, 1.1, 1.2}]
                    [--no-wait]
                    [--pid]
                    [--restrict-outbound-network-access {false, true}]
                    [--user-assigned-identity-id]

Example:

az sql server create -l westus -g mygroup -n myserver -u myadminuser -p myadminpassword

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