Prerequisites

GitHub Account

To contribute, you need a GitHub account. If you are a Microsoft employee, your account must be linked to your corporate identity and you must be a member of the Azure organization.

Module Owner Access (Microsoft FTEs only)

Access for Terraform module owners is granted via the Azure Verified Modules (AVM) Module Contributors Entra access package. Request access here:

• Azure Verified Modules (AVM) Module Contributors — Access Package

Once approved, you will be added to the azure-verified-modules-module-contributors Entra group, which is the source of truth for who is authorized to own and approve changes on AVM Terraform module repositories.

Required Tooling

• Git

  git config --global user.name "Your Name"
  git config --global user.email "you@example.com"

• Terraform

• Azure CLI

• Docker (or Podman) — required for running ./avm pre-commit and pr-check commands

• Visual Studio Code

  • HashiCorp Terraform extension
  • Microsoft Azure Terraform extension
  • EditorConfig extension