Preparing Visual Studio Code for IaC (Azure) + Deploying a Storage Account using IaC

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Prerequisites:

Extensions:

Installing Azure CLI:

$ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/installazurecliwindows -OutFile .\AzureCLI.msi; Start-Process msiexec.exe -Wait -ArgumentList '/I AzureCLI.msi /quiet'; rm .\AzureCLI.msi

Install the Azure Az PowerShell module:

Install-Module -Name Az -Scope CurrentUser -Force

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Create a Template + Parameterfile:

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.......

azuredeploy.json:

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
        "storageAccountName": {
            "type": "string",
            "metadata": {
                "description": "Storage Account Name"
            },
            "minLength":3,
            "maxLength":24
            
        }
    },
    "functions": [],
    "variables": {},
    "resources": [{
        "name": "[parameters('storageAccountName')]",
        "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
        "apiVersion": "2021-04-01",
        "tags": {
            "displayName": "storageaccount1"
        },
        "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
        "kind": "StorageV2",
        "sku": {
            "name": "Premium_LRS",
            "tier": "Premium"
        }
    }],
    "outputs": {}
}

azuredeploy.parameters.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "storageAccountName": {
      "value": "apenitest1"
    }
  }
}

Connect-AzAccount

New-AzResourceGroup -Name test -Location westeurope

New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName test -TemplateFile .\azuredeploy.json -TemplateParameterFile .\azuredeploy.parameters.json

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