Spin up Palo Alto firewall VM in Azure via Terraform

S.Chinchodikar — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:17:53 GMT

Hello Team,
I am trying to spin up vm series palo in azure via terraform.
I am creating a linux virtual machine and trying to install pan-os into it from the market place and below is image reference i am using.

source_image_reference {

publisher = "paloaltonetworks"

offer = "vmseries1"

sku = "byol"

version = "latest"

After I apply the terraform plan getting below error.
VM: '/subscriptions/d0200bf4-7b70-4fd9-9202-141ee9f53ae1/resourceGroups/TestingPalo/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/cns-palo-alto-vm'."
│   },
│   "name": "110a5c39-8c13-41c5-8c9d-c25e5ec807ae"
│ }
│ -----[end]-----
│
│
│   with azurerm_linux_virtual_machine.cns-palo,
│   on main.tf line 57, in resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "cns-palo":
│   57: resource "azurerm_linux_virtual_machine" "cns-palo" {
│
│   "error": {
│     "code": "VMMarketplaceInvalidInput",
│     "message": "Creating a virtual machine from Marketplace image or a custom image sourced from a Marketplace image requires Plan information in the request. VM: '/subscriptions/d0200bf4-7b70-4fd9-9202-141ee9f53ae1/resourceGroups/TestingPalo/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/cns-palo-alto-vm'."
│   },
│   "name": "110a5c39-8c13-41c5-8c9d-c25e5ec807ae"
│ }
│ -----[end]-----

Need help in resolving this.

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Spin up Palo Alto firewall VM in Azure via Terraform