Build a Production‑Ready Terraform on Azure | Auto‑Scaling VMSS, Load Balancer & Modular IaC

In this advanced Terraform Azure lab video, I guide you through building a fully production-ready, auto-scaling web application using modular Infrastructure as Code.
This project mirrors the architecture used by Cloud Engineers, DevOps teams, and SREs in real enterprise environments.

You’ll see how I designed and deployed a PHP Game Web Application on Azure using a flexible VM Scale Set, a Standard Load Balancer, secure networking, and a clean Terraform module structure. Every component is built live, step by step, so you can follow the exact workflow used in real‑world cloud engineering.

You’ll see how real Cloud and DevOps engineers design scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure using:
✔ How to design reusable Terraform modules
✔ How to deploy an Azure VM Scale Set (Flexible Mode)
✔ How to configure auto‑scaling based on load
✔ How to build a Standard Load Balancer with health probes
✔ How to secure workloads with NSGs and subnet isolation
✔ How to route outbound traffic through a NAT Gateway
✔ How to structure Terraform for production environments
✔ How to use variables, locals, and version pinning
✔ How to store state securely in Azure Blob Storage

This is not a basic demo. Everything is built step by step, the same way production infrastructure is designed and deployed.

Architecture Breakdown
Azure VM Scale Set (Flexible Mode)
• Auto‑scales based on CPU load
• Zone‑aware and fault‑tolerant
• Cloud‑init installs the full web stack on each VM

Standard Load Balancer
• Distributes traffic across VMSS instances
• Backend pool and health probe configuration

Network Security
• VNet + subnet isolation
• NSG enforcing least‑privilege rules
• NAT Gateway for predictable outbound traffic

Terraform Best Practices
• Modular IaC structure
• DRY patterns using variables and locals
• Remote backend for state management
• Tagging standards for governance and cost tracking

📘 Full lab walkthrough and architecture breakdown:
👉 https://humbletech.cloud/terraform-az...

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