Support for enable_automatic_updates and patch_mode in azurerm_linux_virtual_machine

[doherty100]

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Description

Microsoft has added support for Linux distros to the Automatic VM guest patching preview however v2.75.0 of the azurerm provider throws the following error:

│ Error: Unsupported argument
│ 
│   on 070-vm-jumpbox-linux.tf line 9, in resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "vm_jumpbox_linux":
│    9:   enable_automatic_updates = true
│ 
│ An argument named "enable_automatic_updates" is not expected here.
│
│ Error: Unsupported argument
│ 
│   on 070-vm-jumpbox-linux.tf line 10, in resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "vm_jumpbox_linux":
│   10:   patch_mode               = "AutomaticByPlatform"
│ 
│ An argument named "patch_mode" is not expected here.

New or Affected Resource(s)

• azurerm_linux_virtual_machine

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "vm_jumpbox_linux" {
  name  = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_name
  resource_group_name  = var.resource_group_name
  location = var.location
  size = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_size
  admin_username  = data.azurerm_key_vault_secret.adminuser.value
  network_interface_ids = [azurerm_network_interface.vm_jumbox_linux_nic_01.id]
  enable_automatic_updates = true
  patch_mode  = "AutomaticByPlatform"
  tags  = var.tags

  admin_ssh_key {
    username  = data.azurerm_key_vault_secret.adminuser.value
    public_key = var.ssh_public_key
  }

  os_disk {
    caching              = "ReadWrite"
    storage_account_type = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_storage_account_type
  }

  source_image_reference {
    publisher = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_image_publisher
    offer = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_image_offer
    sku  = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_image_sku
    version = var.vm_jumpbox_linux_image_version
  }
}

References

• Preview: Automatic VM guest patching for Azure VMs
  • Supported OS Images
• enable_automatic_updates for azurerm_windows_virtual_machine
• patch_mode for azurerm_windows_virtual_machine

[atombrella]

I opened a PR #13866 enable_automatic_updates = true is not yet addressed in that PR. I think it should be set in a different section.

[github-actions]

This functionality has been released in v2.84.0 of the Terraform Provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

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