Dynamic ARM templates via parameters

This is an example of controlling the content of a deployment via ARM parameters.

Structure

• 3master-template.json - entry point template that invokes other templates

• 0infrastructure-template.json - template that provisions infrastructure: SQL Server and Hosting Plan.

• Two modules:

  • 1WebsiteA-template - Example website A + SQL database
  • 2WebsiteB-template - Example website B + connection to SQL Server

Deployment always consists of the infrastructure and one or both of websiteA and websiteB.

All templates are using the same conventions for parameters and resource names - this allows mapping to the same resources across templates.

Website templates reuse hosting plan and SQL server via reference.

In order to use:

• Clone to your repo
• Replace dk-example-4 in parameter files with your deployment ID
• Choose modules in 3master-parameters.json
• Run ARM deployment and supply RAW github URL to 3master-template.json:

New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName "dk-example-4" -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sc-dmitrykostenko/arm-linked-templates/master/3master-template.json -TemplateParameterFile .\3master-parameters.json