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.

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.

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.

You cannot specify the patch version for Bicep modules in the public Bicep Registry, as this is automatically incremented by 1 each time a module is published. You can only set the Major and Minor versions.

A module SHOULD avoid breaking changes, e.g., deprecating inputs vs. removing. If you need to implement changes that cause a breaking change, the major version should be increased.

Modules that have not been released as 1.0.0 may introduce breaking changes, as explained in the previous ID SNFR17 . That means that you have to introduce non-breaking and breaking changes with a minor version jump, as long as the module has not reached version 1.0.0.

There are, however, scenarios where you want to include breaking changes into a commit and not create a new major version. If you want to introduce breaking changes as part of a minor update, you can do so. In this case, it is essential to keep the change backward compatible, so that the existing code will continue to work. At a later point, another update can increase the major version and remove the code introduced for the backward compatibility.

Modules MUST be published to their respective language public registries.

• Bicep = Bicep Public Module Registry
  • Within the avm directory
• Terraform = HashiCorp Terraform Registry

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

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.

When the module owners of the same Resource or Pattern AVM module are not the same individual or team for all languages, each languages team SHOULD collaborate with their sibling language team for the same module to ensure consistency where possible.

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.