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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide Create, deploy, and manage Azure resources with ARM templates using best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803235
Length 234 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ritesh Modi Ritesh Modi
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Daniel Andres Pelaez Lopez Daniel Andres Pelaez Lopez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: ARM Template Foundational Skills
2. Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management FREE CHAPTER 3. Azure Resource Manager Templates 4. Understanding Core Elements of ARM Templates 5. Advance Template Features 6. Section 2: ARM Template Advanced Concepts
7. IaaS Solutions Using Templates 8. Unit Testing ARM Templates 9. Design Patterns 10. ARM Template Best Practices 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

ARM template structure

ARM templates have six top-level elements:

  • schema
  • contentVersion
  • parameters
  • variables
  • resources
  • outputs

Here's a typical template without any meaningful data:

Let's take a look at each of these elements:

  • schema: Defines the grammar, scope, and constraints for elements that are legal and can be used within the template. It helps to ensure that only elements that will keep the template well-defined and valid are allowed, otherwise it will generate an error. The schema also provides the structure for complete ARM templates, including all resources. The value for the schema is an URI that can be navigated to and it is collection of Resource schema URI's. Each resource has its own schema and they all are referred as sub-schemas. One example is a schema for a virtual machine. The schema for virtual machines is defined at https://schema.management...
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