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Making Your Existing ARM Templates Reusable Using Parameters and Functions

In this lab, we will practice making an existing ARM template more reusable so that it can be deployed to multiple environments. We will do this by replacing some of the hardcoded elements with functions and adding parameters, along with a parameters file.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon Feb 25, 2022

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Add Parameters

    • Grab the initialdeploy.json file to be edited from this provided GitHub repository.
    • Add parameters in the ARM template deployment file for the following:
      • VM Username
      • VM Password
      • VM Environment (dev or prod)

  2. Challenge

    Add Functions

    • Add a function so the VM will be deployed to the resource group location automatically.
    • Add a function to create a unique name for the VM based on the resource group ID.
    • Create a function to determine if the environment is dev or prod, and to change the size of the VM accordingly:
      • Dev: Standard_DS1_v2
      • Prod: Standard_D2s_v3

  3. Challenge

    Add the Parameters File and Deploy

    • Create a parameters file for the parameter values.
    • Deploy the template with the parameters file.
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