Automated deployment options

After this long introduction, it's time to have a look into the available options that make it possible to automate the deployment of your workload:

• Scripting
• Azure Resource Manager
• Initial configuration with the Custom Script Extension
• Initial configuration with cloud-init

Scripting

Automation can be done with scripts. In Azure, there are many options supported by Microsoft:

• Bash with Azure CLI
• PowerShell with the AzureRM module
• Python, with a complete SDK available (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/python)
• Ruby, with an SDK available (preview) (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/develop/ruby)
• Go, with a complete SDK available
• And there are libraries available for Node.js

Besides...