I am trying to find a way to retrieve the JSON version of an Azure Resource Group that I created in the portal. I've looked through all the PowerShell documentation, tried scraping JSON from the portal, all to no avail. There are some earlier questions that state that it isn't supported, but they are all fairly old (in terms of Azure feature release speed).
Is there any way to get the JSON for a Resource Group created in the Portal UI? Or is the template approach the only way to go?
While it is possible to retrieve the JSON for a resource group from the Azure Resource Explorer, there are some caveats you need to be aware of.
Resource Explorer is a tool that describes the current runtime configuration rather than the deployment configuration that a resource template does. While it is primarily the same language there are a number of subtle differences.
For instance resource explorer will tell you the IP address that is assigned to a NIC, which isn't something that is possible to assign from a template.
While they can be a good starting point for building resource templates you will need to go through them and clean out the extraneous information.
Personally my three calling points in building resource templates are
Azure Resource Explorer
Azure Quickstart Templates
Azure Resource Manager Schemas
Between the three of those you can usually put together some concise, powerful templates.
There is a feedback item that is 'under review' to allow for the creation of full ARM templates from existing resource groups.
You can use the Azure Resource Explorer to view the JSON representation of your Azure resources. The source code is also available on GitHub in case if you want to learn how it works: https://github.com/projectkudu/ARMExplorer
This is now available in the Azure portal, portal.azure.com. If you browse to a resource group in the portal, under "All settings" for the resource group, there is now an "Export template" option.
Looking at portal.azure.com as of 3/28/2016 it looks like the options have changed from some of the previous responses...
Go to portal.azure.com and log in
Click on "Resource Groups"
Click on "All Settings"
Click on "Deployments"
Click on the particular resource/deployment for which you want to create a template
Click on "Export Template" near the top of the tile/page.
Note: Some of the deployments may not give access to the "Export Template" button. For these, you will most likely see a "Template Link" in the resource summary which gives access to the generic template for that resource deployment.
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All I want is to copy/recreate all the existing resources which is under resource-grp1 from a Production environment to another resource-grp2.
What would be the very easiest way to re-create the same environment in another Resource Group in the same subscription? I tried to export the resource group and downloaded. The problem is that the file “parameters.json” includes hard coded references to the original resource group name. Is there an way to do this without using Azure CLI/Powershell, only use Azure Portal
resource-grp1 contains following resources
1. 2 app service plans
2. 10 app services
3. 8 azure sql database
4. 3 NSG & vnet
5. Application Insight
6. SendGrid
6. Storage account
7. VM
You can just navigate to your Resource group > Click on Export Template from side Panel
You'll have 3 options
Download
Add to Library
Deploy
When Downloaded, the ARM Template will be saved to the local machine. This will allow for the template to be manually changed or saved somewhere for it to be retrieved for later use.
When Saving, the ARM Template will be saved to a collection accessible from “Browse > Templates” within the Azure Portal. This allows for Resource Group configurations to be saved so they can easily be redeployed later.
When Deploying, the ARM Template will be deployed to a new Resource Group. This essentially allows for the Resource Group to be “copied.” This could be useful for easily cloning a Resource Group to easily spin up a separate hosting environment with identical settings.
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I have Downloaded the template and Imported the template using Template Deployments.
Search for Template Deployments > Build your own template in editor > Load File (Add your downloaded template after unzipping) > Save > Create
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If you are facing issue with Export template "The problem is that the file “parameters.json” includes hard coded references to the original resource group name" try below.
Azure portal - > Resource group -> Export Template and download the template.
After download the templates (template.json and parameters.json) files find old resource group reference and change into new resource group reference.
Deploy into other resource group:
Search Template Deployment in Azure portal search bar and click on create.
Click on Build your own template in the editor
select parameter and add updated parameters.json file
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select resources and add updated template.file and save it.
Add subscription and Resource group which you need to deploy.
Click Create it will deploy your resources in a new resource group.
I am trying to replicate an existing Azure resource group using arm templates from the automation script section but running into a warning message about 10 resources types cannot be exported yet. One being Azure data factory. After searching online I found that templates for some resource types are not yet available. While looking at the Deployment section in my resource group, I am able to see a deployment details download link for each resource.
Can those be used to recreate each resource into a new resource group? Or is my best bet downloading the template from the automation script section and manually adding the resources for which the template are not yet available?
Any help would be appreciated.
Some of the warnings I got:
ResourceTypeSchemaNotFound:
***The schema of resource type 'Microsoft.DataFactory/dataFactories' is not available. Resources of this type will not be exported to the
template. (Code: ResourceTypeSchemaNotFound, Target:
Microsoft.DataFactory/dataFactories
ExportTemplateProviderError: all related to sql server
***Could not get resources of the type 'Microsoft.Sql/servers/connectionPolicies'. Resources of this type
will not be exported. (Code: ExportTemplateProviderError, Target:
Microsoft.Sql/servers/connectionPolicies)
***Could not get resources of the type 'Microsoft.Sql/servers/backupLongTermRetentionVaults'
***Could not get resources of the type 'Microsoft.Sql/servers/extendedAuditingSettings'.
The Azure resource group ARM templates from the automation script section are not as comprehensive as they should probably be. For example, it is quite possible to deploy a Data Factory instance from ARM. It provides a reasonable starting point but you will find resources that don't deploy as well as a lot of superfluous cruft.
The approach I take is to start from a clean template in Visual Studio and then construct a project from a blank template or quick-start, then refer to the template documentation and build up from scratch, using your exported ARM template from your resource group to help work out how it should look. This results in a nice clean reusable template project.
Unfortunately I have not found an better way yet.
I have a resource group with 20 resources(SQL, Web App ....)
I could not see the Resource group template while clicking the automation script button.
How can i download all the resource as a template?
It has, one failed deployment resource.
is there any way to get all resource template if i remove from there?
If you click on the Automation script all the resources ready to export as a template, except the resources which has errors.
Click on the deployment which has error message and delete.
For downloading, you have both options:
Click on Download option to store it into local machine.
Click on Add to library to save as a template.
Automate deploying resources with Azure Resource Manager templates in a single, coordinated operation. Define resources and configurable input parameters and deploy with script or code. Learn more about template deployment.
Lot of things have changed from 2017 to 2020, but I just want to add this, so that its helpful for others who are looking for help for downloading templates
Goto Resource Groups and select the resource
In the Settings section, click on Export Template
The templates zip file is downloaded into your windows downloads directory.
Thanks
Nate
How can you get the Azure automation script for just a single service?
In this case I've selected an App Service Plan, but when I click on it's "Automation script" in the Azure Portal, I get the script for everything (minus the various resource types "that cannot be exported yet" )
Unfortunately, export function only allows to export everything in the resource group, so you get an ARM template that represents the resource group.
If you want to get an ARM template solely for that resource, please deploy it into it's own resource group and then use the Automation script option.
Alternatively, you can use armviz to get a visual representation. When you click on a particular element, it will take you directly to that object in the arm template. Not exactly what you are looking for, but might give you enough.
You can't export just a single resource if there are multiple resources in the resource group, but maybe visual studio can help.
If you export the template and load it in VS as an arm template project, you can easily delete the other resources from the sidebar and leave just the one you need. You might also need to clean up the vars/params though.
I am trying my hands on over Azure Resource manager templates.
So for making any new resource I am trying to find out which all parameters are required and if they are mandatory or optional. But couldn't get any documentation for same.
I am looking for documentation which is somewhat similar to AWS. To get better in sites about the resources.
Thanks in advance!!
EDIT
I am not looking for parameters in general which are passed to the template. What I want is the resources parameters. The parameters which are given under the properties tag of every resource
Example-
In the below resource "virtualNetworks" there are resource parameters like addressSpace, subnets.
virtualNetworks
This should help you.
It is the schema for deployment templates. Within it, there are schemas for every type of resource that can be put into an arm template. For example, if we look at the schema for Virtual Machines, it contains all the available properties, profiles, extensions, what is required or not, etc.
However, it shouldn't be necessary for you to really look at this and learn it. When you are creating your arm template in visual studio, intellisense should kick in and show you whether what you are putting in the template is valid or not. For example, here I am editing the properties of a public IP, and it shows me what the available properties to add are.
you are right, there is a lack of documentation for resources and required parameters.
My advice is:
Check the Azure-Quickstart Templates, more than enough examples: Quickstart Templates
Since some days you can export ARM Templates from the Azure Portal. So create your resource in portal and export the Templates & Parameters: Microsoft Blog
Check the resource Explorer: Resource Explorer