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Infrastructure as Code with Azure Bicep.
Infrastructure as Code with Azure Bicep.

Infrastructure as Code with Azure Bicep.: Streamline Azure resource deployment by bypassing ARM complexities

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Infrastructure as Code with Azure Bicep.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Azure Bicep

In this chapter, you're going to learn what Azure Bicep is, and you'll get a quick bit of background on why it was created and what problems it is trying to solve. There will be a comparison with its predecessor, ARM templates, and at the end, you will learn about some of its limitations.

This chapter will give you insights into the reason why Microsoft went to all the trouble of creating Azure Bicep, even though there are already many different third-party tools out there with similar functionalities and feature sets. It is important to learn the reasoning to be able to learn the language without any bias and make practical use of its powerful features.

In this chapter, we are going to cover the following main topics:

  • What is Azure Bicep?
  • Why was it created?
  • How does it work?
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  • Learn Azure Bicep from an official Microsoft trainer
  • Master the authoring experience to make your Infrastructure as Code journey seamless
  • Go beyond writing good templates with the help of advanced tips and tricks

Description

It’s no secret that developers don’t like using JSON files to declare their resources in Azure because of issues such as parameter duplication and not being able to use comments in templates. Azure Bicep helps resolve these issues, and this book will guide you, as a developer or DevOps engineer, to get the most out of the Bicep language. The book takes you on a journey from understanding Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and what their drawbacks are to how you can use Bicep to overcome them. You will get familiar with tools such as Visual Studio Code, the Bicep extension, the Azure CLI, PowerShell, Azure DevOps, and GitHub for writing reusable, maintainable templates. After that, you’ll test the templates and deploy them to an Azure environment either from your own system or via a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. The book features a detailed overview of all the Bicep features, when to use what, and how to write great templates that fit well into your existing pipelines or in a new one. The chapters progress from easy to advanced topics and every effort has been put into making them easy to follow with examples, all of which are accessible via GitHub. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed a solid understanding of Azure Bicep and will be able to create, test, and deploy your resources locally or in your CI/CD pipelines.

What you will learn

  • Get started with Azure Bicep and install the necessary tools
  • Understand the details of how to define resources with Bicep
  • Use modules to create templates for different teams in your company
  • Optimize templates using expressions, conditions, and loops
  • Make customizable templates using parameters, variables, and functions
  • Deploy templates locally or from Azure DevOps or GitHub
  • Stay on top of your IaC with best practices and industry standards

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Table of Contents

17 Chapters
Preface Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
1. Section 1: Getting Started with Azure Bicep Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Azure Bicep Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Chapter 2: Installing Azure Bicep Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Chapter 3: Authoring Experience Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Chapter 4: Compiling and Decompiling Bicep Files Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Section 2: Azure Bicep Core Concepts Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Chapter 5: Defining Resources Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
8. Chapter 6: Using Parameters, Variables, and Template Functions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
9. Chapter 7: Understanding Expressions, Symbolic Names, Conditions, and Loops Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
10. Chapter 8: Defining Modules and Utilizing Outputs Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
11. Section 3: Deploying Azure Bicep Templates Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
12. Chapter 9: Deploying a Local Template Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
13. Chapter 10: Deploying Bicep Using Azure DevOps Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
14. Chapter 11: Deploying Bicep Templates Using GitHub Actions Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
15. Chapter 12: Exploring Best Practices for Future Maintenance Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
16. Other Books You May Enjoy Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
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