Azure - Template (Resource)

Function

Expressions are written within JSON string literals whose first and last characters are the brackets: [ and ], respectively

Example:

"variables": {
    "storageName": "[concat(toLower(parameters('storageNamePrefix')), uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]"
}

To have a literal string start with a bracket [, but not have it interpreted as an expression, add an extra bracket to start the string with [[.

List of functions??:

• if function exists.

Parameters

Without parameters your template would always deploy the same resources with the same names, locations, and properties.

Example:

"parameters": {
  "siteNamePrefix": {
    "type": "string",
    "metadata": {
      "description": "The name prefix of the web app that you wish to create."
    }
  },
},

Variables

values that can be used throughout your template.

"variables": {
  "webSiteName": "[concat(parameters('siteNamePrefix'), uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]",
},

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Resource

resources that are deployed or updated. The properties and the value definition are resource type dependent.

"resources": [
  {
    "apiVersion": "2016-08-01",
    "name": "[variables('webSiteName')]",
    "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
    "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
    "properties": {
      "serverFarmId": "/subscriptions/<subscription-id>/resourcegroups/<resource-group-name>/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverFarms/<plan-name>"
    }
  }
],

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Outputs

values that are returned from deployment.

Example; the URI

"outputs": {
  "newHostName": {
    "type": "string",
    "value": "[reference(variables('webSiteName')).defaultHostName]"
  }
}

Full

{
    "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "",
    "parameters": {  
        "<parameter-name>" : {
            "type" : "<type-of-parameter-value>",
            "defaultValue": "<default-value-of-parameter>",
            "allowedValues": [ "<array-of-allowed-values>" ],
            "minValue": <minimum-value-for-int>,
            "maxValue": <maximum-value-for-int>,
            "minLength": <minimum-length-for-string-or-array>,
            "maxLength": <maximum-length-for-string-or-array-parameters>,
            "metadata": {
                "description": "<description-of-the parameter>" 
            }
        }
    },
    "variables": {
        "<variable-name>": "<variable-value>",
        "<variable-object-name>": {
            <variable-complex-type-value>
        },
        "<variable-object-name>": {
            "copy": [
                {
                    "name": "<name-of-array-property>",
                    "count": <number-of-iterations>,
                    "input": {
                        <properties-to-repeat>
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "copy": [
            {
                "name": "<variable-array-name>",
                "count": <number-of-iterations>,
                "input": {
                    <properties-to-repeat>
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "resources": [
      {
          "condition": "<boolean-value-whether-to-deploy>",
          "apiVersion": "<api-version-of-resource>",
          "type": "<resource-provider-namespace/resource-type-name>",
          "name": "<name-of-the-resource>",
          "location": "<location-of-resource>",
          "tags": {
              "<tag-name1>": "<tag-value1>",
              "<tag-name2>": "<tag-value2>"
          },
          "comments": "<your-reference-notes>",
          "copy": {
              "name": "<name-of-copy-loop>",
              "count": "<number-of-iterations>",
              "mode": "<serial-or-parallel>",
              "batchSize": "<number-to-deploy-serially>"
          },
          "dependsOn": [
              "<array-of-related-resource-names>"
          ],
          "properties": {
              "<settings-for-the-resource>",
              "copy": [
                  {
                      "name": ,
                      "count": ,
                      "input": {}
                  }
              ]
          },
          "resources": [
              "<array-of-child-resources>"
          ]
      }
    ],
    "outputs": {
        "<outputName>" : {
            "type" : "<type-of-output-value>",
            "value": "<output-value-expression>"
        }
    }
}