Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Templates
Also see Azure Resource Manager. Template can deploy multiple resources in a correct order. It will create depending resources first. Microsoft has a list of quickstart templates.
Deploy a ARM template
You can deploy a template by using its public URL.
Deploy a ARM template with powershell
Deploy a template to a resource group. Powershell will ask for the required parameters.
New-AzResourceGroup -Name deploymentgroup -Location westeurope
$templateUri = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/101-vm-simple-windows/azuredeploy.json"
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -Name rg9deployment1 -ResourceGroupName deploymentgroup -TemplateUri $templateUri
Empty Template schema
The template structure.
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "",
"parameters": { },
"variables": { },
"functions": [ ],
"resources": [ ],
"outputs": { }
}
| Element | Required | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| $schema | Yes | Location of the JSON schema file. |
| contentVersion | Yes | Version of the template file. |
| parameters | No | Values to customize the deployment. |
| variables | No | Values that are used in the JSON. |
| functions | No | User defined functions that are available withing the template. |
| resources | Yes | Resource types that are deployed or updated. |
| outputs | No | Values that are returned after deployment. |
Parameters
The parameters are values that can be specified when running the deployment. You are limited tot 256 parameters.
"parameters": {
"adminUsername": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Username for the Virtual Machine."
}
},
"adminPassword": {
"type": "securestring",
"metadata": {
"description": "Password for the Virtual Machine."
}
},
"storageSKU": {
"type": "string",
"allowedValues": [
"Standard_LRS",
"Standard_ZRS",
"Premium_LRS"
],
"defaultValue": "Standard_LRS",
"metadata": {
"description": "The type of replication to use for the storage account."
}
}
}
Template variables
In the variable element you define variables you want to us multiple times inside the template.
"variables": {
"nicName": "myVMNic",
"addressPrefix": "10.0.0.0/16",
"subnetName": "Subnet",
"subnetPrefix": "10.0.0.0/24",
"publicIPAddressName": "myPublicIP",
"virtualNetworkName": "MyVNET"
}