Azure Classroom Series – 12/Feb/2020

Nested Resources

• Resource with in a resource is called a nested resource.
• VNET is resource and subnet is a child resource
• When Creating child/nested resources the following should be considered

  • Name of the nested resource: Refer Here

  • Order of Execution: Order of execution can be controlled by using dependsOn function Refer Here

Exercise 3: Create a Virtual Network with 4 subnets experimenting Child resource and order of execution

• Sample:

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "0.0.0.1",
    "resources": [
        {
            "name": "ntier",
            "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
            "apiVersion": "2019-11-01",
            "location":"Central US",
            "properties": {
                "addressSpace": {
                    "addressPrefixes":["10.100.0.0/16"]
                },
                "subnets":[
                    {
                        "name": "web",
                        "properties":{
                            "addressPrefix": "10.100.0.0/24"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "app",
                        "properties":{
                            "addressPrefix": "10.100.1.0/24"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "name": "db",
                        "properties":{
                            "addressPrefix": "10.100.2.0/24"
                        }
                    }   
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "ntier/management",
            "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/subnets",
            "apiVersion": "2019-11-01",
            "properties": {
                "addressPrefix": "10.100.3.0/24"
            },
            "dependsOn": [
                "ntier"
            ]   
        }
    ]

}

Exercise 4: Try to create 8 subnets in a vnet