Import a database using AzureRM Powershell - azure

Question

There is a document named Import a BACPAC file to create a new Azure SQL database using PowerShell that covers how to import a bacpac file into SQL server under ASM.
Is there a way to import a bacpac file into an Azure SQL Server using Azure Resource Management cmdlets.
Following on from #juvchan answer I have been trying to get the following to work.
$update = #{
"operationMode" = "Import"
"storageKey"= "Key"
"storageKeyType" = "Primary"
"administratorLogin"= "adminlogin"
"administratorLoginPassword"= "adminpassword"
"storageUri"= "https://example.blob.core.windows.net/sql/exampleIOSQL-2016-1-23-12-26.bacpac"
}
New-AzureRmResource -ResourceGroupName "resourcegroupname" `
-ResourceType "Microsoft.Sql/servers" `
-Name "sqldbsvr" `
-PropertyObject $update `
-ApiVersion 2015-08-01 `
-Force -Location "westeurope"
Unfortunately I can't get anything but this very helpful error message -
New-AzureRmResource : {"code":"","message":"An error occurred while processing this request.","target":null,"details":[],"innererror":[]}

Answer 1

At current time, the latest Microsoft Azure PowerShell - January 2016 (version 1.1)'s Azure RM module does not have any cmdlets which
can support Azure SQL database import like the Azure Service Management's cmdlet i.e. Start-AzureSqlDatabaseImport
However, there is a workaround which can achieve this in the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) context.
The workaround is to do a Azure Resource Group template deployment with a user-defined ARM template which include the database import resource type.
The proposed workaround consist of a sample PowerShell script, a sample ARM template json and a sample ARM Template parameters json as shown below:
The PowerShell sample code is as below:
Login-AzureRmAccount
$tenantId = "your_tenant_id"
$subscriptionId = "your_subscription_id"
$rgName = "your_rg_name"
$location = "your_location"
$templateFile = "YourARMTemplate.json"
$templateParamFile = "YourARMTemplate.Parameters.json"
Set-AzureRmContext -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId -TenantId $tenantId
New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Location $location -Name $rgName -Force
$deployment = New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $rgName -TemplateFile $templateFile -TemplateParameterFile $templateParamFile -Mode Incremental -Force
The sample ARM template json for Azure SQL database import is as below:
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"variables": {
"dbApiVersion": "2014-04-01-preview",
"resourceGroupLocation": "[resourceGroup().location]",
"dbServerNameTidy": "[toLower(trim(parameters('dbServerName')))]",
"masterDbNameTidy": "[toLower(trim(parameters('masterDbName')))]"
},
"parameters": {
"dbServerName": {
"type": "string"
},
"dbLogin": {
"type": "string"
},
"dbPassword": {
"type": "string"
},
"dbServerVersion": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "12.0"
},
"dbCollation": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"
},
"dbEdition": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "Standard"
},
"dbMaxSize": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "10737418240"
},
"dbServiceObjectiveLevel": {
"type": "string",
"defaultValue": "455330E1-00CD-488B-B5FA-177C226F28B7"
},
"bacpacStorageKey": {
"type": "string"
},
"masterDbName": {
"type": "string"
},
"masterBacpacUrl": {
"type": "string"
},
},
"resources": [
{
"type": "Microsoft.Sql/servers",
"apiVersion": "[variables('dbApiVersion')]",
"properties": {
"administratorLogin": "[parameters('dbLogin')]",
"administratorLoginPassword": "[parameters('dbPassword')]",
"version": "[parameters('dbServerVersion')]"
},
"name": "[variables('dbServerNameTidy')]",
"location": "[variables('resourceGroupLocation')]",
"resources": [
{
"type": "firewallrules",
"apiVersion": "[variables('dbApiVersion')]",
"properties": {
"endIpAddress": "0.0.0.0",
"startIpAddress": "0.0.0.0"
},
"name": "AllowAllWindowsAzureIps",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Sql/servers', variables('dbServerNameTidy'))]"
]
},
{
"type": "databases",
"apiVersion": "[variables('dbApiVersion')]",
"properties": {
"edition": "[parameters('dbEdition')]",
"collation": "[parameters('dbCollation')]",
"maxSizeBytes": "[parameters('dbMaxSize')]",
"requestedServiceObjectiveId": "[parameters('dbServiceObjectiveLevel')]"
},
"name": "[variables('webDbNameTidy')]",
"location": "[variables('resourceGroupLocation')]",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Sql/servers', variables('dbServerNameTidy'))]"
],
"resources": [
{
"type": "extensions",
"apiVersion": "[variables('dbApiVersion')]",
"properties": {
"operationMode": "Import",
"storageKey": "[parameters('bacpacStorageKey')]",
"storageKeyType": "Primary",
"administratorLogin": "[parameters('dbLogin')]",
"administratorLoginPassword": "[parameters('dbPassword')]",
"storageUri": "[parameters('masterBacpacUrl')]"
},
"name": "Import",
"dependsOn": [
"[resourceId('Microsoft.Sql/servers/databases', variables('dbServerNameTidy'), variables('masterDbNameTidy'))]"
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
The sample ARM template parameters json for Azure SQL database import is as below:
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"dbServerName": {
"value": "<your DB Server Name>"
},
"dbLogin": {
"value": "<Your DB server login name>"
},
"dbPassword": {
"value": "<Your DB server login password>"
},
"bacpacStorageKey": {
"value": "<Your Azure Storage Account Primary key which stores the bacpac blob>"
},
"masterDbName": {
"value": "<your Azure Sql Db name>"
},
"masterBacpacUrl": {
"value": "<Your Azure storage account Bacpac blob file full Url>"
}
}
}
Hope this helps and clarifies.