In this section, we will set up our development environment so that it can be used throughout this book. As mentioned, Visual Studio is the most prominent development editor for ARM templates. Visual Studio comes in multiple SKUs and flavors. Developing ARM templates can be performed using Visual Studio as well as Visual Code. Although Visual Studio provides boilerplate PowerShell code for the deployment of ARM templates as well as scaffolding code for some of the widely-used resources, it is also fast and easy to get started with the development activities.
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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide
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Overview of this book
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates are declarations of Azure resources in the JSON format to provision and maintain them using infrastructure as code. This book gives practical solutions and examples for provisioning and managing various Azure services using ARM templates.
The book starts with an understanding of infrastructure as code, a refresher on JSON, and then moves on to explain the fundamental concepts of ARM templates. Important concepts like iteration, conditional evaluation, security, usage of expressions, and functions will be covered in detail.
You will use linked and nested templates to create modular ARM templates. You will see how to create multiple instances of the same resources, how to nest and link templates, and how to establish dependencies between them.
You will also learn about implementing design patterns, secure template design, the unit testing of ARM templates, and adopting best practices.
By the end of this book, you will understand the entire life cycle of ARM templates and their testing, and be able to author them for complex deployments.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
Preface
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Section 1: ARM Template Foundational Skills
Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
Azure Resource Manager Templates
Understanding Core Elements of ARM Templates
Advance Template Features
Section 2: ARM Template Advanced Concepts
IaaS Solutions Using Templates
Unit Testing ARM Templates
Design Patterns
ARM Template Best Practices
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