AZ-104 Certification Notes

Chapter 7.2 - ARM Template Skeleton

ARM Template - Skeleton

• Skeleton
  • The general structure of an ARM template
• $schema
  • Describes the properties that are available within a template
• contentVersion
  • The version of the template. You can provide any value for this element
• apiProfile
  • Use this value to avoid having to specify API versions for each resource in the template
• parameters
  • Values you can pass along to your template
• variables
  • You transform parameters or resource properties using function expressions
• functions
  • User-defined functions available within the template
• resources
  • The azure resources you'll want to deploy or update
• outputs
  • Values that are returned after deployment

Practice Quiz

• Which component of the ARM Template skeleton are values you can pass along to your template

  • variables
  • resources
  • parameters
  • apiProfile

• Which component of the ARM Template skeleton describes the properties that are available within a template?

  • $schema
  • apiProfile
  • contentVersion
  • resources

• What are variables in an ARM Template?

  • Variables you transform parameters or resource properties using function expressions.

• Which component of the ARM Template skeleton are values that are returned after deployment?

  • Outputs