Part 2 – Arm Template – Create resource

Create resource

In order to create or add Resources, we can get more idea and how to create it using this Azure Resource Manager Templates reference from microsoft:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/

Below is a sample arm template json file which will create storage resource.

{
 "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
 "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
 "resources": [
   {
     "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
     "apiVersion": "2019-04-01",
     "name": "{provide-unique-name}",
     "location": "eastus",
     "sku": {
       "name": "Standard_LRS"
     },
     "kind": "StorageV2",
     "properties": {
       "supportsHttpsTrafficOnly": true
     }
   }
 ]
}

Resource properties

Every resource you deploy has at least the following three properties:

• type: Type of the resource.
• apiVersion: Version of the REST API to use for creating the resource.
• name: Name of the resource.
• Location: Region where this resource will be created

Deploy template

You can deploy this arm template json file, you can use the below powershell script

New-AzResourceGroupDeployment `
  -Name addstorage `
  -ResourceGroupName myResourceGroup `
  -TemplateFile $templateFile

Two possible deployment failures that you might encounter:

• Error: Code=AccountNameInvalid; Message={provide-unique-name} is not a valid storage account name. Storage account name must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only.In the template, replace {provide-unique-name} with a unique storage account name. See Add resource.
• Error: Code=StorageAccountAlreadyTaken; Message=The storage account named store1abc09092019 is already taken.In the template, try a different storage account name.

Verify deployment

TO verify the deployment was successful, you can see while deploying thru PowerShell or going to Azure Portal as below:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
2. From the left menu, select Resource groups.
3. Select the resource group you deployed to.
4. You see that a storage account has been deployed.
5. Notice that the deployment label now says: Deployments: 2 Succeeded.