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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide
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Azure Resource Manager Templates Quick Start Guide

by Ritesh Modi
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
234 pages
5h 42m
English
Packt Publishing
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Configuration inside an Azure virtual machine

Azure ARM templates provide extension resources to configure the inside of a virtual machine. Extensions can be of multiple types; two of the most important extension types are as follows:

  • Custom Script Extension
  • Desired State Configuration

Extension resources are nested resources within a virtual machine resource. They can be declared as a nested resource within a virtual machine resource, or they can be defined as a stand-alone resource with syntax that establishes the parent-child relationship with its parent virtual machines.

Custom Script Extension helps to execute PowerShell scripts and ensure a Desired State Configuration on virtual machines after they have been created.

These two types ...

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