Passing Parameter Values to DSC Configuration from ARM Template - azure-resource-manager

I have a simple DSC Config file that contains a credential and string input parameter. I want this DSC configuration deployed with a VM deployed in an ARM template but am missing the concept of how to pass these two parameters securely. How do I accomplish this?

I was receiving the same error but, after some shenanigans, it is working for me. The important part is the settings/Properties/SqlAgentCred/password reference to protectedSettings/Items/AgentPassword. Below is the properties node under my Powershell.DSC extension resource in my template.
"properties": {
"publisher": "Microsoft.Powershell",
"type": "DSC",
"typeHandlerVersion": "2.17",
"autoUpgradeMinorVersion": false,
"settings": {
"ModulesUrl": "https://blobstore.blob.core.windows.net/windows-powershell-dsc/DBServer.ps1.zip",
"ConfigurationFunction": "DBServer.ps1\\DBServer",
"Properties": {
"SqlAgentCred": {
"userName": "user#domain.com",
"password": "PrivateSettingsRef:AgentPassword"
}
},
"WmfVersion": "latest",
"Privacy": {
"DataCollection": "Disable"
}
},
"protectedSettings": {
"Items": {
"AgentPassword": "Pa$$word"
},
"DataBlobUri": ""
}
}

You will specify protected settings under protectedsettings section. Anything under ProtectedSettings are sent encrypted. Check https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/powershell/2016/02/26/arm-dsc-extension-settings/ for details.

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Integromat app {{connection.param}} not working

I am trying to setup an own App in Integromat
What is required for my App is an URL (and later a Bearer Token) to be entered manually by the user who wants to use my App.
I have the Apps Base:
{
"baseUrl": "{{connection.url}}",
"log": {
"sanitize": ["request.headers.authorization"]
}
}
a Connection:
Parameters:
[
{
"name": "url",
"label": "url",
"type": "text",
"required": true,
"value":"https://my-server"
}
]
and the Scenario:
{
"url": "/api/endpoint",
"method": "GET",
"qs": {},
"headers": "{{connection.headers}}",
"response": {
"output": "{{body}}"
}
}
When i execute, the scenario from my App. The URL seems not to be correctly taken over from the one configured inside the connection parametrs.
Can someone help?
Everything was right. I had to delete the old Connection and create a new one.

Getting "parent resource not found" during ARM template deployment

I have private DNS zone zone.private which is already deployed in resource group and I'm trying to add A record to it with ARM template below which fails with Status Message: Can not perform requested operation on nested resource. Parent resource 'zone.private' not found. (Code:ParentResourceNotFound)
I'm supposed to be able to refer to refer to resources deployed in the same resource group to deploy nested resources but it fails for whatever reason. I have another zone called zone.domain.com deployed to the same resource group and deploying to that succeeds with no issues.
{
"type": "Microsoft.Network/dnsZones/A",
"apiVersion": "2018-05-01",
"name": "[concat('zone.private', '/', 'webexport-lb')]",
"properties": {
"TTL": 3600,
"ARecords": [
{
"ipv4Address": "1.1.1.1"
}
]
}
},
If you have a private DNS zone, you could use Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/A instead of Microsoft.Network/dnsZones/A.
So change it like this:
{
"type": "Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/A",
"apiVersion": "2018-09-01",
"name": "[concat('zone.private', '/', 'webexport-lb')]",
"properties": {
"ttl": 3600,
"aRecords": [
{
"ipv4Address": "1.1.1.1"
}
]
}
}

Get CosmosDb Primary Connection String in ARM template

I have an ARM template which sources the primaryMasterKey of a cosmosDb as follows:
{
"properties": {
"enabled": true,
"siteConfig": {
"appSettings": [
{
"name": "MongoDb:CnnDetails",
"value": "[listKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', variables('cosmosdb_full')), '2015-04-08').primaryMasterKey]"
}
}
How to I modify it to get the actual connection string instead?
I've tried couple of things:
changed the word primaryMasterKey to primaryConnectionString. This gives an error saying:
'The language expression property 'primaryConnectionString' doesn't exist, available properties are 'primaryMasterKey, secondaryMasterKey, primaryReadonlyMasterKey, secondaryReadonlyMasterKey'
changed the work listKeys to listConnectionStrings. This is red underlined in my visual studio, but seems to work when put through azure devops
'The language expression property 'primaryConnectionString' doesn't exist, available properties are 'connectionStrings'
I went to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cosmos-db-resource-provider/databaseaccounts/listconnectionstrings#code-try-0 to try it out. ListKeys returns a structure like this:
{
"primaryMasterKey": "[REDACTED]",
"secondaryMasterKey": "[REDACTED]",
"primaryReadonlyMasterKey": "[REDACTED]",
"secondaryReadonlyMasterKey": "[REDACTED]"
}
so I get why the .primaryMasterKey worked. But ListConnectionStrings returns:
{
"connectionStrings": [
{
"connectionString": "mongodb://[REDACTED]:10255/?ssl=true&replicaSet=globaldb",
"description": "Primary MongoDB Connection String"
},
{
"connectionString": "mongodb://[REDACTED]:10255/?ssl=true&replicaSet=globaldb",
"description": "Secondary MongoDB Connection String"
},
{
"connectionString": "mongodb://[REDACTED]:10255/?ssl=true&replicaSet=globaldb",
"description": "Primary Read-Only MongoDB Connection String"
},
{
"connectionString": "mongodb://[REDACTED]:10255/?ssl=true&replicaSet=globaldb",
"description": "Secondary Read-Only MongoDB Connection String"
}
]
}
Not sure how to "index into it"?
Any clues gratefully received.
For anyone else finding this question and wanting a fully complete ARM Template snippet, this is what I have used and is working:
"connectionStrings": [
{
"name": "CosmosConnection",
"connectionString": "[listConnectionStrings(resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', parameters('cosmosDbAccountName')), '2019-12-12').connectionStrings[0].connectionString]",
"type": 3
}
]
like you normally would in almost any language:
ListConnectionStrings.connectionStrings[index].connectionString
index starts at 0.
you have a more "native" way of doing this:
first(ListConnectionStrings.connectionStrings).connectionString
but only available functions are first and last
The answer here by oatsoda is correct but it will only work if you are within the same resource group as the Cosmos DB you are getting the connection string for. If you have the scenario where you Cosmos DB is in a different resource group to the resource you are generating an ARM template for the following snippet is what I have used to generate the connection string for an App Service and is working.
"Cosmos": {
"value": "[listConnectionStrings(resourceId(parameters('cosmosResourceGroupName'),'Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', parameters('cosmosDbName')), '2019-12-12').connectionStrings[0].connectionString]",
"type": "Custom"
}
In the Cosmos linked ARM template named linkedTemplate_cosmos_db-gdp-event-ammi-dev-ne-001 I used the following code.
"outputs": {
"ConnectionString": {
"value": "[listConnectionStrings(resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', parameters('accountName')), '2019-12-12').connectionStrings[0].connectionString]",
"name": "CosmosConnection",
"type": "string"
}
},
and then in the ARM template (linkedTemplate_Main) that uses the output parameter, the following, e.g a function app configuration setting
"COSMOS_CONNECTION_STRING": {
"value": "[reference('linkedTemplate_cosmos_db-gdp-event-ammi-dev-ne-001').outputs.ConnectionString.value]"

Azure Resource Manager set static IP using json template

Using Azure Resource Manager Json template, can we set internal static IP without having to assign IP? My template creates a couple of Vms. When I set privateIPAllocationMethod to Static I get error that I have to set the IP also. Is it possible to assign IP dynamically and set it static?
Or are you looking for something you can do in ARM after you get an IP from Azure using dynamic the switch to static.
{
"name": "SetStaticIP",
"type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
"apiVersion": "2015-01-01",
"dependsOn": [
"[concat(parameters('envPrefix'),parameters('vmName'),'nic')]",
"[concat(parameters('envPrefix'),parameters('vmName'))]",
"Microsoft.Insights.VMDiagnosticsSettings"
],
"properties": {
"mode": "Incremental",
"templateLink": {
"uri": "[concat(parameters('_artifactsLocation'), '/SetStaticIP.json', parameters('_artifactsLocationSasToken'))]",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0"
},
"parameters": {
"VirtualNetwork": {
"value": "[parameters('VirtualNetwork')]"
},
"VirtualNetworkId": {
"value": "[parameters('VirtualNetworkId')]" },
"nicName": {
"value": "[concat(parameters('envPrefix'),parameters('vmName'),'nic')]"
},
"ipAddress": {
"value": "[reference(concat(parameters('envPrefix'),parameters('vmName'),'nic')).ipConfigurations[0].properties.privateIPAddress]"
}
}
}
}
YES you can change dynamically assigned IP to static. Try this-
$nic=Get-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name "TestNIC" -ResourceGroupName "TestRG"
$nic.IpConfigurations[0].PrivateIpAllocationMethod = "Static"
$nic.IpConfigurations[0].PrivateIpAddress = "x.x.x.x"
Set-AzureRmNetworkInterface -NetworkInterface $nic
You can refer to this article- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-networks-static-private-ip-arm-ps/
Thanks.

How do I access the server farm resource id for a web app from within linked ARM template files?

I've got a master ARM deployment file with these resources:
{
"apiVersion": "2015-01-01",
"name": "SharedServicePlanTemplate",
"type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
"properties": {
"templateLink": { "uri": "[concat(variables('templateBase'), 'serviceplan.template.json')]" },
"parametersLink": { "uri": "[concat(variables('parametersBase'), 'serviceplan.shared.json')]" },
"mode": "Incremental"
}
},
{
"name": "my_website",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', 'ServicePlanShared')]"
],
"tags": {
"[concat('hidden-related:', resourceGroup().id, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/', 'ServicePlanShared')]": "Resource",
"displayName": "my_website"
},
"properties": {
"name": "my_website",
"serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', 'ServicePlanShared')]"
}
}
When I try to deploy, I get the following error:
New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment : InvalidTemplate: Deployment template validation failed: 'The resource
'Microsoft.Web/serverfarms/ServicePlanShared' is not defined in the template.
I thought that was the whole reason for using the resourceId function, though. I can merge my serviceplan.template.json and the website resource into the same template file, but I'd rather not do that since I will have multiple websites using that plan, and I want to be able to deploy them separately.
Change your dependsOn property to:
"dependsOn" : ["SharedServicePlanTemplate"]
One gotcha with your nested approach is if the name of your service plan changes in the linked parameters file, the resource won't be found. Passing that in as a parameter (whether you use the linked parameters file or pass it through) might be a better approach. A bit orthogonal but something to think about.

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