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Powershell

Powershell Basics​

Provisioning can be done by using Azure CLI. Azure CLI can be executed using Powershell. The most commonly used Powershell scripts are:

Variables​

Variables are declared using the '$' sign, like $resourceGroup.

Example:

$resourceGroup = "MyResourcegroup"

Arrays​

Arrays can be declared to group multiple variables.

Example:

$environments = @('tst', 'uat', 'prd')

Multi Domensional Arrays​

Array items can have mulitple values.

Example:

$environments = @(
    @{
        name   = "Test"
        prefix = 'tst'
    },
    @{
        name   = "Acceptance"
        prefix = 'uat'
    },   
    @{
        name   = "Production"
        prefix = 'prd'
    }
)

foreach ($env in $environments) {
    Write-Host $env.name
}

Ouput:
tst
uat
prd

Loops​

A loop is used to iterate over an array.

Example:

$environments = @('tst', 'uat', 'prd')

foreach($env in $environments){
    Write-Host $env
}

Ouput:
tst
uat
prd

Functions​

Commonly used Powershell functions:

String formatting​

To format a string, you can use the '-f' flag to merge strings and variables.

Example:

$env = "tst"
$webapp = "{0}-azure-web-app" -f $env
Write-Host $webapp # this will result in "tst-azure-web-app"