Bicep Resource Module Specifications

A module MUST have an owner that is defined and managed by a GitHub Team in the Azure GitHub organization.

Today this is only Microsoft FTEs, but everyone is welcome to contribute. The module just MUST be owned by a Microsoft FTE (today) so we can enforce and provide the long-term support required by this initiative.

The names for the GitHub teams for each approved module are already defined in the respective Module Indexes . These teams MUST be created (and used) for each module.

All GitHub repositories that AVM module are published from and hosted within MUST only assign GitHub repository permissions to GitHub teams only.

Each module MUST have separate GitHub teams assigned for module owners AND module contributors respectively. These GitHub teams MUST be created in the Azure organization in GitHub.

There MUST NOT be any GitHub repository permissions assigned to individual users.

The names for the GitHub teams for each approved module are already defined in the respective Module Indexes . These teams MUST be created (and used) for each module.

• Bicep Resource Modules
• Bicep Pattern Modules
• Terraform Resource Modules
• Terraform Pattern Modules

The @Azure prefix in the last column of the tables linked above represents the “Azure” GitHub organization all AVM-related repositories exist in. DO NOT include this segment in the team’s name!

Non-FTE / external contributors (subject matter experts that aren’t Microsoft employees) can’t be members of the teams described in this chapter, hence, they won’t gain any extra permissions on AVM repositories, therefore, they need to work in forks.

The naming convention for the GitHub teams MUST follow the below pattern:

• <hyphenated module name>-module-owners-<bicep/tf> - to be assigned as the GitHub repository’s Module Owners team
• <hyphenated module name>-module-contributors-<bicep/tf> - to be assigned as the GitHub repository’s Module Contributors team

The naming convention for Bicep modules is slightly different than the naming convention for their respective GitHub teams.

Segments:

• <hyphenated module name> == the AVM Module’s name, with each segment separated by dashes, i.e., avm-res-<resource provider>-<ARM resource type>
  • See RMNFR1 for AVM Resource Module Naming
  • See PMNFR1 for AVM Pattern Module Naming
• module-owners or module-contributors == the role the GitHub Team is assigned to
• <bicep/tf> == the language the module is written in

Examples:

• avm-res-compute-virtualmachine-module-owners-bicep
• avm-res-compute-virtualmachine-module-contributors-tf

All officially documented module owner(s) MUST be added to the -module-owners- team. The -module-owners- team MUST NOT have any other members.

Any additional module contributors whom the module owner(s) agreed to work with MUST be added to the -module-contributors- team.

Unless explicitly requested and agreed, members of the AVM core team or any PG teams MUST NOT be added to the -module-owners- or -module-contributors- teams as permissions for them are granted through the teams described in SNFR9 .

In case of Bicep modules, permissions to the BRM repository (the repo of the Bicep Registry) are granted via assigning the -module-owners- and -module-contributors- teams to parent teams that already have the required level access configured. While it is the module owner’s responsibility to initiate the addition of their teams to the respective parents, only the AVM core team can approve this parent-child relationship.

Module owners MUST create their -module-owners- and -module-contributors- teams and as part of the provisioning process, they MUST request the addition of these teams to their respective parent teams (see the table below for details).

Examples - GitHub teams required for the Bicep resource module of Azure Virtual Network (avm/res/network/virtual-network):

• avm-res-network-virtualnetwork-module-owners-bicep –> assign to the avm-technical-reviewers-bicep parent team.
• avm-res-network-virtualnetwork-module-contributors-bicep –> assign to the avm-module-contributors-bicep parent team.

Direct link to create a new GitHub team and assign it to its parent: Create new team

Fill in the values as follows:

• Team name: Following the naming convention described above, use the value defined in the module indexes.
• Description: Follow the guidance above (see the Description column in the table above).
• Parent team: Follow the guidance above (see the Permissions granted through column in the table above).
• Team visibility: Visible
• Team notifications: Enabled

As part of the “initial Pull Request” (that publishes the first version of the module), module owners MUST add an entry to the CODEOWNERS file in the BRM repository ( here ).

Through this approach, the AVM core team will grant review permission to module owners as part of the standard PR review process.

Every CODEOWNERS entry (line) MUST include the following segments separated by a single whitespace character:

• Path of the module, relative to the repo’s root, e.g.: /avm/res/network/virtual-network/
• The -module-owners-team, with the @Azure/ prefix, e.g., @Azure/avm-res-network-virtualnetwork-module-owners-bicep
• The GitHub team of the AVM Bicep reviewers, with the @Azure/ prefix, i.e., @Azure/avm-module-reviewers-bicep

Example - CODEOWNERS entry for the Bicep resource module of Azure Virtual Network (avm/res/network/virtual-network):

• /avm/res/network/virtual-network/ @Azure/avm-res-network-virtualnetwork-module-owners-bicep @Azure/avm-module-reviewers-bicep

Module owners MUST assign the -module-owners-and -module-contributors- teams the necessary permissions on their Terraform module repository per the guidance below.

Direct link to create a new GitHub team: Create new team

Fill in the values as follows:

• Team name: Following the naming convention described above, use the value defined in the module indexes.
• Description: Follow the guidance above (see the Description column in the table above).
• Parent team: Do not assign the team to any parent team.
• Team visibility: Visible
• Team notifications: Enabled

A module owner MUST make the following GitHub teams in the Azure GitHub organization admins on the GitHub repo of the module in question:

• @Azure/avm-core-team-technical-bicep = AVM Core Team
• @Azure/bicep-admins = Bicep PG team

These required GitHub teams are already associated to the BRM repository and have the required permissions.

• @Azure/avm-core-team-technical-terraform = AVM Core Team
• @Azure/terraform-avm = Terraform PG

Module owners MUST assign these GitHub teams as admins on the GitHub repo of the module in question.

For detailed steps, please follow this guidance .

A module MUST be published with the MIT License in the Azure GitHub organization.

A module owner MUST respond to logged issues within 3 business days. See Module Support for more information.

Only the latest released version of a module MUST be supported.

For example, if an AVM Resource Module is used in an AVM Pattern Module that was working but now is not. The first step by the AVM Pattern Module owner should be to upgrade to the latest version of the AVM Resource Module test and then if not fixed, troubleshoot and fix forward from the that latest version of the AVM Resource Module onwards.

This avoids AVM Module owners from having to maintain multiple major release versions.

GitHub repositories where modules are held MUST use the below labels and SHOULD not use any additional labels:

To help apply these to a module GitHub repository you can use the below PowerShell script:

Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -CreateCsvLabelExports $false -NoUserPrompts $true

# Linux / MacOs
# For Windows replace $PWD with your the local path or your repository
#
docker run -it -v $PWD:/repo -w /repo mcr.microsoft.com/powershell pwsh -Command '
    #Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://azure.github.io/Azure-Verified-Modules/scripts/Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1" -OutFile "Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1"
    $gh_version = "2.44.1"
    Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.44.1/gh_2.44.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz" -OutFile "gh_$($gh_version)_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
    apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
    tar -xzf "gh_$($gh_version)_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
    ls -lsa
    mv "gh_$($gh_version)_linux_amd64/bin/gh" /usr/local/bin/
    rm "gh_$($gh_version)_linux_amd64.tar.gz" && rm -rf "gh_$($gh_version)_linux_amd64"
    gh --version
    ls -lsa
    gh auth login
    $OrgProject = "Azure/terraform-azurerm-avm-res-kusto-cluster"
    gh auth status
    ./Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName $OrgProject -CreateCsvLabelExports $false -NoUserPrompts $true
  '

[Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSAvoidUsingWriteHost", "", Justification = "Coloured output required in this script")]

<#
.SYNOPSIS
  This script can be used to create the Azure Verified Modules (AVM) standard GitHub labels to a GitHub repository.

.DESCRIPTION
  This script can be used to create the Azure Verified Modules (AVM) standard GitHub labels to a GitHub repository.

  By default, the script will remove all pre-existing labels and apply the AVM labels. However, this can be changed by using the -RemoveExistingLabels parameter and setting it to $false. The tool will also output the labels that exist in the repository before and after the script has run to a CSV file in the current directory, or a directory specified by the -OutputDirectory parameter.

  The AVM labels to be created are documented here: TBC

.NOTES
  Please ensure you have specified the GitHub repositry correctly. The script will prompt you to confirm the repository name before proceeding.

.COMPONENT
  You must have the GitHub CLI installed and be authenticated to a GitHub account with access to the repository you are applying the labels to before running this script.

.LINK
  TBC

.Parameter RepositoryName
  The name of the GitHub repository to apply the labels to.

.Parameter RemoveExistingLabels
  If set to $true, the default value, the script will remove all pre-existing labels from the repository specified in -RepositoryName before applying the AVM labels. If set to $false, the script will not remove any pre-existing labels.

.Parameter UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly
  If set to $true, the default value, the script will only update and add labels to the repository specified in -RepositoryName. If set to $false, the script will remove all pre-existing labels from the repository specified in -RepositoryName before applying the AVM labels.

.Parameter OutputDirectory
  The directory to output the pre-existing and post-existing labels to in a CSV file. The default value is the current directory.

.Parameter CreateCsvLabelExports
  If set to $true, the default value, the script will output the pre-existing and post-existing labels to a CSV file in the current directory, or a directory specified by the -OutputDirectory parameter. If set to $false, the script will not output the pre-existing and post-existing labels to a CSV file.

.Parameter GitHubCliLimit
  The maximum number of labels to return from the GitHub CLI. The default value is 999.

.Parameter LabelsToApplyCsvUri
  The URI to the CSV file containing the labels to apply to the GitHub repository. The default value is https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jtracey93/label-source/main/avm-github-labels.csv.

.Parameter NoUserPrompts
  If set to $true, the default value, the script will not prompt the user to confirm they want to remove all pre-existing labels from the repository specified in -RepositoryName before applying the AVM labels. If set to $false, the script will prompt the user to confirm they want to remove all pre-existing labels from the repository specified in -RepositoryName before applying the AVM labels.

  This is useful for running the script in automation workflows

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and remove all pre-existing labels.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo"

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and do not remove any pre-existing labels, just overwrite any labels that have the same name.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -RemoveExistingLabels $false

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and output the pre-existing and post-existing labels to the directory C:\GitHubLabels.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -OutputDirectory "C:\GitHubLabels"

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and output the pre-existing and post-existing labels to the directory C:\GitHubLabels and do not remove any pre-existing labels, just overwrite any labels that have the same name.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -OutputDirectory "C:\GitHubLabels" -RemoveExistingLabels $false

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and do not create the pre-existing and post-existing labels CSV files and do not remove any pre-existing labels, just overwrite any labels that have the same name.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -RemoveExistingLabels $false -CreateCsvLabelExports $false

.EXAMPLE
  Create the AVM labels in the repository Org/MyGitHubRepo and do not create the pre-existing and post-existing labels CSV files and do not remove any pre-existing labels, just overwrite any labels that have the same name. Finally, use a custom CSV file hosted on the internet to create the labels from.

  Set-AvmGitHubLabels.ps1 -RepositoryName "Org/MyGitHubRepo" -OutputDirectory "C:\GitHubLabels" -RemoveExistingLabels $false -CreateCsvLabelExports $false -LabelsToApplyCsvUri "https://example.com/csv/avm-github-labels.csv"

#>

#Requires -PSEdition Core

[CmdletBinding()]
param (
  [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
  [string]$RepositoryName,

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [bool]$RemoveExistingLabels = $true,

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [bool]$UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly = $true,

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [bool]$CreateCsvLabelExports = $true,

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [string]$OutputDirectory = (Get-Location),

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [int]$GitHubCliLimit = 999,

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [string]$LabelsToApplyCsvUri = "https://azure.github.io/Azure-Verified-Modules/governance/avm-standard-github-labels.csv",

  [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
  [bool]$NoUserPrompts = $false
)

# Check if the GitHub CLI is installed
$GitHubCliInstalled = Get-Command gh -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($null -eq $GitHubCliInstalled) {
  throw "The GitHub CLI is not installed. Please install the GitHub CLI and try again."
}
Write-Host "The GitHub CLI is installed..." -ForegroundColor Green

# Check if GitHub CLI is authenticated
$GitHubCliAuthenticated = gh auth status
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
  Write-Host $GitHubCliAuthenticated -ForegroundColor Red
  throw "Not authenticated to GitHub. Please authenticate to GitHub using the GitHub CLI, `gh auth login`, and try again."
}
Write-Host "Authenticated to GitHub..." -ForegroundColor Green

# Check if GitHub repository name is valid
$GitHubRepositoryNameValid = $RepositoryName -match "^[a-zA-Z0-9-]+/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+$"
if ($false -eq $GitHubRepositoryNameValid) {
  throw "The GitHub repository name $RepositoryName is not valid. Please check the repository name and try again. The format must be <OrgName>/<RepoName>"
}

# List GitHub repository provided and check it exists
$GitHubRepository = gh repo view $RepositoryName
if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
  Write-Host $GitHubRepository -ForegroundColor Red
  throw "The GitHub repository $RepositoryName does not exist. Please check the repository name and try again."
}
Write-Host "The GitHub repository $RepositoryName exists..." -ForegroundColor Green

# PRE - Get the current GitHub repository labels and export to a CSV file in the current directory or where -OutputDirectory specifies if set to a valid directory path and the directory exists or can be created if it does not exist already
if ($RemoveExistingLabels -or $UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly) {
  Write-Host "Getting the current GitHub repository (pre) labels for $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  $GitHubRepositoryLabels = gh label list -R $RepositoryName -L $GitHubCliLimit --json name,description,color

  if ($null -ne $GitHubRepositoryLabels -and $CreateCsvLabelExports -eq $true) {
    $csvFileNamePathPre = "$OutputDirectory\$($RepositoryName.Replace('/', '_'))-Labels-Pre-$(Get-Date -Format FileDateTime).csv"
    Write-Host "Exporting the current GitHub repository (pre) labels for $RepositoryName to $csvFileNamePathPre" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json | Export-Csv -Path $csvFileNamePathPre -NoTypeInformation
  }
}

# Remove all pre-existing labels if -RemoveExistingLabels is set to $true and user confirms they want to remove all pre-existing labels
if ($null -ne $GitHubRepositoryLabels) {
  $GitHubRepositoryLabelsJson = $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json
  if ($RemoveExistingLabels -eq $true -and $NoUserPrompts -eq $false -and $UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly -eq $false) {
    $RemoveExistingLabelsConfirmation = Read-Host "Are you sure you want to remove all $($GitHubRepositoryLabelsJson.Count) pre-existing labels from $($RepositoryName)? (Y/N)"
    if ($RemoveExistingLabelsConfirmation -eq "Y") {
      Write-Host "Removing all pre-existing labels from $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
      $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json | ForEach-Object {
        Write-Host "Removing label $($_.name) from $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor DarkRed
        gh label delete -R $RepositoryName $_.name --yes
      }
    }
  }
  if ($RemoveExistingLabels -eq $true -and $NoUserPrompts -eq $true -and $UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly -eq $false) {
    Write-Host "Removing all pre-existing labels from $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
    $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json | ForEach-Object {
      Write-Host "Removing label $($_.name) from $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor DarkRed
      gh label delete -R $RepositoryName $_.name --yes
    }
  }
}
if ($null -eq $GitHubRepositoryLabels) {
  Write-Host "No pre-existing labels to remove or not selected to be removed from $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Magenta
}

# Check LabelsToApplyCsvUri is valid and contains a CSV content
Write-Host "Checking $LabelsToApplyCsvUri is valid..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
$LabelsToApplyCsvUriValid = $LabelsToApplyCsvUri -match "^https?://"
if ($false -eq $LabelsToApplyCsvUriValid) {
  throw "The LabelsToApplyCsvUri $LabelsToApplyCsvUri is not valid. Please check the URI and try again. The format must be a valid URI."
}
Write-Host "The LabelsToApplyCsvUri $LabelsToApplyCsvUri is valid..." -ForegroundColor Green

# Create AVM lables from the AVM labels CSV file stored on the web using the convertfrom-csv cmdlet
$avmLabelsCsv = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $LabelsToApplyCsvUri | ConvertFrom-Csv

# Check if the AVM labels CSV file contains the following columns: Name, Description, HEX
$avmLabelsCsvColumns = $avmLabelsCsv | Get-Member -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
$avmLabelsCsvColumnsValid = $avmLabelsCsvColumns -contains "Name" -and $avmLabelsCsvColumns -contains "Description" -and $avmLabelsCsvColumns -contains "HEX"
if ($false -eq $avmLabelsCsvColumnsValid) {
  throw "The labels CSV file does not contain the required columns: Name, Description, HEX. Please check the CSV file and try again. It contains the following columns: $avmLabelsCsvColumns"
}
Write-Host "The labels CSV file contains the required columns: Name, Description, HEX" -ForegroundColor Green

# Create the AVM labels in the GitHub repository
Write-Host "Creating/Updating the $($avmLabelsCsv.Count) AVM labels in $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
$avmLabelsCsv | ForEach-Object {
  if ($GitHubRepositoryLabelsJson.name -contains $_.name) {
    Write-Host "The label $($_.name) already exists in $RepositoryName. Updating the label to ensure description and color are consitent..." -ForegroundColor Magenta
    gh label create -R $RepositoryName "$($_.name)" -c $_.HEX -d $($_.Description) --force
  }
  else {
    Write-Host "The label $($_.name) does not exist in $RepositoryName. Creating label $($_.name) in $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Cyan
    gh label create -R $RepositoryName "$($_.Name)" -c $_.HEX -d $($_.Description) --force
  }
}

# POST - Get the current GitHub repository labels and export to a CSV file in the current directory or where -OutputDirectory specifies if set to a valid directory path and the directory exists or can be created if it does not exist already
if ($CreateCsvLabelExports -eq $true) {
  Write-Host "Getting the current GitHub repository (post) labels for $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  $GitHubRepositoryLabels = gh label list -R $RepositoryName -L $GitHubCliLimit --json name,description,color

  if ($null -ne $GitHubRepositoryLabels) {
    $csvFileNamePathPre = "$OutputDirectory\$($RepositoryName.Replace('/', '_'))-Labels-Post-$(Get-Date -Format FileDateTime).csv"
    Write-Host "Exporting the current GitHub repository (post) labels for $RepositoryName to $csvFileNamePathPre" -ForegroundColor Yellow
    $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json | Export-Csv -Path $csvFileNamePathPre -NoTypeInformation
  }
}

# If -RemoveExistingLabels is set to $true and user confirms they want to remove all pre-existing labels check that only the avm labels exist in the repository
if ($RemoveExistingLabels -eq $true -and ($RemoveExistingLabelsConfirmation -eq "Y" -or $NoUserPrompts -eq $true) -and $UpdateAndAddLabelsOnly -eq $false) {
  Write-Host "Checking that only the AVM labels exist in $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Yellow
  $GitHubRepositoryLabels = gh label list -R $RepositoryName -L $GitHubCliLimit --json name,description,color
  $GitHubRepositoryLabels | ConvertFrom-Json | ForEach-Object {
    if ($avmLabelsCsv.Name -notcontains $_.name) {
      throw "The label $($_.name) exists in $RepositoryName but is not in the CSV file."
    }
  }
  Write-Host "Only the CSV labels exist in $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Green
}

Write-Host "The CSV labels have been created/updated in $RepositoryName..." -ForegroundColor Green

An item MUST be logged onto as an issue on the AVM Central Repo (Azure/Azure-Verified-Modules) if a Resource Module does not exist for resources deployed by the pattern module.

If the Resource Module adds no value, see Resource Module functional requirement ID: RMFR2 .

As part of the “initial Pull Request” (that publishes the first version of the module), module owners MUST add an entry to the AVM Module Issue template file in the BRM repository ( here ).

Through this approach, the AVM core team will allow raising a bug or feature request for a module, only after the module gets merged to the BRM repository.

The module name entry MUST be added to the dropdown list with id module-name-dropdown as an option, in alphabetical order.

Module owners MUST ensure that the module name is added in alphabetical order, to simplify selecting the right module name when raising an AVM module issue.

Example - AVM Module Issue template module name entry for the Bicep resource module of Azure Virtual Network (avm/res/network/virtual-network):

- type: dropdown
  id: module-name-dropdown
  attributes:
    label: Module Name
    description: Which existing AVM module is this issue related to?
    options:
      ...
      - "avm/res/network/virtual-network"
      ...

We will maintain a set of CSV files in the AVM Central Repo (Azure/Azure-Verified-Modules) with the required TelemetryId prefixes to enable checks to utilize this list to ensure the correct IDs are used. To see the formatted content of these CSV files with additional information, please visit the AVM Module Indexes page.

These will also be provided as a comment on the module proposal, once accepted, from the AVM core team.

Modules MUST provide the capability to collect deployment/usage telemetry as detailed in Telemetry further.

To highlight that AVM modules use telemetry, an information notice MUST be included in the footer of each module’s README.md file with the below content. (See more details on this requirement, here .)

The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the [repository](https://aka.ms/avm/telemetry). There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft’s privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704>. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.

The ARM deployment name used for the telemetry MUST follow the pattern and MUST be no longer than 64 characters in length: 46d3xbcp.<res/ptn>.<(short) module name>.<version>.<uniqueness>

• <res/ptn> == AVM Resource or Pattern Module
• <(short) module name> == The AVM Module’s, possibly shortened, name including the resource provider and the resource type, without;
  • The prefixes: avm-res-
  • The prefixes: avm-ptn-
• <version> == The AVM Module’s MAJOR.MINOR version (only) with . (periods) replaced with - (hyphens), to allow simpler splitting of the ARM deployment name
• <uniqueness> == This section of the ARM deployment name is to be used to ensure uniqueness of the deployment name.
  • This is to cater for the following scenarios:
    • The module is deployed multiple times to the same:
      • Location/Region
      • Scope (Tenant, Management Group,Subscription, Resource Group)

Due to the 64-character length limit of Azure deployment names, the <(short) module name> segment has a length limit of 36 characters, so if the module name is longer than that, it MUST be truncated to 36 characters. If any of the semantic version’s segments are longer than 1 character, it further restricts the number of characters that can be used for naming the module.

An example deployment name for the AVM Virtual Machine Resource Module would be: 46d3xbcp.res.compute-virtualmachine.1-2-3.eum3

An example deployment name for a shortened module name would be: 46d3xbcp.res.desktopvirtualization-appgroup.1-2-3.eum3

Terraform: Terraform uses a telemetry provider, the configuration of which is the same for every module and is included in the template repo.

General: See the language specific contribution guides for detailed guidance and sample code to use in AVM modules to achieve this requirement.

• Bicep
• Terraform

The telemetry enablement MUST be on/enabled by default, however this MUST be able to be disabled by a module consumer by setting the below parameter/variable value to false:

• Bicep: enableTelemetry
• Terraform: enable_telemetry

Whenever a module references AVM modules that implement the telemetry parameter (e.g., a pattern module that uses AVM resource modules), the telemetry parameter value MUST be passed through to these modules. This is necessary to ensure a consumer can reliably enable & disable the telemetry feature for all used modules.

Modules MUST pass all tests that ensure compliance to AVM specifications. These tests MUST pass before a module version can be published.

Please note these are still under development at this time and will be published and available soon for module owners.

Module owners MUST request a manual GitHub Pull Request review, prior to their first release of version 0.1.0 of their module, from the related GitHub Team: @Azure/avm-core-team-technical-bicep , OR @Azure/avm-core-team-technical-terraform .

To comply with specifications outlined in SFR3 & SFR4 you MUST incorporate the following code snippet into your modules. Place this code sample in the “top level” main.bicep file; it is not necessary to include it in any nested Bicep files (child modules).

@description('Optional. Location for all resources.')
param location string = resourceGroup().location

@description('Optional. Enable/Disable usage telemetry for module.')
param enableTelemetry bool = true

#disable-next-line no-deployments-resources
resource avmTelemetry 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2024-03-01' = if (enableTelemetry) {
  name: take('46d3xbcp.res.compute-virtualmachine.${replace('-..--..-', '.', '-')}.${substring(uniqueString(deployment().name, location), 0, 4)}', 64)
  properties: {
    mode: 'Incremental'
    template: {
      '$schema': 'https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#'
      contentVersion: '1.0.0.0'
      resources: []
      outputs: {
        telemetry: {
          type: 'String'
          value: 'For more information, see https://aka.ms/avm/TelemetryInfo'
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Modules MAY create/adopt public preview services and features at their discretion.

Preview API versions MAY be used when:

• The resource/service/feature is GA but the only API version available for the GA resource/service/feature is a preview version
  • For example, Diagnostic Settings (Microsoft.Insights/diagnosticSettings) the latest version of the API available with GA features, like Category Groups etc., is 2021-05-01-preview
  • Otherwise the latest “non-preview” version of the API SHOULD be used

Preview services and features, SHOULD NOT be promoted and exposed, unless they are supported by the respective PG, and it’s documented publicly.

However, they MAY be exposed at the module owners discretion, but the following rules MUST be followed:

• The description of each of the parameters/variables used for the preview service/feature MUST start with:
  • “THIS IS A <PARAMETER/VARIABLE> USED FOR A PREVIEW SERVICE/FEATURE, MICROSOFT MAY NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THIS, PLEASE CHECK THE PRODUCT DOCS FOR CLARIFICATION”

Modules SHOULD set defaults in input parameters/variables to align to high priority/impact/severity recommendations, where appropriate and applicable, in the following frameworks and resources:

• Well-Architected Framework (WAF)
• Reliability Hub
• Azure Proactive Resiliency Library (APRL)
  • Only Product Group (PG) verified
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDFC)

They SHOULD NOT align to these recommendations when it requires an external dependency/resource to be deployed and configured and then associated to the resources in the module.

Alignment SHOULD prioritize best-practices and security over cost optimization, but MUST allow for these to be overridden by a module consumer easily, if desired.

Read the FAQ of What does AVM mean by “WAF Aligned”? for more detailed information and examples.

Modules that deploy zone-redundant resources MUST enable the spanning across as many zones as possible by default, typically all 3.

Modules that deploy zonal resources MUST provide the ability to specify a zone for the resources to be deployed/pinned to. However, they MUST NOT default to a particular zone by default, e.g. 1 in an effort to make the consumer aware of the zone they are selecting to suit their architecture requirements.

For both scenarios the modules MUST expose these configuration options via configurable parameters/variables.

For information on the differences between zonal and zone-redundant services, see Availability zone service and regional support

Modules that deploy resources or patterns that support data redundancy SHOULD enable this to the highest possible value by default, e.g. RA-GZRS. When a resource or pattern doesn’t provide the ability to specify data redundancy as a simple property, e.g. GRS etc., then the modules MUST provide the ability to enable data redundancy for the resources or pattern via parameters/variables.

For example, a Storage Account module can simply set the sku.name property to Standard_RAGZRS. Whereas a SQL DB or Cosmos DB module will need to expose more properties, via parameters/variables, to allow the specification of the regions to replicate data to as per the consumers requirements.

For information on the data redundancy options in Azure, see Cross-region replication in Azure

Module owners MUST set the default resource name prefix for child, extension, and interface resources to the associated abbreviation for the specific resource as documented in the following CAF article Abbreviation examples for Azure resources , if specified and documented. This reduces the amount of input values a module consumer MUST provide by default when using the module.

For example, a Private Endpoint that is being deployed as part of a resource module, via the mandatory interfaces, MUST set the Private Endpoint’s default name to begin with the prefix of pep-.

Module owners MUST also provide the ability for these default names, including the prefixes, to be overridden via a parameter/variable if the consumer wishes to.

Furthermore, as per RMNFR2 , Resource Modules MUST not have a default value specified for the name of the primary resource and therefore the name MUST be provided and specified by the module consumer.

The name provided MAY be used by the module owner to generate the rest of the default name for child, extension, and interface resources if they wish to. For example, for the Private Endpoint mentioned above, the full default name that can be overridden by the consumer, MAY be pep-<primary-resource-name>.

If the resource does not have a documented abbreviation in Abbreviation examples for Azure resources , then the module owner is free to use a sensible prefix instead.

A resource module MUST only deploy a single instance of the primary resource, e.g., one virtual machine per instance.

Multiple instances of the module MUST be used to scale out.

A resource module MUST add value by including additional features on top of the primary resource.

A resource module MUST NOT create a Resource Group for resources that require them.

In the case that a Resource Group is required, a module MUST have an input (scope or variable):

• In Bicep the targetScope MUST be set to resourceGroup or not specified (which means default to resourceGroup scope)
• In Terraform the variable MUST be called resource_group_name

Scopes will be covered further in the respective language specific specifications.

Resource modules support the following optional features/extension resources, as specified, if supported by the primary resource. The top-level variable/parameter names MUST be:

Resource modules MUST NOT deploy required/dependent resources for the optional features/extension resources specified above. For example, for Diagnostic Settings the resource module MUST NOT deploy the Log Analytics Workspace, this is expected to be already in existence from the perspective of the resource module deployed via another method/module etc.

Please note that the implementation of Customer Managed Keys from an ARM API perspective is different across various RPs that implement Customer Managed Keys in their service. For that reason you may see differences between modules on how Customer Managed Keys are handled and implemented, but functionality will be as expected.

Module owners MAY choose to utilize cross repo dependencies for these “add-on” resources, or MAY chose to implement the code directly in their own repo/module. So long as the implementation and outputs are as per the specifications requirements, then this is acceptable.

Make sure to checkout the language specific specifications for more info on this:

• Bicep
• Terraform

Resource modules MUST implement a common interface, e.g. the input’s data structures and properties within them (objects/arrays/dictionaries/maps), for the optional features/extension resources:

See:

• Bicep Interfaces
• Terraform Interfaces

A resource module MAY contain references to other resource modules, however MUST NOT contain references to non-AVM modules nor AVM pattern modules.

See BCPFR1 and TFFR1 for more information on this.

When a given version of an Azure resource used in a resource module reaches its end-of-life (EOL) and is no longer supported by Microsoft, the module owner SHOULD ensure that:

1. The module is aligned with these changes and only includes supported versions of the resource. This is typically achieved through the allowed values in the parameter that specifies the resource SKU or type.
2. The following notice is shown under the Notes section of the module’s readme.md. (If any related public announcement is available, it can also be linked to from the Notes section.):

   “Certain versions of this Azure resource reached their end of life. The latest version of this module only includes supported versions of the resource. All unsupported versions have been removed from the related parameters.”

3. AND the related parameter’s description:

   “Certain versions of this Azure resource reached their end of life. The latest version of this module only includes supported versions of the resource. All unsupported versions have been removed from this parameter.”

We will maintain a set of CSV files in the AVM Central Repo (Azure/Azure-Verified-Modules) with the correct singular names for all resource types to enable checks to utilize this list to ensure repos are named correctly. To see the formatted content of these CSV files with additional information, please visit the AVM Module Indexes page.

This will be updated quarterly, or ad-hoc as new RPs/ Resources are created and highlighted via a check failure.

Resource modules MUST follow the below naming conventions (all lower case):

• Naming convention: avm/res/<hyphenated resource provider name>/<hyphenated ARM resource type> (module name for registry)
• Example: avm/res/compute/virtual-machine or avm/res/managed-identity/user-assigned-identity
• Segments:
  • res defines this is a resource module
  • <hyphenated resource provider name> is the resource provider’s name after the Microsoft part, with each word starting with a capital letter separated by dashes, e.g., Microsoft.Compute = compute, Microsoft.ManagedIdentity = managed-identity.
  • <hyphenated ARM resource type> is the singular version of the word after the resource provider, with each word starting with a capital letter separated by dashes, e.g., Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines = virtual-machine, BUT Microsoft.Network/trafficmanagerprofiles = trafficmanagerprofile - since trafficmanagerprofiles is all lower case as per the ARM API definition.

• Naming convention:
  • avm-res-<resource provider>-<ARM resource type> (module name for registry)
  • terraform-<provider>-avm-res-<resource provider>-<ARM resource type> (GitHub repository name to meet registry naming requirements)
• Example: avm-res-compute-virtualmachine or avm-res-managedidentity-userassignedidentity
• Segments:
  • <provider> is the logical abstraction of various APIs used by Terraform. In most cases, this is going to be azurerm or azuread for resource modules.
  • res defines this is a resource module
  • <resource provider> is the resource provider’s name after the Microsoft part, e.g., Microsoft.Compute = compute.
  • <ARM resource type> is the singular version of the word after the resource provider, e.g., Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines = virtualmachine

Module owners (Microsoft FTEs) SHOULD reach out to the respective Resource Provider teams to build a partnership and collaboration on the modules creation, existence and long term maintenance.

Review this wiki page (Microsoft Internal) for more information.

Module owners MAY cross-references other modules to build either Resource or Pattern modules.

However, they MUST be referenced only by a public registry reference to a pinned version e.g. br/public:avm/[res|ptn|utl]/<publishedModuleName>:>version<. They MUST NOT use local parent path references to a module e.g. ../../xxx/yyy.bicep.

Although, child modules, that are children of the primary resources being deployed by the AVM Resource Module, MAY be specified via local child path e.g. child/resource.bicep.

Modules MUST NOT contain references to non-AVM modules.

Module owners MAY define common RBAC Role Definition names and IDs within a variable to allow consumers to define a RBAC Role Definition by their name rather than their ID, this should be self contained within the module themselves.

However, they MUST use only the official RBAC Role Definition name within the variable and nothing else.

To meet the requirements of BCPFR2 , BCPNFR5 and BCPNFR6 you MUST use the below code sample in your AVM Modules to achieve this.

@description('''Required. You can provide either the display name (note not all roles are supported, check module documentation) of the role definition, or its fully qualified ID in the following format: `/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/c2f4ef07-c644-48eb-af81-4b1b4947fb11`.''')
param roleDefinitionIdOrName string

var builtInRbacRoleNames = {
  Owner: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635'
  Contributor: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c'
  Reader: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/acdd72a7-3385-48ef-bd42-f606fba81ae7'
  'Role Based Access Control Administrator (Preview)': '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168'
  'User Access Administrator': '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9'
  //Other RBAC Role Definitions Names & IDs can be added here as needed for your module
}

var roleDefinitionIdMappedResult = (contains(builtInRbacRoleNames, roleDefinitionIdOrName) ? builtInRbacRoleNames[roleDefinitionIdOrName] : roleDefinitionIdOrName)

resource roleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2022-04-01' = {
  //Other properties removed for ease of reading
  properties: {
    roleDefinitionId: roleDefinitionIdMappedResult
    //Other properties removed for ease of reading
  }
}

As per BCPFR2 , module owners MAY define common RBAC Role Definition names and IDs within a variable to allow consumers to define a RBAC Role Definition by their name rather than their ID.

Module owners SHOULD NOT map every RBAC Role Definition within this variable as it can cause the module to bloat in size and cause consumption issues later when stitched together with other modules due to the 4MB ARM Template size limit.

Therefore module owners SHOULD only map the most applicable and common RBAC Role Definition names for their module and SHOULD NOT exceed 15 RBAC Role Definitions in the variable.

Remember if the RBAC Role Definition name is not included in the variable this does not mean it cannot be declared, used and assigned to an identity via an RBAC Role Assignment as part of a module, as any RBAC Role Definition can be specified via its ID without being in the variable.

Review the Bicep Contribution Guide’s ‘RBAC Role Definition Name Mapping’ section for a code sample to achieve this requirement.

Module owners MUST include the following roles in the variable for RBAC Role Definition names:

• Owner - ID: 8e3af657-a8ff-443c-a75c-2fe8c4bcb635
• Contributor - ID: b24988ac-6180-42a0-ab88-20f7382dd24c
• Reader - ID: acdd72a7-3385-48ef-bd42-f606fba81ae7
• User Access Administrator - ID: 18d7d88d-d35e-4fb5-a5c3-7773c20a72d9
• Role Based Access Control Administrator (Preview) - ID: f58310d9-a9f6-439a-9e8d-f62e7b41a168

Review the Bicep Contribution Guide’s ‘RBAC Role Definition Name Mapping’ section for a code sample to achieve this requirement.

Module owners SHOULD use lower camelCasing for naming the following:

• Parameters
• Variables
• Outputs
• User Defined Types
• Resources (symbolic names)
• Modules (symbolic names)

For example: camelCasingExample (lowercase first word (entirely), with capital of first letter of all other words and rest of word in lowercase)

To meet SNFR17 and depending on the changes you make, you may need to bump the version in the version.json file.

{
  "$schema": "https://aka.ms/bicep-registry-module-version-file-schema#",
  "version": "0.1",
  "pathFilters": [
      "./main.json"
  ]
}

The version value is in the form of MAJOR.MINOR. The PATCH version will be incremented by the CI automatically when publishing the module to the Public Bicep Registry once the corresponding pull request is merged. Therefore, contributions that would only require an update of the patch version, can keep the version.json file intact.

For example, the version value should be:

• 0.1 for new modules, so that they can be released as v0.1.0.
• 1.0 once the module owner signs off the module is stable enough for it’s first Major release of v1.0.0.
• 0.x for all feature updates between the first release v0.1.0 and the first Major release of v1.0.0.

To improve the usability of primitive module properties declared as strings, you SHOULD declare them using a type which better represents them, and apply any required casting in the module on behalf of the user.

For reference, please refer to the following examples:

@allowed([
  'false'
  'true'
])
param myParameterValue string = 'false'

resource myResource '(...)' = {
  (...)
  properties: {
    myParameter: myParameterValue
  }
}

param myParameterValue string = false

resource myResource '(...)' = {
  (...)
  properties: {
    myParameter: string(myParameterValue)
  }
}

@allowed([
  '1'
  '2'
  '3'
])
param zones array

resource myResource '(...)' = {
  (...)
  properties: {
    zones: zones
  }
}

@allowed([
  1
  2
  3
])
param zones int[]

resource myResource '(...)' = {
  (...)
  properties: {
    zones: map(zones, zone => string(zone))
  }
}

A module SHOULD use either: simple data types. e.g., string, int, bool.

OR

Complex data types (objects, arrays, maps) when the language-compliant schema is defined.

A module parameter/variable that requires a full Azure Resource ID as an input value, e.g. /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/{keyVaultName}, MUST contain ResourceId/resource_id in its parameter/variable name to assist users in knowing what value to provide at a glance of the parameter/variable name.

Example for the property workspaceId for the Diagnostic Settings resource. In Bicep its parameter name should be workspaceResourceId and the variable name in Terraform should be workspace_resource_id.

workspaceId is not descriptive enough and is ambiguous as to which ID is required to be input.

Parameters/variables that pertain to the primary resource MUST NOT use the resource type in the name.

e.g., use sku, vs. virtualMachineSku/virtualmachine_sku

Another example for where RPs contain some of their name within a property, leave the property unchanged. E.g. Key Vault has a property called keySize, it is fine to leave as this and not remove the key part from the property/parameter name.

Module owners MUST output the following outputs as a minimum in their modules:

Module owners MAY also have to provide additional outputs depending on the IaC language, please check the language specific specs:

• Bicep
• Terraform

A resource module MUST use the following standard inputs:

• name (no default)
• location (if supported by the resource and not a global resource, then use Resource Group location, if resource supports Resource Groups, otherwise no default)

To implement requirement SFR5 , the following convention SHOULD apply:

@description('Optional. The Availability Zones to place the resources in.')
@allowed([
  1
  2
  3
])
param zones int[] = [
  1
  2
  3
]

resource myResource (...) {
  (...)
  properties: {
    (...)
    zones: map(zones, zone => string(zone))
  }
}

@description('Required. The Availability Zone to place the resource in. If set to 0, then Availability Zone is not set.')
@allowed([
  0
  1
  2
  3
])
param zone int

resource myResource (...) {
  (...)
  properties: {
    (...)
    zones: zone != 0 ? [ string(zone) ] : null
  }
}

To simplify the consumption experience for module consumers when interacting with complex data types input parameters, mainly objects and arrays, the Bicep feature of User-Defined Types MUST be used and declared.

User-Defined Types are GA in Bicep as of version v0.21.1, please ensure you have this version installed as a minimum.

User-Defined Types allow intellisense support in supported IDEs (e.g. Visual Studio Code) for complex input parameters using arrays and objects.

While the transition of CARML modules into AVM is complete, retrofitting User-Defined Types for all modules will take a considerable amount of time.

Therefore, the addition of User-Defined Types is currently NOT mandated/enforced. However, past their initial release, all modules MUST implement User-Defined Types prior to the release of their next version.

Modules will have lots of parameters that will differ in their requirement type (required, optional, etc.). To help consumers understand what each parameter’s requirement type is, module owners MUST add the requirement type to the beginning of each parameter’s description. Below are the requirement types with a definition and example for the description decorator:

Modules MUST use the prescribed tooling and testing frameworks defined in the language specific specs.

Modules MUST implement end-to-end (deployment) testing that create actual resources to validate that module deployments work. In Bicep tests are sourced from the directories in /tests/e2e. In Terraform, these are in /examples.

Each test MUST run and complete without user inputs successfully, for automation purposes.

Each test MUST also destroy/clean-up its resources and test dependencies following a run.

To see a directory and file structure for a module, see the language specific contribution guide.

• Bicep
• Terraform

It is likely that to complete E2E tests, a number of resources will be required as dependencies to enable the tests to pass successfully. Some examples:

• When testing the Diagnostic Settings interface for a Resource Module, you will need an existing Log Analytics Workspace to be able to send the logs to as a destination.
• When testing the Private Endpoints interface for a Resource Module, you will need an existing Virtual Network, Subnet and Private DNS Zone to be able to complete the Private Endpoint deployment and configuration.

Module owners MUST:

• Create the required resources that their module depends upon in the test file/directory
  • They MUST either use:
    • Simple/native resource declarations/definitions in their respective IaC language,
      OR
    • Another already published AVM Module that MUST be pinned to a specific published version.
      • They MUST NOT use any local directory path references or local copies of AVM modules in their own modules test directory.

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "example" {
  name     = "rsg-test-001"
  location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_log_analytics_workspace" "example" {
  name                = "law-test-001"
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  sku                 = "PerGB2018"
  retention_in_days   = 30
}

resource logAnalyticsWorkspace 'Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces@2021-12-01-preview' = {
  name: 'law-test-001'
  location: resourceGroup().location
  properties: {
    sku: {
      name: 'PerGB2018'
    }
    retentionInDays: 30
  }
}

Modules SHOULD implement unit testing to ensure logic and conditions within parameters/variables/locals are performing correctly. These tests MUST pass before a module version can be published.

Unit Tests test specific module functionality, without deploying resources. Used on more complex modules. In Bicep and Terraform these live in tests/unit.

Modules SHOULD implement upgrade testing to ensure new features are implemented in a non-breaking fashion on non-major releases.

Modules MUST use static analysis, e.g., linting, security scanning (PSRule, tflint, etc.). These tests MUST pass before a module version can be published.

There may be differences between languages in linting rules standards, but the AVM core team will try to close these and bring them into alignment over time.

Modules MUST implement idempotency end-to-end (deployment) testing. E.g. deploying the module twice over the top of itself.

Modules SHOULD pass the idempotency test, as we are aware that there are some exceptions where they may fail as a false-positive or legitimate cases where a resource cannot be idempotent.

For example, Virtual Machine Image names must be unique on each resource creation/update.

Module owners MUST test that child and extension resources and those Bicep or Terreform interface resources that are supported by their modules, are validated in E2E tests as per SNFR2 to ensure they deploy and are configured correctly.

These MAY be tested in a separate E2E test and DO NOT have to be tested in each E2E test.

Module owners MUST name their test .bicep files in the /tests/e2e/<defaults/waf-aligned/max/etc.> directories: main.test.bicep as the test framework (CI) relies upon this name.

Module owners MUST use the below tooling for unit/linting/static/security analysis tests. These are also used in the AVM Compliance Tests.

• PSRule for Azure
• Pester
  • Some tests are provided as part of the AVM Compliance Tests, but you are free to also use Pester for your own tests.

Module owners MUST invoke the module in their test using the syntax:

module testDeployment '../../../main.bicep' =

Example 1: Working example with a single deployment

module testDeployment '../../../main.bicep' = {
  scope: resourceGroup
  name: '${uniqueString(deployment().name, location)}-test-${serviceShort}'
  params: {
    (...)
  }
}

Example 2: Working example using a deployment loop

@batchSize(1)
module testDeployment '../../main.bicep' = [for iteration in [ 'init', 'idem' ]: {
  scope: resourceGroup
  name: '${uniqueString(deployment().name, location)}-test-${serviceShort}-${iteration}'
  params: {
    (...)
  }
}]

The syntax is used by the ReadMe-generating utility to identify, pull & format usage examples.

By default, the ReadMe-generating utility will create usage examples headers based on each e2e folder’s name. Module owners MAY provide a custom name & description by specifying the metadata blocks name & description in their main.test.bicep test files.

For example:

metadata name = 'Using Customer-Managed-Keys with System-Assigned identity'
metadata description = 'This instance deploys the module using Customer-Managed-Keys using a System-Assigned Identity. This required the service to be deployed twice, once as a pre-requisite to create the System-Assigned Identity, and once to use it for accessing the Customer-Managed-Key secret.'

would lead to a header in the module’s readme.md file along the lines of

### Example 1: _Using Customer-Managed-Keys with System-Assigned identity_

This instance deploys the module using Customer-Managed-Keys using a System-Assigned Identity. This required the service to be deployed twice, once as a pre-requisite to create the System-Assigned Identity, and once to use it for accessing the Customer-Managed-Key secret.

For each test case in the e2e folder, you can optionally add post-deployment Pester tests that are executed once the corresponding deployment completed and before the removal logic kicks in.

To leverage the feature you MUST:

• Use Pester as a test framework in each test file

• Name the file with the suffix "*.tests.ps1"

• Place each test file the e2e test’s folder or any subfolder (e.g., e2e/max/myTest.tests.ps1 or e2e/max/tests/myTest.tests.ps1)

• Implement an input parameter TestInputData in the following way:

  param (
      [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
      [hashtable] $TestInputData = @{}
  )
  

  Through this parameter you can make use of every output the main.test.bicep file returns, as well as the path to the test template file in case you want to extract data from it directly.

  For example, with an output such as output resourceId string = testDeployment[1].outputs.resourceId defined in the main.test.bicep file, the $TestInputData would look like:

  $TestInputData = @{
    DeploymentOutputs    = @{
      resourceId = @{
        Type  = "String"
        Value = "/subscriptions/***/resourceGroups/dep-***-keyvault.vaults-kvvpe-rg/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/***kvvpe001"
      }
    }
    ModuleTestFolderPath = "/home/runner/work/bicep-registry-modules/bicep-registry-modules/avm/res/key-vault/vault/tests/e2e/private-endpoint"
  }
  

  A full test file may look like:

  ➕ Pester post-deployment test file example expand/collapse

  param (
      [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
      [hashtable] $TestInputData = @{}
  )
  
  Describe 'Validate private endpoint deployment' {
  
      Context 'Validate sucessful deployment' {
  
          It "Private endpoints should be deployed in resource group" {
  
              $keyVaultResourceId = $TestInputData.DeploymentOutputs.resourceId.Value
              $testResourceGroup = ($keyVaultResourceId -split '\/')[4]
              $deployedPrivateEndpoints = Get-AzPrivateEndpoint -ResourceGroupName $testResourceGroup
              $deployedPrivateEndpoints.Count | Should -BeGreaterThan 0
          }
      }
  }
  

Module owners MUST create the defaults, waf-aligned folders within their /tests/e2e/ directory in their resource module source code and SHOULD create a max folder also. Module owners CAN create additional folders as required. Each folder will be used as described for various test cases.

The defaults folder contains a test instance that deploys the module with the minimum set of required parameters.

This includes input parameters of type Required plus input parameters of type Conditional marked as required for WAF compliance.

This instance has heavy reliance on the default values for other input parameters. Parameters of type Optional SHOULD NOT be used.

The waf-aligned folder contains a test instance that deploys the module in alignment with the best-practices of the Azure Well-Architected Framework.

This includes input parameters of type Required, parameters of type Conditional marked as required for WAF compliance, and parameters of type Optional useful for WAF compliance.

Parameters and dependencies which are not needed for WAF compliance, SHOULD NOT be included.

The max folder contains a test instance that deploys the module using a large parameter set, enabling most of the modules’ features.

The purpose of this instance is primarily parameter validation and not necessarily to serve as a real example scenario. Ideally, all features, extension resources and child resources should be enabled in this test, unless not possible due to conflicts, e.g., in case parameters are mutually exclusive.

Please note that this test is not mandatory to have, but recommended for bulk parameter validation. It can be skipped in case the module parameter validation is covered already by additional, more scenario-specific tests.

Additional folders CAN be created by module owners as required.

For example, to validate parameters not covered by the max test due to conflicts, or to provide a real example scenario for a specific use case.

If a module can deploy varying styles of the same resource, e.g., VMs can be Linux or Windows, each style should be tested as both defaults and waf-aligned. These names should be used as suffixes in the directory name to denote the style, e.g., for a VM we would expect to see:

• /tests/e2e/defaults.linux/main.test.bicep
• /tests/e2e/waf-aligned.linux/main.test.bicep
• /tests/e2e/defaults.windows/main.test.bicep
• /tests/e2e/waf-aligned.windows/main.test.bicep

README documentation MUST be automatically/programmatically generated. MUST include the sections as defined in the language specific requirements BCPNFR2 , TFNFR2 .

An examples/e2e directory MUST exist to provide named scenarios for module deployment.

This script/tool is currently being developed by the AVM team and will be made available very soon.

Bicep modules documentation MUST be automatically generated via the provided script/tooling from the AVM team, providing the following headings:

• Title
• Description
• Navigation
• Resource Types
• Usage Examples
• Parameters
• Outputs
• Cross-referenced modules

Usage examples for Bicep modules MUST be provided in the following formats:

• Bicep file (orchestration module style) - .bicep

  module <resourceName> 'br/public:avm/[res|ptn|utl]/<publishedModuleName>:>version<' = {
    name: '${uniqueString(deployment().name, location)}-test-<uniqueIdentifier>'
    params: { (...) }
  }
  

• JSON / ARM Template Parameter Files - .json

  {
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": { (...) }
  }