In my previous post, ARM Template Lifecycle Management: DOs and DON’Ts, I recommend to consider YAML for ARM template authoring. In the post, I also suggest using yarm to convert YAML to JSON and/or vice-versa. However, yarm
is not that easy to use because it has to be deployed to Azure or, at least, it has to be run...
Writing ARM Templates in YAML
Posted by
Justin Yoo
on
07
August
2018
CICD, JSON, VSTS, ARM Templates, Testing, Pester, Blog, Technology, YAML
Testing ARM Templates with Pester #2 – Azure CLI
Posted by
Justin Yoo
on
11
July
2018
Architecture, VSTS, ARM Templates, Azure PowerShell, Testing, Pester, Blog, Technology, Azure CLI
In my previous post, Testing ARM Templates with Pester #1 – PowerShell, I showed how to test behaviours ARM template deployment without actual deployment. At the end of the post, I also briefly mentioned how we can integrate this testing into our CI/CD pipeline. However, I was actually asked many times how I did it on
Testing ARM Templates with Pester #1 - PowerShell
Posted by
Justin Yoo
on
22
January
2018
ARM template is a great tool for Azure resources deployment. However, it’s very tricky to use because:
- It’s a JSON object with massive number of lines,
- Its JSON structure is quite complex so that it’s not that easy to read at a glance,
- It’s hard to validate if there is a typo or not, and
- We only know if the resource...