Import Azure Management Group into Turbot

Proper setup in the Azure tenant is required for import of an Azure Management Group into Turbot.

All child resources of the Management Group in Azure will be discovered and subsequently entered into the Turbot CMDB, if permissions allow.

While you can import an Azure Management Group at the Turbot level, it is recommended that you import accounts into Turbot Folders, as it provides greater flexibility and ease of management. Define a Folder hierarchy prior to import.

Importing Azure Management Group via Turbot Console (UI)

1. At the main Turbot screen after logging in with Turbot/Admin permissions, click the IMPORT card in the top right.
2. Select Azure Management Group on the left.
3. Use the Parent Resource dropdown menu to select where the Azure Management Group will be imported to.
4. Enter the Management Group ID, Tenant (directory) ID, Client (application) ID, and Client Key (secret), as well as the Environment type then click Import.
5. Congratulations! The management group is now added as a child resource of the folder.

CMDB and Discovery controls are enabled by default and Turbot will begin discovering the resources in the Azure Management Group. Resources will start appearing right away, and resource discovery will continue to run in the background.

Management Group Event Pollers

To ensure that Turbot receives events such as new subscriptions in the management group, ensure that Management Group event pollers are enabled. Do this by:

1. Go to a level high enough in the resource hierarchy to affect all imported Management Groups.
2. Create a new policy setting for Azure > Turbot > Management Group Event Poller then set it to Enabled
3. Management Group event polling will kick off. Ensure correct operation by checking the Management Group Event Poller control in at least one Management Group. The default interval is every 12 hours but can be as little as one hour with the Azure > Turbot > Management Group Event Poller > Interval policy.

Import Management Group via Terraform

Administrators can easily import Management Group using Terraform. If your Terraform environment has not been setup, head on over to the Terraform Setup Page.

The Turbot Development Kit is a public repository that contains the necessary Terraform files to import a Management Group into Turbot:

• Azure Management Group Import Baseline

# Create the Azure > Management Group resource in Turbot
resource "turbot_resource" "management_group_resource" {
  parent = var.parent_resource
  type   = "tmod:@turbot/azure#/resource/types/managementGroup"
  akas   = ["azure:///tenants/${var.azure_tenant_id}/microsoft.management/managementgroups/your management group id"] //highlight-line
  metadata = jsonencode({
    "azure" : {
      "tenantId" : "your tenant id"  //highlight-line
      "managementGroupId" : "your management group id"  //highlight-line
    }
  })
  data = jsonencode({
    "id" : "/providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/your management group id" //highlight-line
    "name" : "your management group id", //highlight-line
  })
}

# Set the credentials for the Management Group via Turbot policies

resource "turbot_policy_setting" "environment" {
  resource = turbot_resource.management_group_resource.id
  type     = "tmod:@turbot/azure#/policy/types/environment"
  value    = "Global Cloud" or "US Government" //highlight-line
}

resource "turbot_policy_setting" "clientKey" {
  resource = turbot_resource.management_group_resource.id
  type     = "tmod:@turbot/azure#/policy/types/clientKey"
  value    = "turbot application client key" //highlight-line
}

resource "turbot_policy_setting" "clientId" {
  resource = turbot_resource.management_group_resource.id
  type     = "tmod:@turbot/azure#/policy/types/clientId"
  value    = "turbot application client id" //highlight-line
}

resource "turbot_policy_setting" "tenantId" {
  resource = turbot_resource.management_group_resource.id
  type     = "tmod:@turbot/azure#/policy/types/tenantId"
  value    = "your tenant id" //highlight-line
}