Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages imageTemplates 2020-02-14

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09/24/2024

Bicep resource definition

The imageTemplates 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.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates@2020-02-14' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  identity: {
    type: 'string'
    userAssignedIdentities: {
      {customized property}: {}
    }
  }
  properties: {
    buildTimeoutInMinutes: int
    customize: [
      {
        name: 'string'
        type: 'string'
        // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateCustomizer objects
      }
    ]
    distribute: [
      {
        artifactTags: {}
        runOutputName: 'string'
        type: 'string'
        // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateDistributor objects
      }
    ]
    source: {
      type: 'string'
      // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateSource objects
    }
    vmProfile: {
      osDiskSizeGB: int
      vmSize: 'string'
      vnetConfig: {
        subnetId: 'string'
      }
    }
  }
}

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For File, use:

  type: 'File'
  destination: 'string'
  sha256Checksum: 'string'
  sourceUri: 'string'

For PowerShell, use:

  type: 'PowerShell'
  inline: [
    'string'
  ]
  runAsSystem: bool
  runElevated: bool
  scriptUri: 'string'
  sha256Checksum: 'string'
  validExitCodes: [
    int
  ]

For Shell, use:

  type: 'Shell'
  inline: [
    'string'
  ]
  scriptUri: 'string'
  sha256Checksum: 'string'

For WindowsRestart, use:

  type: 'WindowsRestart'
  restartCheckCommand: 'string'
  restartCommand: 'string'
  restartTimeout: 'string'

For WindowsUpdate, use:

  type: 'WindowsUpdate'
  filters: [
    'string'
  ]
  searchCriteria: 'string'
  updateLimit: int

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  type: 'ManagedImage'
  imageId: 'string'
  location: 'string'

For SharedImage, use:

  type: 'SharedImage'
  excludeFromLatest: bool
  galleryImageId: 'string'
  replicationRegions: [
    'string'
  ]
  storageAccountType: 'string'

For VHD, use:

  type: 'VHD'

ImageTemplateSource objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  type: 'ManagedImage'
  imageId: 'string'

For PlatformImage, use:

  type: 'PlatformImage'
  offer: 'string'
  planInfo: {
    planName: 'string'
    planProduct: 'string'
    planPublisher: 'string'
  }
  publisher: 'string'
  sku: 'string'
  version: 'string'

For SharedImageVersion, use:

  type: 'SharedImageVersion'
  imageVersionId: 'string'

Property values

imageTemplates

Name	Description	Value
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
identity	The identity of the image template, if configured.	ImageTemplateIdentity (required)
properties	The properties of the image template	ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateIdentity

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of identity used for the image template. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the image template.	'None' 'UserAssigned'
userAssignedIdentities	The list of user identities associated with the image template. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.	ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

Name	Description	Value
{customized property}		ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

ImageTemplateProperties

Name	Description	Value
buildTimeoutInMinutes	Maximum duration to wait while building the image template. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (4 hours).	int Constraints: Min value = 0 Max value = 960
customize	Specifies the properties used to describe the customization steps of the image, like Image source etc	ImageTemplateCustomizer[]
distribute	The distribution targets where the image output needs to go to.	ImageTemplateDistributor[] (required)
source	Specifies the properties used to describe the source image.	ImageTemplateSource (required)
vmProfile	Describes how virtual machine is set up to build images	ImageTemplateVmProfile

ImageTemplateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
name	Friendly Name to provide context on what this customization step does	string
type	Set the object type	File PowerShell Shell WindowsRestart WindowsUpdate (required)

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'File' (required)
destination	The absolute path to a file (with nested directory structures already created) where the file (from sourceUri) will be uploaded to in the VM	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the file provided in the sourceUri field above	string
sourceUri	The URI of the file to be uploaded for customizing the VM. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'PowerShell' (required)
inline	Array of PowerShell commands to execute	string[]
runAsSystem	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges using the Local System user. Can only be true when the runElevated field above is set to true.	bool
runElevated	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges	bool
scriptUri	URI of the PowerShell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the power shell script provided in the scriptUri field above	string
validExitCodes	Valid exit codes for the PowerShell script. [Default: 0]	int[]

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'Shell' (required)
inline	Array of shell commands to execute	string[]
scriptUri	URI of the shell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the shell script provided in the scriptUri field	string

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'WindowsRestart' (required)
restartCheckCommand	Command to check if restart succeeded [Default: '']	string
restartCommand	Command to execute the restart [Default: 'shutdown /r /f /t 0 /c "packer restart"']	string
restartTimeout	Restart timeout specified as a string of magnitude and unit, e.g. '5m' (5 minutes) or '2h' (2 hours) [Default: '5m']	string

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'WindowsUpdate' (required)
filters	Array of filters to select updates to apply. Omit or specify empty array to use the default (no filter). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string[]
searchCriteria	Criteria to search updates. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (search all). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string
updateLimit	Maximum number of updates to apply at a time. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (1000)	int Constraints: Min value = 0

ImageTemplateDistributor

Name	Description	Value
artifactTags	Tags that will be applied to the artifact once it has been created/updated by the distributor.	object
runOutputName	The name to be used for the associated RunOutput.	string (required) Constraints: Pattern = `^[A-Za-z0-9-_.]{1,64}$`
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage SharedImage VHD (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'ManagedImage' (required)
imageId	Resource Id of the Managed Disk Image	string (required)
location	Azure location for the image, should match if image already exists	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'SharedImage' (required)
excludeFromLatest	Flag that indicates whether created image version should be excluded from latest. Omit to use the default (false).	bool
galleryImageId	Resource Id of the Shared Image Gallery image	string (required)
replicationRegions	A list of regions that the image will be replicated to	string[] (required)
storageAccountType	Storage account type to be used to store the shared image. Omit to use the default (Standard_LRS).	'Standard_LRS' 'Standard_ZRS'

ImageTemplateVhdDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'VHD' (required)

ImageTemplateSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage PlatformImage SharedImageVersion (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'ManagedImage' (required)
imageId	ARM resource id of the managed image in customer subscription	string (required)

ImageTemplatePlatformImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'PlatformImage' (required)
offer	Image offer from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
planInfo	Optional configuration of purchase plan for platform image.	PlatformImagePurchasePlan
publisher	Image Publisher in Azure Gallery Images.	string
sku	Image sku from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
version	Image version from the Azure Gallery Images. If 'latest' is specified here, the version is evaluated when the image build takes place, not when the template is submitted. Specifying 'latest' could cause ROUNDTRIP_INCONSISTENT_PROPERTY issue which will be fixed.	string

PlatformImagePurchasePlan

Name	Description	Value
planName	Name of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planProduct	Product of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planPublisher	Publisher of the purchase plan.	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageVersionSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'SharedImageVersion' (required)
imageVersionId	ARM resource id of the image version in the shared image gallery	string (required)

ImageTemplateVmProfile

Name	Description	Value
osDiskSizeGB	Size of the OS disk in GB. Omit or specify 0 to use Azure's default OS disk size.	int Constraints: Min value = 0
vmSize	Size of the virtual machine used to build, customize and capture images. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (Standard_D1_v2 for Gen1 images and Standard_D2ds_v4 for Gen2 images).	string
vnetConfig	Optional configuration of the virtual network to use to deploy the build virtual machine in. Omit if no specific virtual network needs to be used.	VirtualNetworkConfig

VirtualNetworkConfig

Name	Description	Value
subnetId	Resource id of a pre-existing subnet.	string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Azure Image Builder with Azure Windows Baseline	Creates an Azure Image Builder environment and builds a Windows Server image with the latest Windows Updates and Azure Windows Baseline applied.
Configure Dev Box service	This template would create all Dev Box admin resources as per Dev Box quick start guide (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dev-box/quickstart-create-dev-box). You can view all resources created, or directly go to DevPortal.microsoft.com to create your first Dev Box.

ARM template resource definition

The imageTemplates 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.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates",
  "apiVersion": "2020-02-14",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "identity": {
    "type": "string",
    "userAssignedIdentities": {
      "{customized property}": {}
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "buildTimeoutInMinutes": "int",
    "customize": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "type": "string"
        // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateCustomizer objects
      }
    ],
    "distribute": [
      {
        "artifactTags": {},
        "runOutputName": "string",
        "type": "string"
        // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateDistributor objects
      }
    ],
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
      // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateSource objects
    },
    "vmProfile": {
      "osDiskSizeGB": "int",
      "vmSize": "string",
      "vnetConfig": {
        "subnetId": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For File, use:

  "type": "File",
  "destination": "string",
  "sha256Checksum": "string",
  "sourceUri": "string"

For PowerShell, use:

  "type": "PowerShell",
  "inline": [ "string" ],
  "runAsSystem": "bool",
  "runElevated": "bool",
  "scriptUri": "string",
  "sha256Checksum": "string",
  "validExitCodes": [ "int" ]

For Shell, use:

  "type": "Shell",
  "inline": [ "string" ],
  "scriptUri": "string",
  "sha256Checksum": "string"

For WindowsRestart, use:

  "type": "WindowsRestart",
  "restartCheckCommand": "string",
  "restartCommand": "string",
  "restartTimeout": "string"

For WindowsUpdate, use:

  "type": "WindowsUpdate",
  "filters": [ "string" ],
  "searchCriteria": "string",
  "updateLimit": "int"

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  "type": "ManagedImage",
  "imageId": "string",
  "location": "string"

For SharedImage, use:

  "type": "SharedImage",
  "excludeFromLatest": "bool",
  "galleryImageId": "string",
  "replicationRegions": [ "string" ],
  "storageAccountType": "string"

For VHD, use:

  "type": "VHD"

ImageTemplateSource objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  "type": "ManagedImage",
  "imageId": "string"

For PlatformImage, use:

  "type": "PlatformImage",
  "offer": "string",
  "planInfo": {
    "planName": "string",
    "planProduct": "string",
    "planPublisher": "string"
  },
  "publisher": "string",
  "sku": "string",
  "version": "string"

For SharedImageVersion, use:

  "type": "SharedImageVersion",
  "imageVersionId": "string"

Property values

imageTemplates

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	'Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates'
apiVersion	The resource api version	'2020-02-14'
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
identity	The identity of the image template, if configured.	ImageTemplateIdentity (required)
properties	The properties of the image template	ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateIdentity

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of identity used for the image template. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the image template.	'None' 'UserAssigned'
userAssignedIdentities	The list of user identities associated with the image template. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.	ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

Name	Description	Value
{customized property}		ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

ImageTemplateProperties

Name	Description	Value
buildTimeoutInMinutes	Maximum duration to wait while building the image template. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (4 hours).	int Constraints: Min value = 0 Max value = 960
customize	Specifies the properties used to describe the customization steps of the image, like Image source etc	ImageTemplateCustomizer[]
distribute	The distribution targets where the image output needs to go to.	ImageTemplateDistributor[] (required)
source	Specifies the properties used to describe the source image.	ImageTemplateSource (required)
vmProfile	Describes how virtual machine is set up to build images	ImageTemplateVmProfile

ImageTemplateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
name	Friendly Name to provide context on what this customization step does	string
type	Set the object type	File PowerShell Shell WindowsRestart WindowsUpdate (required)

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'File' (required)
destination	The absolute path to a file (with nested directory structures already created) where the file (from sourceUri) will be uploaded to in the VM	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the file provided in the sourceUri field above	string
sourceUri	The URI of the file to be uploaded for customizing the VM. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'PowerShell' (required)
inline	Array of PowerShell commands to execute	string[]
runAsSystem	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges using the Local System user. Can only be true when the runElevated field above is set to true.	bool
runElevated	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges	bool
scriptUri	URI of the PowerShell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the power shell script provided in the scriptUri field above	string
validExitCodes	Valid exit codes for the PowerShell script. [Default: 0]	int[]

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'Shell' (required)
inline	Array of shell commands to execute	string[]
scriptUri	URI of the shell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the shell script provided in the scriptUri field	string

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'WindowsRestart' (required)
restartCheckCommand	Command to check if restart succeeded [Default: '']	string
restartCommand	Command to execute the restart [Default: 'shutdown /r /f /t 0 /c "packer restart"']	string
restartTimeout	Restart timeout specified as a string of magnitude and unit, e.g. '5m' (5 minutes) or '2h' (2 hours) [Default: '5m']	string

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	'WindowsUpdate' (required)
filters	Array of filters to select updates to apply. Omit or specify empty array to use the default (no filter). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string[]
searchCriteria	Criteria to search updates. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (search all). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string
updateLimit	Maximum number of updates to apply at a time. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (1000)	int Constraints: Min value = 0

ImageTemplateDistributor

Name	Description	Value
artifactTags	Tags that will be applied to the artifact once it has been created/updated by the distributor.	object
runOutputName	The name to be used for the associated RunOutput.	string (required) Constraints: Pattern = `^[A-Za-z0-9-_.]{1,64}$`
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage SharedImage VHD (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'ManagedImage' (required)
imageId	Resource Id of the Managed Disk Image	string (required)
location	Azure location for the image, should match if image already exists	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'SharedImage' (required)
excludeFromLatest	Flag that indicates whether created image version should be excluded from latest. Omit to use the default (false).	bool
galleryImageId	Resource Id of the Shared Image Gallery image	string (required)
replicationRegions	A list of regions that the image will be replicated to	string[] (required)
storageAccountType	Storage account type to be used to store the shared image. Omit to use the default (Standard_LRS).	'Standard_LRS' 'Standard_ZRS'

ImageTemplateVhdDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	'VHD' (required)

ImageTemplateSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage PlatformImage SharedImageVersion (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'ManagedImage' (required)
imageId	ARM resource id of the managed image in customer subscription	string (required)

ImageTemplatePlatformImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'PlatformImage' (required)
offer	Image offer from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
planInfo	Optional configuration of purchase plan for platform image.	PlatformImagePurchasePlan
publisher	Image Publisher in Azure Gallery Images.	string
sku	Image sku from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
version	Image version from the Azure Gallery Images. If 'latest' is specified here, the version is evaluated when the image build takes place, not when the template is submitted. Specifying 'latest' could cause ROUNDTRIP_INCONSISTENT_PROPERTY issue which will be fixed.	string

PlatformImagePurchasePlan

Name	Description	Value
planName	Name of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planProduct	Product of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planPublisher	Publisher of the purchase plan.	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageVersionSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	'SharedImageVersion' (required)
imageVersionId	ARM resource id of the image version in the shared image gallery	string (required)

ImageTemplateVmProfile

Name	Description	Value
osDiskSizeGB	Size of the OS disk in GB. Omit or specify 0 to use Azure's default OS disk size.	int Constraints: Min value = 0
vmSize	Size of the virtual machine used to build, customize and capture images. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (Standard_D1_v2 for Gen1 images and Standard_D2ds_v4 for Gen2 images).	string
vnetConfig	Optional configuration of the virtual network to use to deploy the build virtual machine in. Omit if no specific virtual network needs to be used.	VirtualNetworkConfig

VirtualNetworkConfig

Name	Description	Value
subnetId	Resource id of a pre-existing subnet.	string

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Azure Image Builder with Azure Windows Baseline	Creates an Azure Image Builder environment and builds a Windows Server image with the latest Windows Updates and Azure Windows Baseline applied.
Configure Dev Box service	This template would create all Dev Box admin resources as per Dev Box quick start guide (https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/dev-box/quickstart-create-dev-box). You can view all resources created, or directly go to DevPortal.microsoft.com to create your first Dev Box.

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The imageTemplates 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.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates@2020-02-14"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  identity {
    type =  "UserAssigned"
    identity_ids = []
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      buildTimeoutInMinutes = int
      customize = [
        {
          name = "string"
          type = "string"
          // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateCustomizer objects
        }
      ]
      distribute = [
        {
          artifactTags = {}
          runOutputName = "string"
          type = "string"
          // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateDistributor objects
        }
      ]
      source = {
        type = "string"
        // For remaining properties, see ImageTemplateSource objects
      }
      vmProfile = {
        osDiskSizeGB = int
        vmSize = "string"
        vnetConfig = {
          subnetId = "string"
        }
      }
    }
  })
}

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For File, use:

  type = "File"
  destination = "string"
  sha256Checksum = "string"
  sourceUri = "string"

For PowerShell, use:

  type = "PowerShell"
  inline = [
    "string"
  ]
  runAsSystem = bool
  runElevated = bool
  scriptUri = "string"
  sha256Checksum = "string"
  validExitCodes = [
    int
  ]

For Shell, use:

  type = "Shell"
  inline = [
    "string"
  ]
  scriptUri = "string"
  sha256Checksum = "string"

For WindowsRestart, use:

  type = "WindowsRestart"
  restartCheckCommand = "string"
  restartCommand = "string"
  restartTimeout = "string"

For WindowsUpdate, use:

  type = "WindowsUpdate"
  filters = [
    "string"
  ]
  searchCriteria = "string"
  updateLimit = int

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  type = "ManagedImage"
  imageId = "string"
  location = "string"

For SharedImage, use:

  type = "SharedImage"
  excludeFromLatest = bool
  galleryImageId = "string"
  replicationRegions = [
    "string"
  ]
  storageAccountType = "string"

For VHD, use:

  type = "VHD"

ImageTemplateSource objects

Set the type property to specify the type of object.

For ManagedImage, use:

  type = "ManagedImage"
  imageId = "string"

For PlatformImage, use:

  type = "PlatformImage"
  offer = "string"
  planInfo = {
    planName = "string"
    planProduct = "string"
    planPublisher = "string"
  }
  publisher = "string"
  sku = "string"
  version = "string"

For SharedImageVersion, use:

  type = "SharedImageVersion"
  imageVersionId = "string"

Property values

imageTemplates

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	"Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates@2020-02-14"
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
parent_id	To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group.	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values.
identity	The identity of the image template, if configured.	ImageTemplateIdentity (required)
properties	The properties of the image template	ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateIdentity

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of identity used for the image template. The type 'None' will remove any identities from the image template.	"UserAssigned"
identity_ids	The list of user identities associated with the image template. The user identity dictionary key references will be ARM resource ids in the form: '/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{identityName}'.	Array of user identity IDs.

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

Name	Description	Value
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This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

ImageTemplateProperties

Name	Description	Value
buildTimeoutInMinutes	Maximum duration to wait while building the image template. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (4 hours).	int Constraints: Min value = 0 Max value = 960
customize	Specifies the properties used to describe the customization steps of the image, like Image source etc	ImageTemplateCustomizer[]
distribute	The distribution targets where the image output needs to go to.	ImageTemplateDistributor[] (required)
source	Specifies the properties used to describe the source image.	ImageTemplateSource (required)
vmProfile	Describes how virtual machine is set up to build images	ImageTemplateVmProfile

ImageTemplateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
name	Friendly Name to provide context on what this customization step does	string
type	Set the object type	File PowerShell Shell WindowsRestart WindowsUpdate (required)

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	"File" (required)
destination	The absolute path to a file (with nested directory structures already created) where the file (from sourceUri) will be uploaded to in the VM	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the file provided in the sourceUri field above	string
sourceUri	The URI of the file to be uploaded for customizing the VM. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	"PowerShell" (required)
inline	Array of PowerShell commands to execute	string[]
runAsSystem	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges using the Local System user. Can only be true when the runElevated field above is set to true.	bool
runElevated	If specified, the PowerShell script will be run with elevated privileges	bool
scriptUri	URI of the PowerShell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the power shell script provided in the scriptUri field above	string
validExitCodes	Valid exit codes for the PowerShell script. [Default: 0]	int[]

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	"Shell" (required)
inline	Array of shell commands to execute	string[]
scriptUri	URI of the shell script to be run for customizing. It can be a github link, SAS URI for Azure Storage, etc	string
sha256Checksum	SHA256 checksum of the shell script provided in the scriptUri field	string

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	"WindowsRestart" (required)
restartCheckCommand	Command to check if restart succeeded [Default: '']	string
restartCommand	Command to execute the restart [Default: 'shutdown /r /f /t 0 /c "packer restart"']	string
restartTimeout	Restart timeout specified as a string of magnitude and unit, e.g. '5m' (5 minutes) or '2h' (2 hours) [Default: '5m']	string

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

Name	Description	Value
type	The type of customization tool you want to use on the Image. For example, "Shell" can be shell customizer	"WindowsUpdate" (required)
filters	Array of filters to select updates to apply. Omit or specify empty array to use the default (no filter). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string[]
searchCriteria	Criteria to search updates. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (search all). Refer to above link for examples and detailed description of this field.	string
updateLimit	Maximum number of updates to apply at a time. Omit or specify 0 to use the default (1000)	int Constraints: Min value = 0

ImageTemplateDistributor

Name	Description	Value
artifactTags	Tags that will be applied to the artifact once it has been created/updated by the distributor.	object
runOutputName	The name to be used for the associated RunOutput.	string (required) Constraints: Pattern = `^[A-Za-z0-9-_.]{1,64}$`
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage SharedImage VHD (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	"ManagedImage" (required)
imageId	Resource Id of the Managed Disk Image	string (required)
location	Azure location for the image, should match if image already exists	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	"SharedImage" (required)
excludeFromLatest	Flag that indicates whether created image version should be excluded from latest. Omit to use the default (false).	bool
galleryImageId	Resource Id of the Shared Image Gallery image	string (required)
replicationRegions	A list of regions that the image will be replicated to	string[] (required)
storageAccountType	Storage account type to be used to store the shared image. Omit to use the default (Standard_LRS).	"Standard_LRS" "Standard_ZRS"

ImageTemplateVhdDistributor

Name	Description	Value
type	Type of distribution.	"VHD" (required)

ImageTemplateSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Set the object type	ManagedImage PlatformImage SharedImageVersion (required)

ImageTemplateManagedImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	"ManagedImage" (required)
imageId	ARM resource id of the managed image in customer subscription	string (required)

ImageTemplatePlatformImageSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	"PlatformImage" (required)
offer	Image offer from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
planInfo	Optional configuration of purchase plan for platform image.	PlatformImagePurchasePlan
publisher	Image Publisher in Azure Gallery Images.	string
sku	Image sku from the Azure Gallery Images.	string
version	Image version from the Azure Gallery Images. If 'latest' is specified here, the version is evaluated when the image build takes place, not when the template is submitted. Specifying 'latest' could cause ROUNDTRIP_INCONSISTENT_PROPERTY issue which will be fixed.	string

PlatformImagePurchasePlan

Name	Description	Value
planName	Name of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planProduct	Product of the purchase plan.	string (required)
planPublisher	Publisher of the purchase plan.	string (required)

ImageTemplateSharedImageVersionSource

Name	Description	Value
type	Specifies the type of source image you want to start with.	"SharedImageVersion" (required)
imageVersionId	ARM resource id of the image version in the shared image gallery	string (required)

ImageTemplateVmProfile

Name	Description	Value
osDiskSizeGB	Size of the OS disk in GB. Omit or specify 0 to use Azure's default OS disk size.	int Constraints: Min value = 0
vmSize	Size of the virtual machine used to build, customize and capture images. Omit or specify empty string to use the default (Standard_D1_v2 for Gen1 images and Standard_D2ds_v4 for Gen2 images).	string
vnetConfig	Optional configuration of the virtual network to use to deploy the build virtual machine in. Omit if no specific virtual network needs to be used.	VirtualNetworkConfig

VirtualNetworkConfig

Name	Description	Value
subnetId	Resource id of a pre-existing subnet.	string

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Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages imageTemplates 2020-02-14

Bicep resource definition

Resource format

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

ImageTemplateSource objects

Property values

imageTemplates

ImageTemplateIdentity

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateCustomizer

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

ImageTemplateDistributor

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor

ImageTemplateVhdDistributor

ImageTemplateSource

ImageTemplateManagedImageSource

ImageTemplatePlatformImageSource

PlatformImagePurchasePlan

ImageTemplateSharedImageVersionSource

ImageTemplateVmProfile

VirtualNetworkConfig

Quickstart templates

ARM template resource definition

Resource format

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

ImageTemplateSource objects

Property values

imageTemplates

ImageTemplateIdentity

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateCustomizer

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

ImageTemplateDistributor

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor

ImageTemplateVhdDistributor

ImageTemplateSource

ImageTemplateManagedImageSource

ImageTemplatePlatformImageSource

PlatformImagePurchasePlan

ImageTemplateSharedImageVersionSource

ImageTemplateVmProfile

VirtualNetworkConfig

Quickstart templates

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

Resource format

ImageTemplateCustomizer objects

ImageTemplateDistributor objects

ImageTemplateSource objects

Property values

imageTemplates

ImageTemplateIdentity

ImageTemplateIdentityUserAssignedIdentities

ComponentsVrq145SchemasImagetemplateidentityProperti...

ImageTemplateProperties

ImageTemplateCustomizer

ImageTemplateFileCustomizer

ImageTemplatePowerShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateShellCustomizer

ImageTemplateRestartCustomizer

ImageTemplateWindowsUpdateCustomizer

ImageTemplateDistributor

ImageTemplateManagedImageDistributor

ImageTemplateSharedImageDistributor