Microsoft.Resources templateSpecs 2021-05-01

Bicep resource definition

The templateSpecs resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Remarks

Instead of using an ARM template or Bicep file to define the template spec, we recommend that you use New-AzTemplateSpec in Azure PowerShell or az ts create in Azure CLI to create your template spec. Those commands automatically convert linked templates to artifacts connected to your main template. When you use an ARM template to create the template spec, you must manually add those linked templates as artifacts, which can be complicated. For more information, see Quickstart: Create and deploy template spec.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs@2021-05-01' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  properties: {
    description: 'string'
    displayName: 'string'
    metadata: any()
  }
}

Property values

templateSpecs

Name Description Value
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-90

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, parentheses, hyphens, and periods.
location The location of the Template Spec. It cannot be changed after Template Spec creation. It must be one of the supported Azure locations. string (required)
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
properties Template Spec properties. TemplateSpecProperties

TemplateSpecProperties

Name Description Value
description Template Spec description. string

Constraints:
Max length = 4096
displayName Template Spec display name. string

Constraints:
Max length = 64
metadata The Template Spec metadata. Metadata is an open-ended object and is typically a collection of key-value pairs. For Bicep, you can use the any() function.

ARM template resource definition

The templateSpecs resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Remarks

Instead of using an ARM template or Bicep file to define the template spec, we recommend that you use New-AzTemplateSpec in Azure PowerShell or az ts create in Azure CLI to create your template spec. Those commands automatically convert linked templates to artifacts connected to your main template. When you use an ARM template to create the template spec, you must manually add those linked templates as artifacts, which can be complicated. For more information, see Quickstart: Create and deploy template spec.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs",
  "apiVersion": "2021-05-01",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "properties": {
    "description": "string",
    "displayName": "string",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Property values

templateSpecs

Name Description Value
type The resource type 'Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs'
apiVersion The resource api version '2021-05-01'
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-90

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, parentheses, hyphens, and periods.
location The location of the Template Spec. It cannot be changed after Template Spec creation. It must be one of the supported Azure locations. string (required)
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
properties Template Spec properties. TemplateSpecProperties

TemplateSpecProperties

Name Description Value
description Template Spec description. string

Constraints:
Max length = 4096
displayName Template Spec display name. string

Constraints:
Max length = 64
metadata The Template Spec metadata. Metadata is an open-ended object and is typically a collection of key-value pairs.

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The templateSpecs resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

  • Resource groups

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs@2021-05-01"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      description = "string"
      displayName = "string"
    }
  })
}

Property values

templateSpecs

Name Description Value
type The resource type "Microsoft.Resources/templateSpecs@2021-05-01"
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-90

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, parentheses, hyphens, and periods.
location The location of the Template Spec. It cannot be changed after Template Spec creation. It must be one of the supported Azure locations. string (required)
parent_id To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group. string (required)
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values.
properties Template Spec properties. TemplateSpecProperties

TemplateSpecProperties

Name Description Value
description Template Spec description. string

Constraints:
Max length = 4096
displayName Template Spec display name. string

Constraints:
Max length = 64
metadata The Template Spec metadata. Metadata is an open-ended object and is typically a collection of key-value pairs.