Add azurecaf name

azurecaf_name is used to format the resource names and ensure that they are compliant with the Azure naming restrictions. This provider also implements a set of methodologies for naming convention implementation including the default Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure recommendations

An example of a resource that uses it is the aks resource

resource "azurecaf_name" "aks" {
  name          = var.settings.name
  resource_type = "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster"
  prefixes      = var.global_settings.prefixes
  random_length = var.global_settings.random_length
  clean_input   = true
  passthrough   = var.global_settings.passthrough
  use_slug      = var.global_settings.use_slug
}

The name is referenced in the name attribute of the resource

resource "azurerm_kubernetes_cluster" "aks" {

  name                = azurecaf_name.aks.result
  location            = var.resource_group.location
  resource_group_name = var.resource_group.name

This requires adding the aztfmod/azurecaf provider to the main.tf file

terraform {
  required_providers {
    azurecaf = {
      source = "aztfmod/azurecaf"
    }
  }
}

Adding a new definition for the azurecaf_name

Sometimes the definition isn't defined especially if the resource was recently added by the azurerm provider. To add a definition, refer to https://github.com/aztfmod/terraform-provider-azurecaf where there is a contributor guide that elaborates on how to add new definitions.