Resource Groups - Export Template

Captures the specified resource group as a template.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourcegroups/{resourceGroupName}/exportTemplate?api-version=2021-04-01

URI Parameters

Name In Required Type Description
resourceGroupName
path True

string

The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.

subscriptionId
path True

string

The Microsoft Azure subscription ID.

api-version
query True

string

The API version to use for this operation.

Request Body

Name Type Description
options

string

The export template options. A CSV-formatted list containing zero or more of the following: 'IncludeParameterDefaultValue', 'IncludeComments', 'SkipResourceNameParameterization', 'SkipAllParameterization'

resources

string[]

The IDs of the resources to filter the export by. To export all resources, supply an array with single entry '*'.

Responses

Name Type Description
200 OK

ResourceGroupExportResult

OK - Returns the result of the export.

202 Accepted

Accepted

Other Status Codes

CloudError

Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name Description
user_impersonation impersonate your user account

Examples

Export a resource group
Export a resource group with filtering

Export a resource group

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/exportTemplate?api-version=2021-04-01

{
  "resources": [
    "*"
  ],
  "options": "IncludeParameterDefaultValue,IncludeComments"
}

Sample response

location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/operationresults/c9bbccf4-e16a-4eb7-befb-2e2e5195c347?api-version=2018-08-01
{
  "template": {
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
      "myResourceType_myFirstResource_name": {
        "defaultValue": "myFirstResource",
        "type": "String"
      },
      "myResourceType_mySecondResource_name": {
        "defaultValue": "mySecondResource",
        "type": "String"
      },
      "myResourceType_myFirstResource_secret": {
        "defaultValue": null,
        "type": "SecureString"
      }
    },
    "variables": {},
    "resources": [
      {
        "type": "My.RP/myResourceType",
        "apiVersion": "2019-01-01",
        "name": "[parameters('myResourceType_myFirstResource_name')]",
        "location": "West US",
        "properties": {
          "secret": "[parameters('myResourceType_myFirstResource_secret')]"
        }
      },
      {
        "type": "My.RP/myResourceType",
        "apiVersion": "2019-01-01",
        "name": "[parameters('myResourceType_mySecondResource_name')]",
        "location": "West US",
        "properties": {
          "customProperty": "hello!"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "error": {
    "code": "ExportTemplateCompletedWithErrors",
    "message": "Export template operation completed with errors. Some resources were not exported. Please see details for more information.",
    "details": []
  }
}

Export a resource group with filtering

Sample request

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourcegroups/my-resource-group/exportTemplate?api-version=2021-04-01

{
  "resources": [
    "/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups/my-resource-group/providers/My.RP/myResourceType/myFirstResource"
  ],
  "options": "SkipResourceNameParameterization"
}

Sample response

location: https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/operationresults/c9bbccf4-e16a-4eb7-befb-2e2e5195c347?api-version=2018-08-01
{
  "template": {
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
      "myResourceType_myFirstResource_secret": {
        "defaultValue": null,
        "type": "SecureString"
      }
    },
    "variables": {},
    "resources": [
      {
        "type": "My.RP/myResourceType",
        "apiVersion": "2019-01-01",
        "name": "myFirstResource",
        "location": "West US",
        "properties": {
          "secret": "[parameters('myResourceType_myFirstResource_secret')]"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Definitions

Name Description
CloudError

An error response for a resource management request.

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

ErrorResponse

Error Response

ExportTemplateRequest

Export resource group template request parameters.

ResourceGroupExportResult

Resource group export result.

CloudError

An error response for a resource management request.

Name Type Description
error

ErrorResponse

Error Response
Common error response for all Azure Resource Manager APIs to return error details for failed operations. (This also follows the OData error response format.)

ErrorAdditionalInfo

The resource management error additional info.

Name Type Description
info

object

The additional info.

type

string

The additional info type.

ErrorResponse

Error Response

Name Type Description
additionalInfo

ErrorAdditionalInfo[]

The error additional info.

code

string

The error code.

details

ErrorResponse[]

The error details.

message

string

The error message.

target

string

The error target.

ExportTemplateRequest

Export resource group template request parameters.

Name Type Description
options

string

The export template options. A CSV-formatted list containing zero or more of the following: 'IncludeParameterDefaultValue', 'IncludeComments', 'SkipResourceNameParameterization', 'SkipAllParameterization'

resources

string[]

The IDs of the resources to filter the export by. To export all resources, supply an array with single entry '*'.

ResourceGroupExportResult

Resource group export result.

Name Type Description
error

ErrorResponse

Error Response
The template export error.

template

object

The template content.