How to Import an Azure CDN Profile into Terraform

Import Azure CDN Profile with Terraback (recommended)

Terraback reverse-engineers your live infrastructure: it reads the Azure CDN resource with read-only credentials, generates the HCL, and produces the exact import block. Two commands take you from a live Azure CDN Profile to managed Terraform.

terraback scan all azure --subscription-id YOUR_ID

terraback azure import --method bulk

The Terraform import block

Terraback emits a Terraform 1.5+ import block like the one below. Because the block lives in your configuration, the import is reviewable in a pull request and repeatable across environments.

import {
  to = azurerm_cdn_profile.main
  id = "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/prod-rg/providers/Microsoft.Cdn/profiles/prod-cdn"
}

Example azurerm_cdn_profile configuration

Here is a realistic Azure CDN Profile block. Terraback generates a fuller version from your actual resource attributes; this is a minimal, valid starting point.

resource "azurerm_cdn_profile" "main" {
  name                = "prod-cdn"
  resource_group_name = "prod-rg"
  location            = "eastus"
  sku                 = "Standard_Microsoft"
}

Gotchas when importing a Azure CDN Profile

• Endpoints under the profile are separate azurerm_cdn_endpoint resources and are not imported with the profile.
• sku is immutable; switching between Standard_Microsoft, Standard_Akamai, Standard_Verizon, or Premium_Verizon forces recreation.
• Classic CDN profiles differ from Front Door (azurerm_cdn_frontdoor_profile); confirm which product you actually run before importing.
• location for classic CDN profiles is typically 'global' but the provider stores the deployed region value.

Doing it manually with terraform import

The native approach is to write the azurerm_cdn_profile block by hand, then run terraform import azurerm_cdn_profile.example <import-id> for every resource, one at a time. That works for a handful of resources, but it does not scale: you author all the HCL yourself and repeat the command for each item. Terraback generates the HCL and the import blocks for your whole account in one pass.

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