Building Applications with Azure Resource Manager (ARM): Leverage IaC to Vastly Improve the Life Cycle of Your Applications

© David Rendón 2022

D. RendónBuilding Applications with Azure Resource Manager (ARM)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7747-8_3

3. Preparing Your Environment

David Rendón¹  

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Ags, Mexico

 

Several tools are available for you to write and maintain your Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. In this chapter, we will review some of the tools that will be utilized throughout the following chapters.

Azure Resource Manager utilizes a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) file that defines the infrastructure and configuration for your resources; this means you can determine the pieces of code that will build your environment in Azure.

If you want to take advantage of the ARM templates, you will need an editor; it can be any tool that can provide support for ...