ARM Templates Parameter Files

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With JSON-based Parameter Files you can supply environment variables consistently and conviniently to your ARM Templates.

Intro

In this episode I give you introduction to parameter files for Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates with use of parameter types, optional parameters, default values, etc.. I will show you best practices and showcase few use-cases.

Source code for demos: https://github.com/MarczakIO/azure4everyone-samples/tree/master/azure-resourcemanager-templates-parameter-files

Agenda

In this episode I will show you a live demo of

• Creating parameter files manually
• Automatically generated parameter files
• Deployment from Azure Portal
• Deployment from Azure CLI
• Overriding parameters from files with Azure CLI

Video

Next steps for you after watching the video

1. Parameter files intro

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/parameter-files?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556

2. Pass reference types with Azure Key Vault

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/key-vault-parameter?tabs=azure-cli?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5003556