Flow Logs that Are On, Kept, and Analysed
enabled = false creates a flow log that logs nothing; a retention policy that is off keeps the JSON blobs until somebody deletes the storage account; and without Traffic Analytics nobody ever opens them. Every target is created enabled, retention defaults to 90 days, and Traffic Analytics is on whenever a workspace is given - raw blobs with no aggregation have to be asked for.
Verification
Static-verifiedPassed: validated and lint-clean (provider-schema-validated for AWS/Azure/GCP; Terraform-language lint elsewhere).
Conformance
- Static validation (fmt · validate · tflint)
- Security scan clean (Checkov)
- Plan tests (mocked: validation rules · outputs)
Provenance
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Functional
- Live test pending (no cloud run yet)
Last verified 2026-09-14 · how we verify
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source = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/azure-flow-logs/azure"
version = "1.0.0"
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```hcl
module "flow_logs" {
source = "www.iac-bazaar.com/iac-bazaar/azure-flow-logs/azure"
version = "1.0.0"
}
```Preview:
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Documentation
azure-flow-logs
Network flow logs that are switched on, kept long enough, and analysed.
Works with Terraform and OpenTofu (>= 1.6), azurerm provider
>= 4.0, < 5.0.
enabled = false creates a flow log that logs nothing. The resource
exists, the portal lists it, and no flow is written. Every target here is
created enabled.
Retention is on the storage account. Flow logs land as JSON blobs; with no
retention policy they are kept until somebody deletes them - forever, or the
first time somebody cleans up the account. Ninety days is the floor most
frameworks ask for; 0 keeps them forever on purpose; fewer than 90 needs
accept_short_retention.
Without Traffic Analytics, a flow log is a bucket of JSON. Nobody opens
raw flow records. Traffic Analytics aggregates them into a Log Analytics
workspace where a query can answer who talked to what. Off by default in
the API; on here whenever a workspace is given, and refused otherwise
without accept_no_traffic_analytics.
The target decides what is seen. VNet flow logs record every flow in the network, including ones no NSG touches; NSG flow logs are on a retirement path. Target the VNet.
Verification
Static validation runs tofu fmt, init, validate, tflint and checkov.
This module has not yet had a live test, so it is published as statically
validated with its live test pending and does not carry the live-tested mark.
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