Bicep as ARM simplification in Azure - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to declare a resource group in Bicep.

Azure

resource myResourceGroup '[1]' = {
  name: 'myResourceGroup'
}

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AMicrosoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01

BMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01

CMicrosoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2021-04-01

DMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2021-05-01

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a resource type for virtual machines or storage accounts instead of resource groups.

Omitting the API version.

The resource type for a resource group in Bicep is Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2021-04-01. This defines the resource group itself.

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medium

Complete the code to declare a storage account resource in Bicep.

Azure

resource storageAccount '[1]' = {
  name: 'mystorageaccount',
  location: 'westus',
  sku: {
    name: 'Standard_LRS'
  },
  kind: 'StorageV2'
}

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AMicrosoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01

BMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2021-05-01

CMicrosoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2021-04-01

DMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using resource types for virtual machines or virtual networks instead of storage accounts.

Forgetting to specify the API version.

The correct resource type for a storage account in Bicep is Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01. This defines the storage account resource.

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hard

Fix the error in the Bicep code by completing the resource type for a virtual machine.

Azure

resource vm '[1]' = {
  name: 'myVM',
  location: 'centralus',
  properties: {}
}

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AMicrosoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01

BMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01

CMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2021-05-01

DMicrosoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2021-04-01

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using storage account or resource group resource types for a VM.

Omitting the API version.

The resource type for a virtual machine in Bicep is Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01. This is required to correctly deploy a VM.

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hard

Fill both blanks to declare a virtual network with an address prefix and a subnet.

Azure

resource vnet '[1]' = {
  name: 'myVnet',
  location: 'eastus2',
  properties: {
    addressSpace: {
      addressPrefixes: [ '[2]' ]
    },
    subnets: [
      {
        name: 'default',
        properties: {
          addressPrefix: '10.0.0.0/24'
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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AMicrosoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2021-05-01

BMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01

C10.0.0.0/16

DStandard_LRS

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using the wrong resource type for virtual networks.

Using a subnet prefix as the main address prefix.

The resource type for a virtual network is Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks@2021-05-01. The address prefix for the network is typically a larger range like 10.0.0.0/16 to include subnets.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a storage account with a SKU, kind, and access tier.

Azure

resource storage '[1]' = {
  name: 'storageacct',
  location: 'westus2',
  sku: {
    name: '[2]'
  },
  kind: '[3]',
  properties: {
    accessTier: 'Hot'
  }
}

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AMicrosoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01

BStandard_LRS

CStorageV2

DMicrosoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-01-01

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using virtual machine resource types for storage accounts.

Mixing SKU names with kind values.

The storage account resource type is Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts@2021-06-01. The SKU name Standard_LRS defines the replication type. The kind StorageV2 is the general-purpose v2 storage account.