Deploy resources using ARM template - azure

Question

I'm having a scenario, where I need to use the same app service plan to deploy the resources (app service) in another resource group.
App service plan resides in another resource group.
I tried this, which is giving "app service plan not found error". Here is the Deployment.json file.
Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-deploy-az-cli?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp#option-1-existing-app-service-plan
This deployment json works fine when we tried to deploy the app in the same resource group without creating a new plan.
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"appId": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Active Directory App ID, set as MicrosoftAppId in the Web App's Application Settings."
}
},
"appSecret": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "Active Directory App Password, set as MicrosoftAppPassword in the Web App's Application Settings. Defaults to \"\"."
}
},
"botId": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "The globally unique and immutable bot ID. Also used to configure the displayName of the bot, which is mutable."
}
},
"botSku": {
"defaultValue": "F0",
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "The pricing tier of the Bot Service Registration. Acceptable values are F0 and S1."
}
},
"newAppServicePlanName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "",
"metadata": {
"description": "The name of the new App Service Plan."
}
},
"newAppServicePlanSku": {
"type": "object",
"defaultValue": {
"name": "S1",
"tier": "Standard",
"size": "S1",
"family": "S",
"capacity": 1
},
"metadata": {
"description": "The SKU of the App Service Plan. Defaults to Standard values."
}
},
"appServicePlanLocation": {
"type": "string",
"metadata": {
"description": "The location of the App Service Plan."
}
},
"existingAppServicePlan": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "",
"metadata": {
"description": "Name of the existing App Service Plan used to create the Web App for the bot."
}
},
"newWebAppName": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "",
"metadata": {
"description": "The globally unique name of the Web App. Defaults to the value passed in for \"botId\"."
}
}
},
"variables": {
"defaultAppServicePlanName": "[if(empty(parameters('existingAppServicePlan')), 'createNewAppServicePlan', parameters('existingAppServicePlan'))]",
"useExistingAppServicePlan": "[not(equals(variables('defaultAppServicePlanName'), 'createNewAppServicePlan'))]",
"servicePlanName": "[if(variables('useExistingAppServicePlan'), parameters('existingAppServicePlan'), parameters('newAppServicePlanName'))]",
"resourcesLocation": "[parameters('appServicePlanLocation')]",
"webAppName": "[if(empty(parameters('newWebAppName')), parameters('botId'), parameters('newWebAppName'))]",
"siteHost": "[concat(variables('webAppName'), '.azurewebsites.net')]",
"botEndpoint": "[concat('https://', variables('siteHost'), '/api/messages')]"
},
"resources": [
{
"comments": "Create a new App Service Plan if no existing App Service Plan name was passed in.",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/serverfarms",
"condition": "[not(variables('useExistingAppServicePlan'))]",
"name": "[variables('servicePlanName')]",
"apiVersion": "2018-02-01",
"location": "[variables('resourcesLocation')]",
"sku": "[parameters('newAppServicePlanSku')]",
"properties": {
"name": "[variables('servicePlanName')]"
}
},
{
"comments": "Create a Web App using an App Service Plan",
"type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
"apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
"location": "[variables('resourcesLocation')]",
"kind": "app",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('servicePlanName'))]"
],
"name": "[variables('webAppName')]",
"properties": {
"name": "[variables('webAppName')]",
"serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('servicePlanName'))]",
"siteConfig": {
"appSettings": [
{
"name": "WEBSITE_NODE_DEFAULT_VERSION",
"value": "10.14.1"
},
{
"name": "MicrosoftAppId",
"value": "[parameters('appId')]"
},
{
"name": "MicrosoftAppPassword",
"value": "[parameters('appSecret')]"
}
],
"cors": {
"allowedOrigins": [
"https://botservice.hosting.portal.azure.net",
"https://hosting.onecloud.azure-test.net/"
]
}
}
}
},
{
"apiVersion": "2017-12-01",
"type": "Microsoft.BotService/botServices",
"name": "[parameters('botId')]",
"location": "global",
"kind": "bot",
"sku": {
"name": "[parameters('botSku')]"
},
"properties": {
"name": "[parameters('botId')]",
"displayName": "[parameters('botId')]",
"endpoint": "[variables('botEndpoint')]",
"msaAppId": "[parameters('appId')]",
"developerAppInsightsApplicationId": null,
"developerAppInsightKey": null,
"publishingCredentials": null,
"storageResourceId": null
},
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/sites/', variables('webAppName'))]"
]
}
]
}

Answer 1

You have to specify the resource group that the app service plan is in when using the resourceId function as per the documentation.