This example simply deploys an existing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template using Pulumi. This accepts any existing valid ARM template, enabling easy migration from existing JSON templates and towards infrastructure as code using Pulumi. Once deployed, it is easy to incrementally refactor resources at a time out of the template and into code.

Read more about ARM templates here.

Ensure you have downloaded and installed the Pulumi CLI.

We will be deploying to Azure, so you will need an Azure account. If you don't have an account, sign up for free here. Follow the instructions here to connect Pulumi to your Azure account.

Now, install dependencies:

npm install

1. Create a new stack:

   $ pulumi stack init
   Enter a stack name: azure-arm-dev

2. Set the required configuration variables for this program, and log into Azure:

   $ pulumi config set azure:environment public
   $ pulumi config set azure:location westus2
   $ az login

3. Perform the deployment:

   $ pulumi up
   Updating stack 'azure-arm-dev'
   Performing changes:
   
        Type                              Name                      Status
    +   pulumi:pulumi:Stack               azure-arm--azure-arm-dev  created
    +   ├─ azure:core:ResourceGroup       rg                        created
    +   └─ azure:core:TemplateDeployment  arm-dep                   created
   
   Outputs:
       storageAccountName: "abevrwebgje2wstorage"
   
   Resources:
       + 3 created
   
   Duration: 1m8s

   Notice here that the storageAccountName allocated by the ARM template deployment is exported.

4. Tidy up and delete all resources allocated by your deployment:

   $ pulumi destroy -y --skip-preview
   $ pulumi stack rm -y --skip-preview

For more Azure examples, please check out the Azure Getting Started Guide.