Now that we know the basic outline and structure of an ARM template, and we also know how to declare and use variables and parameters, it's time to move to other important aspects of ARM templates. In this chapter, we will look into some of the most important concepts related to ARM templates. ARM templates provide a foundation for the way environments and resources are provisioned on Azure, while the resources object is the place where all resources are declared, defined, and configured. In this chapter, we will look at the resources object, along with the outputs object, which is the way to return or generate outputs from ARM templates. Outputs play a significant role in providing feedback to the ARM template deployed regarding the state of execution, and other runtime values that can be of importance for testing and usage in...
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.
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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide
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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