ARM Template Structure

• ARM Template is a json file that defines the infrastructure which you want to create
• Refer Here to understand the syntax of ARM Template

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "",
  "apiProfile": "",
  "parameters": {  },
  "variables": {  },
  "functions": [  ],
  "resources": [  ],
  "outputs": {  }
}

• $schema:
• Required
• Location of the JSON schema file
• For subscription deployments, use:
  https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2018-05-01/subscriptionDeploymentTemplate.json#
• Use https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json# for Resource Group deployments
• contentVersion:
• Required
• This is version for users reference (1.0.0.0)
• apiProfie:
• Optional
• An api version that serves collection of resource types
• parameters:
• optional
• Values that can be provided when deployment is executed to customize resource deployment
• variables:
• Optional
• Values used as Json elements in the template to simplify template language expressions
• functions:
• optional
• User defined functions
• resources:
• required
• Resource types that are deployed or updated in a resource group
• outputs:
• optional
• Values returned after deployment

Activity 1: Lets create a virtual network using ARM Template

• Manual steps:
• Create a resource group
• Inputs:
  • Location
  • Resource Group
  • Name of Vnet
  • address space of virtual network
  • subnets
• Lets try to write an ARM Template for this
• Create the basic skeleton with only required fields Refer Here
• For creating resources we would be using template reference Refer Here
• For virtual network Refer Here
• Refer Here for the changes done.
• Now create a resource group, as we are going to do resource group deployment
• Now create a custom template deployment