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Azure NSG design patterns – NIC-level security boundary architecture
06Feb, 2026

Azure NSG is not a firewall: Designing security boundaries with Terraform (NIC vs Subnet)

Azure NSG design patterns are not about opening ports — they are about defining security boundaries in your network architecture. 🔵 Azure NSG vs Firewall — What’s the Difference? (Terraform Example) module “compute” { source = “github.com/foggykitchen/terraform-az-fk-compute” attach_nsg_to_nic = true nsg_id = module.nsg.id } module “private_subnet_nsg” { source = “github.com/foggykitchen/terraform-az-fk-nsg” …

01Feb, 2026

Azure Load Balancer as a Traffic Contract — A Clean Terraform Module Baseline

Using a Terraform Azure Load Balancer Module as a Clean Baseline This article shows how to use a Terraform Azure Load Balancer module to define an explicit traffic contract between the public edge and independently managed backend virtual machines. Azure Load Balancer is often introduced too late in the infrastructure …

Azure Virtual Machine architecture with multiple Azure Managed Disks Terraform
21Jan, 2026

Azure Managed Disks with Terraform: Designing Multi-Disk VM Persistence (The Right Way)

Azure Managed Disks Terraform allow you to design Virtual Machine persistence explicitly, using independent data disks, predictable LUN mapping, and clean lifecycle separation. When you deploy a single Azure Virtual Machine with one disk, storage feels trivial. The moment you attach a second disk, Azure stops being “just a VM” …

Azure Blob Storage Private Endpoint Terraform
19Jan, 2026

Azure Blob Storage with Private Endpoint — Designing a Private Object Store with Terraform

Azure Blob Private Endpoint Terraform is often treated as a public service by default. 🔵 Terraform Azure Private Endpoint Example (Module-Based) This is a minimal working example of Azure Blob Storage exposed via a Private Endpoint using FoggyKitchen Terraform modules: – Private Endpoint for Blob (module-based) – Private DNS integration …

Azure Files with Private Endpoint and Private VMs architecture using Terraform
16Jan, 2026

Azure Files with Private Endpoint and Private VMs — A Clean Storage Baseline with Terraform

Azure Files Private Endpoint Terraform example using reusable modules. 🔵 Terraform Azure Private Endpoint Example (Module-Based) This is a minimal working example of Azure Private Endpointusing the FoggyKitchen Terraform modules: – Private Endpoint for Azure Files (module-based)– Private DNS integration– Access from private VM inside a VNet This example uses …

azure vmss autoscaling terraform architecture with private vms
29Dec, 2025

Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets with Load Balancer, Bastion and Terraform/OpenTofu (2026 Edition)

In this post, we configure Azure VMSS autoscaling Terraform to scale private compute without exposing VMs to the internet. Running workloads on individual Azure VMs is straightforward — but production teams rarely stop there.Once your application grows, you need more than one VM, and you need them to scale without …

azure private vm terraform architecture diagram
23Dec, 2025

Azure Virtual Machines with Load Balancer and Bastion using Terraform/OpenTofu (2026 Edition)

Running Azure private VM Terraform looks simple — until you need to make them reachable for users without exposing public IPs. In this post, we build a production-ready foundation using a Load Balancer for application traffic and Bastion for secure SSH access. The first decisions around networking and access control …

AKS pulling images from Azure Container Registry using Private Endpoint and Private DNS with Terraform
19Dec, 2025

Securing AKS Image Pulls with Azure Private Endpoints (using Terraform/OpenTofu)

VNet, ACR, Private DNS, and Intent-Driven Networking with Terraform AKS ACR Private Endpoint Terraform is a common requirement when securing container image. Designing an Azure Virtual Network is rarely just about “connecting things together”.Once you introduce AKS, Azure Container Registry, and Private Endpoints, networking becomes a first-class architectural concern — …

Azure VNet Terraform module with purpose-driven subnets
18Dec, 2025

Designing Azure VNets with Purpose-Driven Subnets (using Terraform Module)

Azure VNet Terraform Module – Explained An Azure VNet Terraform module is the foundation of every scalable Azure network architecture. Yet in many projects, virtual networks are still designed ad-hoc — without clear intent, subnet boundaries, or future workloads in mind. In this article, I’ll show how to design Azure …

aks file share terraform architecture
11Dec, 2025

AKS File Share with Terraform — RWX Storage for Multi-Replica Applications

When working with AKS File Share Terraform deployments, you quickly discover that many real applications need a shared filesystem — something multiple pods can mount at the same time. Upload directories, shared logs, cached assets, configuration files, WordPress media folders, backend pipelines — all require ReadWriteMany (RWX) access. In Azure, …