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Use valid container app names#

Operational Excellence · Container App · Rule · 2023_03 · Awareness

Container Apps should meet naming requirements.

Description#

When naming Azure resources, resource names must meet service requirements. The requirements for container app names are:

  • Between 2 and 32 characters long.
  • Lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  • Start with letter and end with alphanumeric.

Recommendation#

Consider using container app names that meets naming requirements. Additionally consider naming resources with a standard naming convention.

Examples#

Configure with Azure template#

To deploy Container Apps that pass this rule:

  • Configuring a minLength and maxLength constraint for the resource name parameter.
  • Optionally, you could also use a uniqueString() function to generate a unique name.

For example:

Azure Template snippet
{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "envName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The name of the app environment."
      }
    },
    "appName": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 32,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The name of the container app."
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The location resources will be deployed."
      }
    },
    "workspaceId": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The name of a Log Analytics workspace"
      }
    },
    "subnetId": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The resource ID of a VNET subnet."
      }
    },
    "revision": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The revision of the container app."
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "containers": [
      {
        "name": "simple-hello-world-container",
        "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/azuredocs/containerapps-helloworld:latest",
        "resources": {
          "cpu": "[json('0.25')]",
          "memory": ".5Gi"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.App/containerApps",
      "apiVersion": "2023-05-01",
      "name": "[parameters('appName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "identity": {
        "type": "SystemAssigned"
      },
      "properties": {
        "environmentId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments', parameters('envName'))]",
        "template": {
          "revisionSuffix": "[parameters('revision')]",
          "containers": "[variables('containers')]",
          "scale": {
            "minReplicas": 2
          }
        },
        "configuration": {
          "ingress": {
            "allowInsecure": false,
            "stickySessions": {
              "affinity": "none"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Configure with Bicep#

To deploy Container Apps that pass this rule:

  • Configuring a minLength and maxLength constraint for the resource name parameter.
  • Optionally, you could also use a uniqueString() function to generate a unique name.

For example:

Azure Bicep snippet
@minLength(2)
@maxLength(32)
@description('The name of the container app.')
param appName string

resource containerApp 'Microsoft.App/containerApps@2023-05-01' = {
  name: appName
  location: location
  identity: {
    type: 'SystemAssigned'
  }
  properties: {
    environmentId: containerEnv.id
    template: {
      revisionSuffix: revision
      containers: containers
      scale: {
        minReplicas: 2
      }
    }
    configuration: {
      ingress: {
        allowInsecure: false
        stickySessions: {
          affinity: 'none'
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Configure with Azure Verified Modules

A pre-built module is avilable on the Azure Bicep public registry. To reference the module, please use the following syntax:

br/public:avm/res/app/container-app:<version>

Notes#

This rule does not check if container app names are unique.

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