ARM - Part 3: Hook up the Pipes

I’ve got a template straight from Microsoft. I want this wired into a CI/CD pipeline to I can play around and get quick feedback. I’m going to use Azure DevOps to help make all this possible. Let’s get those templates into a repository to get started. New repository, initialize it, add new files.

A new repository on Azure DevOps.

Next, I’m going to create a new resource group to play around with my web app resources.

A new Azure Resource Group.

Now we need to make sure DevOps has permission to create and update resources in Azure. This can be done in a few different ways as described here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/library/connect-to-azure?view=azure-devops.

I’m going to setup a service connection from DevOps to Azure. In Azure Devops, I’m going to go to my project settings:

Azure DevOps Project Settings

And go to Service Connections:

Create a Service Connection

We’ll create a new Azure Resource Manager service connection.

Create a Service Connection for ARM

We just need to pick the right Subscription, Sign in, and point it at our resource group. There are more complex setups, and we’ll get into those in the future, but for now we’ll just point it at that resource group I created earlier. Now for this to work properly, you have to be able to grant rights to the connector.

Create a Service Connection for ARM

Now we’ve got a connector to deploy to Azure. We’ll finish this up next time.