How to deploy an Azure Bot - azure

Question

I have created a simple Azure Bot from a Typescript template from this tutorial. I have tested it in the Bot Framework Emulator and now want to deploy it to Azure. I am trying to follow the instructions here. I get as far as the step "Deploy via ARM template with existing resource group" (I have already created a Resource Group).
So I am trying to run this command from the command line:
az deployment group create --resource-group "<name-of-resource-group>" --template-file "<path-to-template-with-preexisting-rg.json>" --parameters appId="<app-id-from-previous-step>" appSecret="<password-from-previous-step>" botId="<id or bot-app-service-name>" newWebAppName="<bot-app-service-name>" existingAppServicePlan="<name-of-app-service-plan>" appServicePlanLocation="<region-location-name>" --name "<bot-app-service-name>"
I'm getting an error: az deployment: 'group' is not in the 'az deployment' command group. Sure enough when I look at the help for az deployment, there is no group command. There is a create command, but if I remove group I get into a series of other errors which just seem to lead me down a rabbit hole.
In my desperation, I tried installing the BotFrameworkComposer app (Linux) and to create a project from there. It gives me an error Error calling npm to fetch template. Please ensure that node and npm are installed and available on your system. Full error message: Command failed with ENOENT: npm root -g --prefix. So I tried opening the bot resource that I created in the Azure portal using the "Open in Composer" button and nothing opens. So I copied the link from the button into the browser (as it suggests) but the app doesn't open.

Answer 1

I'm getting an error: az deployment: 'group' is not in the 'az deployment' command group. Sure enough when I look at the help for az deployment, there is no group command.
What version is your AZ CLI?
I am using 2.27.2 and I have it.
C:\>az -v
azure-cli 2.27.2
core 2.27.2
telemetry 1.0.6
C:\>az deployment --help
Group
az deployment : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at subscription scope.
Subgroups:
group : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at resource group.
mg : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at management group.
operation : Manage deployment operations at subscription scope.
sub : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at subscription scope.
tenant : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at tenant scope.
C:\>az deployment group --help
Group
az deployment group : Manage Azure Resource Manager template deployment at resource group.
Commands:
cancel : Cancel a deployment at resource group.
create : Start a deployment at resource group.
delete : Delete a deployment at resource group.
export : Export the template used for a deployment.
list : List deployments at resource group.
show : Show a deployment at resource group.
validate : Validate whether a template is valid at resource group.
wait : Place the CLI in a waiting state until a deployment condition is met.
what-if : Execute a deployment What-If operation at resource group scope.