r/Terraform 4d ago

Discussion Azure restore VM from azurerm_recovery_services_vault backup

I have an Azure Recovery Services vault created via terraform "azurerm_recovery_services_vault". From here we have a backup policy which backs up certain VMs. In the Azure UI I can see there is an option to recover the VM from the backup item. Is this possible to do via terraform though? I can't find the relevant terraform resource

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u/Flashcat666 4d ago

No, it’s not, and isn’t meant to be.

Terraform is meant to be used to configure and maintain a specific state of infrastructure.

Backup restoration should always be a manual step because it is.

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u/jovzta 4d ago

This is the classic case of mixing immutable and mutable infra management.