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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide Create, deploy, and manage Azure resources with ARM templates using best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789803235
Length 234 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ritesh Modi Ritesh Modi
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Daniel Andres Pelaez Lopez Daniel Andres Pelaez Lopez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: ARM Template Foundational Skills
2. Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management FREE CHAPTER 3. Azure Resource Manager Templates 4. Understanding Core Elements of ARM Templates 5. Advance Template Features 6. Section 2: ARM Template Advanced Concepts
7. IaaS Solutions Using Templates 8. Unit Testing ARM Templates 9. Design Patterns 10. ARM Template Best Practices 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Variables

Variables are very similar to parameters in that they help to keep templates generic and maintainable. Modifying the value of a variable at a single place helps to update its value in all the places it is referenced from. However, there are a few notable differences between variables and parameters.

variables are defined and assigned values within the template itself, while values for parameters come from external sources. variables do not have data types declared explicitly, they do not have any facility to apply constraints or add description.

Possibly the best use case for variables is any data that is used multiple times within template should be replaced by variables. variables are name-value pairs where the value can be as simple as a literal string or a complex JSON object or array.

Variables are defined within the variables section of template. The next code...

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