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ARM Templates Cheatsheet

Introduction

This cheatsheet provides over 10 examples for working with ARM templates and Bicep files for resource creation, management, and troubleshooting using Azure CLI.

Examples

1. Validate a JSON ARM template:

   az deployment group validate –resource-group MyRG –template-file template.json

2. Deploy a JSON ARM template:

   az deployment group create –resource-group MyRG –template-file template.json –parameters @params.json

3. Run a what-if operation with a JSON template:

   az deployment group what-if –resource-group MyRG –template-file template.json

4. Export an existing deployment to an ARM template:

   az group export –name MyRG

5. Build a Bicep file to JSON:

   az bicep build –file main.bicep

6. Validate a Bicep file (via build):

   az bicep build –file main.bicep –out-file temp.json

7. Deploy a Bicep file:

   az deployment group create –resource-group MyRG –template-file main.bicep –parameters @params.json

8. Use what-if operation with Bicep:

   az deployment group what-if –resource-group MyRG –template-file main.bicep

9. List deployments in a resource group:

   az deployment group list –resource-group MyRG

10. Troubleshoot deployment errors by retrieving logs:

    az deployment operation group list –resource-group MyRG –name