Task 02: Monitor Validate Stage

Objective: Monitor the validation stage to ensure configuration passes all checks Duration: ~2 minutes

DOCUMENT CATEGORY: Runbook SCOPE: Watch validation stage perform syntax and security checks PURPOSE: Watch validation stage perform syntax and security checks MASTER REFERENCE: Azure Pipelines Documentation

Status: Active

What Happens

The validate stage performs:

1. Terraform Format Check - Ensures consistent code formatting
2. Terraform Validation - Syntax and variable validation
3. Security Scan - Checks for security issues (tfsec/checkov)
4. Linting - Code quality checks

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Procedure

1. Navigate to Pipeline

In your CI/CD platform: Pipelines → Pipelines → Click the running pipeline

2. Watch Validate Stage

Click the validate job to see real-time logs.

3. Review Output

Look for:

• ✅ terraform fmt -check passed
• ✅ terraform validate passed
• ✅ Security scan completed
• ✅ No critical issues found

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Common Issues

Issue: Format check fails Solution: Run terraform fmt -recursive locally and recommit

Issue: Validation fails Solution: Check variable syntax, ensure all required variables defined

Issue: Security scan warnings Solution: Review findings, address critical/high severity issues

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Validation

• Validate stage completed successfully (green checkmark)
• No syntax errors
• Security scan passed or warnings acknowledged

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GitHub

When to use: Use this tab if your CI/CD pipeline runs on GitHub Actions.

See procedure steps above for GitHub-specific guidance.

GitLab

When to use: Use this tab if your CI/CD pipeline runs on GitLab CI/CD.

See procedure steps for GitLab-specific guidance.

Azure DevOps

When to use: Use this tab if your CI/CD pipeline runs on Azure DevOps Pipelines.

See procedure steps for Azure DevOps-specific guidance.

Toolkit Reference

Scripts for this task are located in the azurelocal-toolkit repository under scripts/deploy/ in the appropriate task folder.

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Alternatives

The procedures in this task use the scripted methods shown in the tabs above. Additional deployment methods including Azure CLI and Bash scripts are available in the azurelocal-toolkit repository under scripts/deploy/.

Method	Description
Azure CLI	PowerShell-based Azure CLI scripts for Azure resource operations
Bash	Linux/macOS compatible shell scripts for pipeline environments

Navigation

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Task 01 - Commit and Push	Phase 02 - Execution	Task 03 - Plan Stage

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Variables from variables.yml

Variable	Config Path	Example
Pipeline Name	cicd.pipeline.name	infrastructure-deploy
Validate Timeout	cicd.pipeline.validate_timeout	30

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Troubleshooting

Issue	Cause	Resolution
Validate stage fails	Configuration validation errors	Review pipeline logs for specific validation failures
Stage timeout	Long-running validation checks	Increase stage timeout or investigate slow operations

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Version Control

Version	Date	Author	Changes
1.0.0	2026-03-24	Azure Local Cloud	Initial release