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doctore
doctore

Reputation: 334

How to test within Azure - Azure Resource Manager (ARM Templates)

Assume we have a Checkpoint Firewall Template created on Azure Portal. Is there a way to test the Template within Azure? Also if the Template is modified, is there a way to Test that new modified Template within Azure?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 337

Answers (1)

Rob S.
Rob S.

Reputation: 1136

You can test an ARM Template by using it in a deployment. You can also use the what-if setting to produce hypothetical output without actually deploying anything.

Microsoft Azure Docs for What-If

To create a What-If deployment you can proceed a number of ways; Azure CLI, PowerShell, REST, etc. Here is an example using REST (Postman).

Use the endpoint

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Resources/deployments/{deploymentName}/whatIf?api-version=2020-06-01

Provide a body payload:

{
  "location": "westus2",
  "properties": {
    "mode": "Incremental",
    "parameters": {},
    "template": {}
  }
}

Add your template and parameters. Supply a bearer token for authentication and deploy.

You can check the Azure What-If REST API docs here.

Upvotes: 2

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