AWESOME Azure Bicep 💪

A curated list of AWESOME blogs, videos, tips-and-tricks, codes, tools, and scripts. Hand-picked tips and tricks to help you learn Azure Bicep and get you ready to start deploying Azure resources to your favorite environment(s).

Community contributions are very welcome! Check out the contribution guide and submit a Pull Request with your adds/removes/changes to the content!

Table Of Contents

• AWESOME Azure Bicep 💪
  • Table Of Contents
  • Official
    • Microsoft Learn
    • Docs
    • Videos
    • Announcements and Articles
    • Repositories
  • Community
    • Videos
    • Podcasts
    • Books
    • Articles
    • Tools
    • Repositories
    • Forums and Feedback

Official

Links below are from official Microsoft sources, websites, and channels.

Microsoft Learn

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• Option 1: Deploy Azure resources by using Bicep and Azure Pipelines
• Option 2: Deploy Azure resources by using Bicep and GitHub Actions
• Part 1: Fundamentals of Bicep
• Part 2: Intermediate Bicep
• Part 3: Advanced Bicep

Official Docs

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• Add linter settings in the Bicep config file
• Best practices for Bicep
• Bicep documentation
• Bicep file structure and syntax
• Configure your Bicep environment
• Create private registry for Bicep modules
• Deploy Bicep files from Azure Cloud Shell
• Deploy resources with Bicep and Azure PowerShell
• How to deploy resources with Bicep and Azure CLI
• How to use Azure Bicep for developing ARM templates - Jan 5, 2022
• Install Bicep tools
• Migrate to Bicep
• Official Azure Bicep Releases
• Project Bicep - an ARM DSL
• Publish Bicep modules to private module registry
• Quickstart: Intro to Bicep with Web App and DB
• Set scope for extension resources in Bicep
• Understand the structure and syntax of Bicep files
• What is Bicep?

Official Videos

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• Bicep Community Calls & Azure Deployment & Governance Channel
• How to use Azure Bicep for developing ARM templates | Azure Tips and Tricks
• Learn everything about the next generation of ARM Templates
• Level up your skills with Bicep!

Announcements and Articles

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• Azure Pipelines for Bicep Tasks
• Comparing JSON and Bicep for templates
• Decompiling ARM template JSON to Bicep

Official Repositories

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• AKS Bicep Accelerator
• Azure Landing Zones (ALZ) - Bicep
• Azure NoOps Accelerator - Bicep Quickstart Deployment
• Azure Spring Apps Reference Architecture - Bicep template
• Azure Verified Modules (AVM)
• Bicep Authoring Devcontainer
• Bicep Registry Modules
• Bicep samples for documentation
• Bicep Testing Framework (BenchPress)
• Bicep type definitions for ARM resources
• Common Azure Resource Modules Library (CARML)
• Project Bicep - an ARM DSL
• Template Best Practice Analyzer (BPA)

Community

Links below are from community sources, websites, and channels.

Community Videos

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• ARM (and Bicep) Template Masterclass
• Azure Bicep First Look - LinkedIn
• Azure Bicep: Get Up and Running
• Azure Spring Clean 2022 - Bicep Registry
• Bicep for Real
• Bicep vs Terraform - A fair and balanced comparison
• Build your first Azure Bicep Template
• Day 15 - Deploying a solution in Azure using Bicep to investigate Network Anomalies by Dave Rendon
• Day 15 - Let's flex our Biceps to help Santa by Marco Obinu
• Day 16 - Twelve features of Bicep – Christmas edition with Esther Barthel and Freek Berson
• Day 24 - Arm your Bicep with D(i)SC - how to make your life easier while building new environments - 2021
• Deployment Stacks Deep Dive - John Savill
• Embrace Infrastructure as Code Right Now With Azure Bicep - Nashville Azure Users Group - Feb 18, 2022
• Getting Started with Azure Bicep
• EP7: Getting Started with Azure Bicep - Tutorial
• Mert to the Future #10 - Using Bicep to Create Your Azure Data Solution with Heini Ilmarinen
• Project Bicep Azure Infrastructure as Code (ARM Template Alternative) - Feb 22, 2021
• Test with Bicep Linter - LinkedIn
• Transforming ARM into Azure Bicep
• Understanding and Using Project BICEP - The NEW Azure Deployment Technology

Community Podcasts

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• 079 - We're talking about Azure Bicep
• Azure Greg chats to Elkhan Yusubov about Bicep, Cloud Marathoner and Cloud Journey
• Azure Greg chats to Freek Berson about Bicep and covers 3 exciting new features
• Episode 21: Bicep with Alex Frankel
• How to deploy an SAP system using Azure Bicep

Community Books

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• Azure Infrastructure as Code - With ARM templates and Bicep
• Getting started with Bicep: Infrastructure as code
• Infrastructure as Code with Azure Bicep
• Infrastructure Management with Azure Bicep: Learn how to build reusable and scalable infrastructure using best practices for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Community Articles

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• 5 Cool Things about Azure Bicep templates
• A Gentle Introduction to Bicep
• ARM Templates Or Azure Bicep — What Should I Use?
• Azure best practice for Bicep with PSRule
• Azure Bicep Deployment with Deployment Stacks
• Azure Bicep lambda expressions
• Azure Bicep Playground: Transitioning from ARM templates into Bicep
• Azure Bicep posts on Cloud Marathoner's Journey
• Azure Bicep Tips & Tricks
• Azure Bicep: Deploy a virtual machine with Office pre-installed
• Azure Bicep: Getting started guide
• Azure Budgets leveraging Bicep Registries
• Checkov now supports scan Bicep- Bicep + Checkov + Azure DevOps
• Chicken and the Egg: How to Handle Bicep Interdependencies
• Convert ARM templates to Azure Bicep
• Create your first Azure Bicep template
• Create your own function in Azure Bicep with user-defined functions
• Creating Reusable Infrastructure as Code Part 2: Creating Modules with Azure Bicep
• Deploy Azure Bicep using GitHub Actions
• Deploy Azure Infrastructure with Azure Bicep
• Deploy Azure Lab Services using Azure Bicep
• Deploy Ubuntu VM with Prometheus and Grafana using Bicep Language
• Deploying Azure Bicep using GitHub Actions
• Deployment Stacks for Bicep are awesome: a full walkthrough & sneak peek and of what's coming soon
• Enhance objects with User-Defined Types in Azure Bicep
• Generate Bicep parameters with Azure CLI or Visual Studio Code
• Get a consistent Azure naming convention with Bicep modules
• Getting started with Azure Bicep - techielass
• Getting started with Project Bicep for Azure ARM
• Hardening parameter inputs on Azure Bicep files
• How to deploy Azure Policy with Bicep
• Introducing the “Helm Install Command” Bicep Module: Streamlining AKS bootstrapping
• Mastering CIDRs With Azure Bicep
• Project Bicep: ARM Templates Re-Imagined
• Reusability with export and import in Azure Bicep
• Run PowerShell scripts with Azure Bicep
• Seamlessly deploy Azure Front Door Premium with Private Endpoint to App Services with Azure Bicep
• Simplifying Azure IaC with Azure Bicep child resources
• Subnetting in Azure Bicep
• Three use cases for using GitHub Copilot with Azure Bicep
• Troubleshooting steps with the Azure Bicep Insert and system path errors
• What are the good options to manage sensitive info in Azure Bicep?
• What is new in Azure Bicep v0.4?
• Whitelisting your Public IP with Azure Bicep and PowerShell
• Why is Azure Bicep your next choice for Infrastructure As Code?
• Work with environment variables in Azure Bicep

Community Tools

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• ARM (and Bicep) Template Toolkit Azure DevOps Extension
• AzAdvertizer
• Bicep Playground
• Check-Azure-Bicep - pre-commit hooks for Azure Bicep validation
• NubesGen - Automatically generate bicep for your project

Community Repositories

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• AzInsider Dave Rendon
• Ba4bes/Bicep-NamingConvention
• christosgalano/bicep-docs
• ElYusubov/Learn-Bicep
• fberson/Getting-started-with-Bicep-Infrastructure-as-code-on-Azure
• fberson/wvd
• gbaeke/aks-bicep
• globalbao/azure-policy-as-code
• jamesatighe/AVD-BICEP
• jaydestro/aksbicep
• johnlokerse/bicep-snippets
• johnlokerse/azure-bicep-cheat-sheet
• kevinevans1/learn-azure-bicep
• lordlinus/databricks-all-in-one-bicep-template
• Packt Publishing - IaC with Azure Bicep
• PSBicep - Bicep PowerShell Module
• PSBicep/BicepNet - A thin wrapper around Bicep that will load all bicep assemblies in a separate context
• scautomation/Bicep-AzureMonitor-Sentinel
• Welasco/Bicep - Create Private AKS Cluster using Bicep
• your-azure-coach/bicep-azdevops
• riosengineer/Bicepify - Easy to digest Bicep concept demo examples

Community Forums

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• Stackoverflow with Azure Bicep
• Azure Bicep Discussions / Forum
• Azure Bicep Reddit