Issue #3: Update README.md

README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ In this repository, you can find the Kubernetes manifests that deploy each of
 the applications on the three different cloud providers: Google Cloud Platform
 (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Azure.
 
+## Dependencies
+
+- [Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html)
+- [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/)
+- [Azure CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli)
+- [kubelogin](https://github.com/Azure/kubelogin)
+
 ## Content
 
 - The Terraform configuration for the GCP cluster.
@@ -30,9 +37,19 @@ and Cert Manager to meet our requirements.
 
 [ai-cfia github container registry](https://github.com/orgs/ai-cfia/packages)
 
-## Local Development
+## Terraform Deployment
+
+Current configuration is hosting a kubernetes cluster on Azure (AKS). We have an
+Azure Devops pipeline `apply-terraform.yml` that applies terraform's resources
+that are created on our Azure's subscription. The state is then saved to a blob
+storage in Azure.
+
+## Kubectl configuration
 
-To locally fetch the kube config, here are the steps `
+Assuming you have [Azure's
+CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli) and
+[kubelogin](https://github.com/Azure/kubelogin) plugin installed, here is how
+you can locally fetch the kube config :
 
 ```bash
 az login

terraform/modules/azure-kubernetes-cluster/variables.tf

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ variable "tags" {
 variable "k8s_version" {
   description = "(Optional) Version of Kubernetes specified when creating the AKS managed cluster. If not specified, the latest recommended version will be used at provisioning time (but won't auto-upgrade)."
   type        = string
-  default     = "1.23.5"
+  default     = "1.28"
 }
 
 variable "managed" {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ variable "managed" {
 variable "rbac_enabled" {
   description = "(Required) Is Role Based Access Control Enabled? Changing this forces a new resource to be created."
   type        = bool
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
 }
 
 variable "vm_size" {

terraform/staging/main.tf

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 terraform {
 
   backend "azurerm" {
-    resource_group_name  = "rg-ai-cfia-terraform-state"
-    storage_account_name = "tfcfiastate"
-    container_name       = "infra-terraform-state"
-    key                  = "tf/terraform.tfstate"
+    resource_group_name  = var.terraform_state_resource_group_name
+    storage_account_name = var.terraform_state_storage_account_name
+    container_name       = var.terraform_state_container_name
+    key                  = var.terraform_state_key
   }
 
   # backend "gcs" {

terraform/staging/variables.tf

@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+variable "terraform_state_resource_group_name" {
+  description = "Name of the resource group for the Terraform state"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "terraform_state_storage_account_name" {
+  description = "Name of the storage account for the Terraform state"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "terraform_state_container_name" {
+  description = "Name of the container for the Terraform state"
+  type        = string
+}
+
+variable "terraform_state_key" {
+  description = "Key (filename) of the Terraform state file"
+  type        = string
+}
+
 variable "location_1" {
   description = "Azure cloud first computing region"
   type        = string
@@ -40,7 +60,7 @@ variable "auto_scaling_default_node" {
 variable "zones" {
   description = "A list of Availability Zones across which the Node Pool should be spread. Changing this forces a new resource to be created."
   type        = list(string)
-  default     = ["1", "2"]
+  default     = ["1"]
 }
 
 variable "node_count" {