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I started as a DevOps engineer years ago and most of time was working with command-line interface to create cloud resources. But one day I heard about chatGPT which has abilities creating my daily work with some command as natural language. This is my short story showing how I apply chatGPT (OpenAI bot) to my work.
What I want to do ?
I want to have a Github workflow which create an Azure VM with input parameters for vm name, location, size, … under a specify resource group.
What was happening ?
1. I asked chatGPT for creating with unclear question.
create a Github workflow which create an Azure VM with input parameters: vm name, location, vm size
this is the first response
name: Create Azure VM
on:
push:
branches:
- main
env:
AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
credentials: ${{ env.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name ${{ env.VM_NAME }} --location ${{ env.LOCATION }} --size ${{ env.VM_SIZE }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
env:
VM_NAME: ${{ env.VM_NAME }}
LOCATION: ${{ env.LOCATION }}
VM_SIZE: ${{ env.VM_SIZE }}
2. It looks fine but I need correct something
let’s make environment variables becomes input parameters
2nd response
name: Create Azure VM
on:
push:
branches:
- main
env:
AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
inputs:
vm_name:
description: The name of the virtual machine
required: true
location:
description: The location where the virtual machine will be created
required: true
vm_size:
description: The size of the virtual machine
required: true
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
credentials: ${{ env.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name ${{ inputs.vm_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }} --size ${{ inputs.vm_size }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
3. As a Azure cloud engineer, I know the resource group should be created first so I asked chatGPT corrects this by
let’s create azure resource group for virtual machine first
3rd response
name: Create Azure VM
on:
push:
branches:
- main
env:
AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
inputs:
vm_name:
description: The name of the virtual machine
required: true
resource_group_name:
description: The name of the resource group to create or use for the virtual machine
required: true
location:
description: The location where the virtual machine will be created
required: true
vm_size:
description: The size of the virtual machine
required: true
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
credentials: ${{ env.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
- name: Create Resource Group
run: |
az group create --name ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --name ${{ inputs.vm_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }} --size ${{ inputs.vm_size }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
4. It looks greats but there’s a wrong code, so I asked again for update
inputs should be moved under workflow_dispatch section
4th updates
name: Create Azure VM
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
vm_name:
description: The name of the virtual machine
required: true
resource_group_name:
description: The name of the resource group to create or use for the virtual machine
required: true
location:
description: The location where the virtual machine will be created
required: true
vm_size:
description: The size of the virtual machine
required: true
env:
AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
credentials: ${{ env.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
- name: Create Resource Group
run: |
az group create --name ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --name ${{ inputs.vm_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }} --size ${{ inputs.vm_size }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
5. I want Azure CLI in this workflow can be authenticated by Service Principal instead, so I asked again
let’s make azure cli logged in with client id, client secret, azure subscription and tenant id
5th response
name: Create Azure VM
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
vm_name:
description: The name of the virtual machine
required: true
resource_group_name:
description: The name of the resource group to create or use for the virtual machine
required: true
location:
description: The location where the virtual machine will be created
required: true
vm_size:
description: The size of the virtual machine
required: true
client_id:
description: The Azure AD Application ID
required: true
client_secret:
description: The Azure AD Application secret
required: true
azure_subscription:
description: The Azure subscription ID
required: true
tenant_id:
description: The Azure AD Tenant ID
required: true
env:
AZURE_CREDENTIALS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS }}
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
run: |
az login --service-principal -u ${{ inputs.client_id }} -p ${{ inputs.client_secret }} --tenant ${{ inputs.tenant_id }}
az account set --subscription ${{ inputs.azure_subscription }}
- name: Create Resource Group
run: |
az group create --name ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --name ${{ inputs.vm_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }} --size ${{ inputs.vm_size }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
6. Hmm, I want Service Principal credential to be stored in Github secrets by
move client_id, client_secret, subscription_id, tenant_id to github secrets
Perfect response
name: Create Azure VM
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
vm_name:
description: The name of the virtual machine
required: true
resource_group_name:
description: The name of the resource group to create or use for the virtual machine
required: true
location:
description: The location where the virtual machine will be created
required: true
vm_size:
description: The size of the virtual machine
required: true
env:
AZURE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }}
AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
AZURE_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
jobs:
create_vm:
name: Create VM
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/[email protected]
- name: Set up Azure CLI
uses: azure/[email protected]
with:
azure-cli-version: latest
- name: Login to Azure
run: |
az login --service-principal -u ${{ env.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }} -p ${{ env.AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET }} --tenant ${{ env.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
az account set --subscription ${{ env.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
- name: Create Resource Group
run: |
az group create --name ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }}
- name: Create VM
run: |
az vm create --resource-group ${{ inputs.resource_group_name }} --name ${{ inputs.vm_name }} --location ${{ inputs.location }} --size ${{ inputs.vm_size }} --image UbuntuLTS --generate-ssh-keys
Conclusions
I don’t have much time verify those code but I am pretty sure it will works on Github workflow. You can now try using this on https://beta.openai.com
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