Using GitHub Actions to Build Fabric Data Pipelines with Terraform

[dogaerdik]

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How can I create a Fabric data pipeline using GitHub Actions with Terraform? I can create notebooks, lakehouses, and other Fabric components that authenticate with service principal authentication. However, the documentation is insufficient for user context authentication and creating a Fabric data pipeline. I haven't succeeded in achieving user context authentication with Terraform.

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[DariuszPorowski]

Hi @dogaerdik

Data Pipeline has not support Service Principal authentication yet and this is highlighted in the documentation already:

ref: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/microsoft/fabric/latest/docs/resources/data_pipeline

[dogaerdik]

Hi @DariuszPorowski ,thanks for your reply. I know it is using User context authentication. But actually my question is how can I authenticate as an user context without interaction ?

For AzureCli authentication requires an interaction right ?

ref: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/microsoft/fabric/latest/docs/guides/auth_app_reg_user

[DariuszPorowski]

Hi @dogaerdik

Azure CLI caches auth token, and Provider can use the cached token. This only works on the "local developer" scenario. If you think about automation via GH, AzDO, etc. this scenario is not applicable. All we have to do is wait until Fabric's API for Data Pipeline allows the use of SP auth (it's not Provider limitation itself).