Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide

Compose and decompose ARM templates and use advanced concepts like looping conditions dependencies PowerShell and Desired State Configuration.Key FeaturesDesign implement and unit test ARM templatesDevelop and deploy ARM templates following security best practicesBook DescriptionAzure 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.What you will learnUnderstand the foundations of ARM templates including nested and linked templatesDesign create and unit test ARM templates using best practicesLearn about conditional deployments looping Custom Script Extensions using PowerShell Bash and DSCImplement design patterns related to ARM templatesRun post-deployment PowerShell and Desired State Configuration scriptsCreate solutions and deploy them on Azure using ARM templatesWho this book is forThis books is for developers DevOps engineers and architects who have experience in Azure. About the Author Ritesh Modi is an ex-Microsoft Senior Technology Evangelist. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and the Regional Lead for Microsoft certified trainers. He is an architect senior evangelist cloud architect published author speaker and a known leader for his contributions to blockchain Ethereum data centers Azure bots cognitive services DevOps artificial intelligence and automation. He is the author of eight books. He has spoken at more than 25 conferences including TechEd and PowerShell Asia and is a published author for MSDN magazine. He has more than a decade of experience of building and deploying enterprise solutions for customers. He has more than 25 technical certifications.