[Epic] Azure Local Toolkit Platform Automation Full Build-Out

[kristopherjturner]

Epic: Azure Local Toolkit Platform Automation Full Build-Out

This epic governs the end-to-end delivery of the Azure Local Toolkit — the cross-cutting platform layer that provides a shared variable registry, IaC maturity tracking, standards replication, and CI/CD governance for all Azure Local solution repos.

Scope Boundaries

• Variable registry: Centralized YAML-based configuration consumed by all solution repos.
• Standards replication: Mechanism to propagate naming conventions, tagging policies, and pipeline templates.
• IaC maturity tracking: Automated scoring and lifecycle management per repo.
• CI/CD pipelines: Shared GitHub Actions workflow templates for lint, test, and release.
• Documentation: Standards guides and contribution documentation.
• Validation: Cross-repo compatibility confirmed after each toolkit change.

Hard Close Gate (Mandatory)

No child issue can close without all of:

1. Contract evidence: interface definitions and consuming repo integration documented.
2. Repro evidence: command transcript + result output + affected repo list.
3. Test evidence: automated tests or equivalent validation passing.
4. Dependency evidence: blocking cross-repo issues resolved or explicitly waived.

Child Workstream

• feat: variable registry implementation (shared config for all solution repos) #10 — Variable registry implementation (shared config for all solution repos)
• feat: standards replication mechanism across all solution repos #11 — Standards replication mechanism across all solution repos
• feat: IaC maturity tracking automation and scoring dashboard #12 — IaC maturity tracking automation and scoring dashboard
• infra: CI/CD pipelines and shared workflow templates #13 — CI/CD pipelines and shared workflow templates
• docs: documentation and standards guides for all toolkit modules #14 — Documentation and standards guides for all toolkit modules

Cross-Repo Dependencies

This repo is itself a dependency for all other solution repos:

• azurelocal-avd, azurelocal-sofs-fslogix, azurelocal-loadtools, azurelocal-vm-conversion-toolkit
• Variable registry: Create master variables registry to standardize variables across all repos #4
• IaC maturity tracking: Track IaC tool maturity status across all repos (Built / Tested / Released) #5

References

• Variable registry: Create master variables registry to standardize variables across all repos #4
• IaC maturity tracking: Track IaC tool maturity status across all repos (Built / Tested / Released) #5
• Standards replication mechanism: Create standards replication mechanism from docs site to all repos #6
• IaC Tool Maturity Lifecycle: Standard: IaC Tool Maturity Lifecycle — status tracking, warnings, and release gates #7