Microsoft.Compute virtualMachines/extensions 2021-04-01

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08/16/2024

Bicep resource definition

The virtualMachines/extensions resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

Resource groups - See resource group deployment commands

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

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-04-01' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  parent: resourceSymbolicName
  properties: {
    autoUpgradeMinorVersion: bool
    enableAutomaticUpgrade: bool
    forceUpdateTag: 'string'
    instanceView: {
      name: 'string'
      statuses: [
        {
          code: 'string'
          displayStatus: 'string'
          level: 'string'
          message: 'string'
          time: 'string'
        }
      ]
      substatuses: [
        {
          code: 'string'
          displayStatus: 'string'
          level: 'string'
          message: 'string'
          time: 'string'
        }
      ]
      type: 'string'
      typeHandlerVersion: 'string'
    }
    protectedSettings: any()
    publisher: 'string'
    settings: any()
    type: 'string'
    typeHandlerVersion: 'string'
  }
}

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

Name	Description	Value
name	The resource name See how to set names and types for child resources in Bicep.	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
parent	In Bicep, you can specify the parent resource for a child resource. You only need to add this property when the child resource is declared outside of the parent resource. For more information, see Child resource outside parent resource.	Symbolic name for resource of type: virtualMachines
properties	Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Extension.	VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

Name	Description	Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion	Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true.	bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade	Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available.	bool
forceUpdateTag	How the extension handler should be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed.	string
instanceView	The virtual machine extension instance view.	VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView
protectedSettings	The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.	For Bicep, you can use the any() function.
publisher	The name of the extension handler publisher.	string
settings	Json formatted public settings for the extension.	For Bicep, you can use the any() function.
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

Name	Description	Value
name	The virtual machine extension name.	string
statuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
substatuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

InstanceViewStatus

Name	Description	Value
code	The status code.	string
displayStatus	The short localizable label for the status.	string
level	The level code.	'Error' 'Info' 'Warning'
message	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.	string
time	The time of the status.	string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Create a Windows VM with Anti-Malware extension enabled	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up the Anti-Malware protection
IIS Server using DSC extension on a Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up an IIS server using the DSC extension. Note, the DSC configuration module needs a SAS token to be passed in if you are using Azure Storage. For DSC module link from GitHub (default in this template), this is not needed.
ESET VM Extension	Creates a VM with ESET extension
McAfee Endpoint Security (trial license) on Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up a trial version of McAfee Endpoint Security
Deploy a Ubuntu VM with the OMS extension	This template allows you to deploy a Ubuntu VM with the OMS extension installed and onboarded to a specified workspace
Deploy a Windows VM with the OMS extension	This template allows you to deploy a Windows VM with the OMS extension installed and onboarded to a specified workspace
Symantec Endpoint Protection extension trial on Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up a trial version of Symantec Endpoint Protection
Custom Script extension on a Ubuntu VM	This template creates a Ubuntu VM and installs the CustomScript extension
OS Patching extension on a Ubuntu VM	This template creates a Ubuntu VM and installs the OSPatching extension
Deploy a Premium Windows VM with diagnostics	This template allows you to deploy a Premium Windows VM using a few different options for the Windows version, using the latest patched version.
Deploy a simple Windows VM with monitoring and diagnostics	This template allows you to deploy a simple Windows VM along with the diagnostics extension which enables monitoring and diagnostics for the VM
Use script extensions to install Mongo DB on Ubuntu VM	This template deploys Configures and Installs Mongo DB on a Ubuntu Virtual Machine in two separate scripts. This template is a good example that showcases how to express dependencies between two scripts running on the same virtual machine. This template also deploys a Storage Account, Virtual Network, Public IP addresses and a Network Interface.

ARM template resource definition

The virtualMachines/extensions resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

Resource groups - See resource group deployment commands

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

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions",
  "apiVersion": "2021-04-01",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "properties": {
    "autoUpgradeMinorVersion": "bool",
    "enableAutomaticUpgrade": "bool",
    "forceUpdateTag": "string",
    "instanceView": {
      "name": "string",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "code": "string",
          "displayStatus": "string",
          "level": "string",
          "message": "string",
          "time": "string"
        }
      ],
      "substatuses": [
        {
          "code": "string",
          "displayStatus": "string",
          "level": "string",
          "message": "string",
          "time": "string"
        }
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "typeHandlerVersion": "string"
    },
    "protectedSettings": {},
    "publisher": "string",
    "settings": {},
    "type": "string",
    "typeHandlerVersion": "string"
  }
}

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions'
apiVersion	The resource api version	'2021-04-01'
name	The resource name See how to set names and types for child resources in JSON ARM templates.	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
properties	Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Extension.	VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

Name	Description	Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion	Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true.	bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade	Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available.	bool
forceUpdateTag	How the extension handler should be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed.	string
instanceView	The virtual machine extension instance view.	VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView
protectedSettings	The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.
publisher	The name of the extension handler publisher.	string
settings	Json formatted public settings for the extension.
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

Name	Description	Value
name	The virtual machine extension name.	string
statuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
substatuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

InstanceViewStatus

Name	Description	Value
code	The status code.	string
displayStatus	The short localizable label for the status.	string
level	The level code.	'Error' 'Info' 'Warning'
message	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.	string
time	The time of the status.	string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Create a Windows VM with Anti-Malware extension enabled	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up the Anti-Malware protection
IIS Server using DSC extension on a Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up an IIS server using the DSC extension. Note, the DSC configuration module needs a SAS token to be passed in if you are using Azure Storage. For DSC module link from GitHub (default in this template), this is not needed.
ESET VM Extension	Creates a VM with ESET extension
McAfee Endpoint Security (trial license) on Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up a trial version of McAfee Endpoint Security
Deploy a Ubuntu VM with the OMS extension	This template allows you to deploy a Ubuntu VM with the OMS extension installed and onboarded to a specified workspace
Deploy a Windows VM with the OMS extension	This template allows you to deploy a Windows VM with the OMS extension installed and onboarded to a specified workspace
Symantec Endpoint Protection extension trial on Windows VM	This template creates a Windows VM and sets up a trial version of Symantec Endpoint Protection
Custom Script extension on a Ubuntu VM	This template creates a Ubuntu VM and installs the CustomScript extension
OS Patching extension on a Ubuntu VM	This template creates a Ubuntu VM and installs the OSPatching extension
Deploy a Premium Windows VM with diagnostics	This template allows you to deploy a Premium Windows VM using a few different options for the Windows version, using the latest patched version.
Deploy a simple Windows VM with monitoring and diagnostics	This template allows you to deploy a simple Windows VM along with the diagnostics extension which enables monitoring and diagnostics for the VM
Use script extensions to install Mongo DB on Ubuntu VM	This template deploys Configures and Installs Mongo DB on a Ubuntu Virtual Machine in two separate scripts. This template is a good example that showcases how to express dependencies between two scripts running on the same virtual machine. This template also deploys a Storage Account, Virtual Network, Public IP addresses and a Network Interface.

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The virtualMachines/extensions 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.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-04-01"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      autoUpgradeMinorVersion = bool
      enableAutomaticUpgrade = bool
      forceUpdateTag = "string"
      instanceView = {
        name = "string"
        statuses = [
          {
            code = "string"
            displayStatus = "string"
            level = "string"
            message = "string"
            time = "string"
          }
        ]
        substatuses = [
          {
            code = "string"
            displayStatus = "string"
            level = "string"
            message = "string"
            time = "string"
          }
        ]
        type = "string"
        typeHandlerVersion = "string"
      }
      publisher = "string"
      type = "string"
      typeHandlerVersion = "string"
    }
  })
}

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	"Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions@2021-04-01"
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
parent_id	The ID of the resource that is the parent for this resource.	ID for resource of type: virtualMachines
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values.
properties	Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Extension.	VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

Name	Description	Value
autoUpgradeMinorVersion	Indicates whether the extension should use a newer minor version if one is available at deployment time. Once deployed, however, the extension will not upgrade minor versions unless redeployed, even with this property set to true.	bool
enableAutomaticUpgrade	Indicates whether the extension should be automatically upgraded by the platform if there is a newer version of the extension available.	bool
forceUpdateTag	How the extension handler should be forced to update even if the extension configuration has not changed.	string
instanceView	The virtual machine extension instance view.	VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView
protectedSettings	The extension can contain either protectedSettings or protectedSettingsFromKeyVault or no protected settings at all.
publisher	The name of the extension handler publisher.	string
settings	Json formatted public settings for the extension.
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

Name	Description	Value
name	The virtual machine extension name.	string
statuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
substatuses	The resource status information.	InstanceViewStatus[]
type	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".	string
typeHandlerVersion	Specifies the version of the script handler.	string

InstanceViewStatus

Name	Description	Value
code	The status code.	string
displayStatus	The short localizable label for the status.	string
level	The level code.	"Error" "Info" "Warning"
message	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.	string
time	The time of the status.	string

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Microsoft.Compute virtualMachines/extensions 2021-04-01

Bicep resource definition

Resource format

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

InstanceViewStatus

Quickstart templates

ARM template resource definition

Resource format

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

InstanceViewStatus

Quickstart templates

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

Resource format

Property values

virtualMachines/extensions

VirtualMachineExtensionProperties

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

InstanceViewStatus

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