The following parameters section (from line 4 onwards) is starting with the basics step.
"basics": [ {} ]
The basics step is always the first step of any UI definition file and is the first one generated by the portal. Though we did not declare any elements in the basics step, the basics step in our definition consists of three elements as you can see in the preceding Deploying an Azure managed application UI definition screenshot. Those three elements are automatically added by Azure to the definition to get the minimum amount of information from a user that is needed to deploy any resources in Azure. Those three elements are as follows:
- The subscription
- The resource group to deploy to
- The location of the deployed resources
You do have the opportunity to add user defined elements in the basic section. Be aware, that only elements which are not dependent on either of these three elements are allowed. For example: If you try to add...