Azure services are bundled into so-called resource groups for easy management and deployment. Each resource group can be represented with an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template, which, in turn, can be used for multiple configurations and specific environment deployments. In this chapter, we will be configuring the ARM template for Azure-hosted web services, as well as other cloud resources (such as Cosmos DB, Notification Hubs, and others) that we have previously used, so that we can create deployments using the Azure DevOps build-and-release pipeline. Introducing configuration values into the templates and preparing them to create staging environments is our main focus in this chapter.
The following sections will take you through the creation of a parameterized, environment-specific resource group template:
- Creating an ARM template
- ARM template concepts...
