Passing additional parameters apart from parameter file in arm template

Question

I have some arm template where creation of subnet resource is dependent on creation of VNet. Below is the code:

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "vnetName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the Virtual Network"
      }
    },
    "vnetAddressPrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The IP Address pool for the virtual network in CIDR format."
      }
    },
    "subnetPrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The IP Address pool for the Subnet in CIDR format."
      }
    },
    "subnetName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Name of the Subnet"
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "templateBaseUrl": "[deployment().properties.templateLink.uri]",
    "virtualNetworkTemplateUrl": "[uri(variables('templateBaseUrl'), 'VirtualNetwork.json')]",
    "subnetTemplateUrl": "[uri(variables('templateBaseUrl'), 'Subnet.json')]",
    "parametersUrl": "[uri(variables('templateBaseUrl'), 'networksubnetnsgtest.parameters.json')]"
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2017-05-10",
      "name": "VnetDeployment",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
        "mode": "Incremental",
        "templateLink": {
          "uri": "[variables('virtualNetworkTemplateUrl')]"
        },
        "parameters": {
          "uri": {
            "value": "[variables('parametersUrl')]"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2017-05-10",
      "name": "SubnetDeployment",
      "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
      "properties": {
        "mode": "Incremental",
        "templateLink": {
          "uri": "[variables('subnetTemplateUrl')]"
        },
        "parameters": {
          "uri": {
            "value": "[variables('parametersUrl')]"
          }
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "VnetDeployment"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "outputs": {
    "returnedVnetName": {
      "type": "string",
      "value": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks', parameters('vnetName'))]"
    },
    "returnedVnetAddressPrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "value": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks', parameters('vnetAddressPrefix'))]"
    }
  }
}

Few parameters are saved in parameter file referred by parameterUrl variable, as you can see. But apart from this, i need to pass additional parameters say like password or any required parameter , which i may be reading from external sources like vault, and need to pass from commandline. How will i pass this in parameters section within resources.

Command i am using to deploy azure template is below:

az group deployment create --resource-group testrg --template-file ${WORKSPACE}/azuredeploy.json --parameters @${WORKSPACE}/networksubnetnsgtest.parameters.json --parameters DBMasterUserPassword=${DBMasterUserPassword}

Hi, just want to check whether 4c74356b41's last suggestion is useful for you? If not, feel free to leave comment below. Then we could continue to help for solving this issue. — Merlin Liang - MSFT
@MerlinLiang-MSFT I am still in doubt. In above json , i have 2 resources, 1 VNetDeployment and 2) SubnetDeployment. Now SubNetDeployment requires 2 type of parameters. 1) Mentioned in networksubnetnsgtest.parameters.json file which i am passing as "uri": { "value": "[variables('parametersUrl')]" } 2) On some password, which i am passing as --parameter <credentialname>=<credentialvalue> during CLI command execution. Now how will i pass <credentialname>=<credentialvalue> as parameter to SubnetDeployment resource in parameter {} section. Or i need not to pass in parameter {} section. — KCS

4c74356b41 4c74356b41 · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-21T07:45:28

excerpt from official documentation:

az group deployment create -g MyResourceGroup --template-file azuredeploy.json \
    --parameters @params.json --parameters https://mysite/params.json --parameters MyValue=This [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/group/deployment?view=azure-cli-latest#examples

Passing additional parameters apart from parameter file in arm template

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