Welcome
What will you learn in this course?
Who is this course for and prerequisites
Getting Started: Bicep for Azure
Learn how to manage Azure resources with Bicep from scratch
About This Course
Provisioning and managing cloud resources can be a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be. Azure started with the portal and ARM templates, but to say that those are clunky to work with would be an understatement. That’s why Bicep was invented. Once you master it, provisioning and managing infrastructure in Azure is an absolute breeze. That’s why in this 5-hour course, Cloud Architect Simon Wåhlin will teach you everything you need to know to leverage Bicep and manage your resources as big enterprise companies with thousands of resources do.
Course Curriculum
4h 13m 12 sections
Introduction
Example of manual deployment in Azure Portal
Challenges with manual deployment
Why use Infrastructure as Code
What is Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure as Code options for Azure
Example Bicep template
Setup developer environment intro
Setup Visual Studio Code
Install Azure CLI
Install Azure PowerShell modules
Install Bicep CLI
Creating your first deployment
Resource syntax
Parameters introduction
Output introduction
Summary
Deploying with parameters
Parameter decorators
Example Log Analytics Workspace
Example Container App Environment
Summary
Deploy with Visual Studio Code
What-If deployments in Visual Studio Code
Deploy with Azure CLI
Deploy with Azure PowerShell
What-If deployments with Azure CLI
What-If deployment with Azure PowerShell
Deployment Mode Introduction
Using Deployment Mode Complete
Scenario Intro - Deploy Container App
Float type workaround
The need for complex objects as parameters
Using generic object as parameter
Creating custom types
Generating custom types from existing schema
Resource derived types
Implementing Custom Types for Container App Environment
Using Modules
Share symbols between modules
Import all symbols from a template
Import specific symbols from a template
Summary
String interpolation
Introducing Functions
String manipulation
Referencing existing resources
Introducing User Defined Functions
Sharing User Defined Functions between modules
Getting keys from existing resources
Introducing Tagged Union Data type
Using the Lambda Function Reduce
Ternary operators as if statements
Safe dereference operator
Coalesce operator
Spread operator
Test and validate lambda functionality
Testing expressions using Bicep Console command
Lambda function Filter example
Failing early using the Fail function
Parameter files
Introduction
Built-in RBAC roles
Assinging RBAC roles using for loop
Example assign roles to pre-created identities
Example assign roles to new service principals
Summary Role assignments
Introducing Deployment Scripts
Implementing Azure CLI Deployment Script
Deployment Script with Managed Identity support
User assigned Managed Identity
Adding new modules to the solution template
Creating the container build script
Summary
Intro to improving Managed Identity Support
Create new Managed Identity types
User Defined Function to determine type of Managed Identity
User Defined Function to create and merge objects
Combining User Defined Functions
Alternative implementation to reduce ARM template size
Import new functions in our templates
Implementing support for custom Container Registry
Use Bicep Visualizer to understand dependencies
Deploying our solution
Meet Your Instructor
Simon Wåhlin
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