- Clone this repo
- Install Azure CLI
- Install bicep tools
Before deploying the Bicep IaC artifacts, you need to review and customize the values of the parameters in the main.parameters.jsonc file.
Note
Azure Developer CLI (azd) is also supported as a deployment method. Since azd CLI does not support parameter files with jsonc extension, we provide a simple json parameter file (which does not contain inline comments)
The table below summarizes the available parameters and the possible values that can be set.
Name | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
workloadName | A suffix that will be used to name the resources in a pattern similar to <resourceAbbreviation>-<workloadName> . Must be up to 10 characters long, alphanumeric with dashes |
app-svc-01 |
location | Azure region where the resources will be deployed in | northeurope |
environment | Required. The name of the environment (e.g. "dev", "test", "prod", "preprod", "staging", "uat", "dr", "qa"). Up to 8 characters long. | dev |
deployAseV3 | Optional, default is false. Set to true if you want to deploy ASE v3 instead of Multitenant App Service Plan. | false |
vnetHubResourceId | If empty, then a new hub will be created. If you select not to deploy a new Hub resource group, set the resource id of the Hub Virtual Network that you want to peer to. In that case, no new hub will be created and a peering will be created between the new spoke and and existing hub vnet | /subscriptions/<subscription_id>/ resourceGroups/<rg_name>/providers/ Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/<vnet_name> |
firewallInternalIp | If you select to create a new Hub, the UDR for locking the egress traffic will be created as well, no matter what value you set to that variable. However, if you select to connect to an existing hub, then you need to provide the internal IP of the azure firewall so that the deployment can create the UDR for locking down egress traffic. If not given, no UDR will be created | |
vnetHubAddressSpace | If you deploy a new hub, you need to set the appropriate CIDR of the newly created Hub virtual network | 10.242.0.0/20 |
subnetHubFirewallAddressSpace | CIDR of the subnet that will host the azure Firewall | 10.242.0.0/26 |
subnetHubFirewallManagementAddressSpace | CIDR to use for the AzureFirewallManagementSubnet, which is required by AzFW Basic | 10.242.0.64/26 |
subnetHubBastionAddressSpace | CIDR of the subnet that will host the Bastion Service | 10.242.0.128/26 |
vnetSpokeAddressSpace | CIDR of the spoke vnet that will hold the app services plan and the rest supporting services (and their private endpoints) | 10.240.0.0/20 |
subnetSpokeAppSvcAddressSpace | CIDR of the subnet that will hold the app services plan. ATTENTION: If you deploy ASEv3 this CIDR should be x.x.x.x/24 | 10.240.0.0/26 (USE 10.240.0.0/24 if deployAseV3=true) |
subnetSpokeDevOpsAddressSpace | CIDR of the subnet that will hold devOps agents etc | 10.240.10.128/26 |
subnetSpokePrivateEndpointAddressSpace | CIDR of the subnet that will hold the private endpoints of the supporting services | 10.240.11.0/24 |
webAppPlanSku | Defines the name, tier, size, family and capacity of the App Service Plan. Plans ending to _AZ, are deploying at least three instances in three Availability Zones. select one from: 'S1', 'S2', 'S3', 'P1V3', 'P2V3', 'P3V3', 'P1V3_AZ', 'P2V3_AZ', 'EP1', 'EP2', 'EP3', 'ASE_I1V2_AZ', 'ASE_I2V2_AZ', 'ASE_I3V2_AZ', 'ASE_I1V2', 'ASE_I2V2', 'ASE_I3V2' | |
webAppBaseOs | The OS for the App service plan. Two options available: Windows or Linux | |
resourceTags | Resource tags that we might need to add to all resources (i.e. Environment, Cost center, application name etc) | "resourceTags": { "value": { "deployment": "bicep", "key1": "value1" } } |
enableEgressLockdown | Feature Flag: te (or not) a UDR for the App Service Subnet, to route all egress traffic through Hub Azure Firewall | |
deployRedis | Feature Flag: Deploy (or not) a redis cache | |
deployAzureSql | Feature Flag: Deploy (or not) an Azure SQL with default database | |
deployAppConfig | Feature Flag: Deploy (or not) an Azure app configuration | |
deployJumpHost | Feature Flag: Deploy (or not) an Azure virtual machine (to be used as jumphost) | |
deployOpenAi | Feature Flag: Deploy (or not) an Azure OpenAI account. ATTENTION: At the time of writing, OpenAI is in preview and available in limited regions. | false |
autoApproveAfdPrivateEndpoint | Default value: true. Set to true if you want to auto approve the Private Endpoint of the AFD Premium. See details regarding approving the App Service private endpoint connection from Front Door | false |
sqlServerAdministrators | The Microsoft Entra ID administrator group used for SQL Server authentication. The Microsoft Entra ID group must be created before running deployment. This has three values that need to be filled, as shown below login: the name of the Microsoft Entra ID Group sid: the object id of the Microsoft Entra ID Group tenantId: The tenantId of the Microsoft Entra ID |
After the parameters have been initialized, you can deploy the Landing Zone Accelerator resources with the following az cli
command:
location=northeurope # or any location that suits your needs
deploymentName=bicepAppSvcLzaDeployment # or any other value that suits your needs
az deployment sub create \
--template-file main.bicep \
--location $location \
--name $deploymentName \
--parameters ./main.parameters.local.jsonc
$location=northeurope # or any location that suits your needs
$deploymentName=bicepAppSvcLzaDeployment # or any other value that suits your needs
az deployment sub create `
--template-file main.bicep `
--location $location `
--name $deploymentName `
--parameters ./main.parameters.jsonc
- Install the Azure Developer CLI
- Login to azure from your terminal. You can do this by running
azd auth login
. If no web browser is available or the web browser fails to open, you may force device code flow withazd auth login --use-device-code
- Run
azd up
in the correct folder (/scenarios/secure-baseline-multitenant). This will start the Azure infrastructure provisioning process. The first time you run it, you will be asked to give some information, i.e. environmentName, subscription ID etc
The approval of the App Service private endpoint connection from Azure Front Door can be automated with the deployment, if you set the param autoApproveAfdPrivateEndpoint
to true
. If you do so then you need to know:
- The automatic deployment uses the deploymentScripts Resource. The deployment script service requires two supporting resources for script execution and troubleshooting: a storage account and a container instance. The two automatically-created supporting resources are usually deleted by the script service when the deployment script execution gets in a terminal state. You are billed for the supporting resources until they are deleted.
- The deployment script resource is only available in the regions where Azure Container Instance is available, see Azure Container Instances Availability by Region
- A User Assigned Managed Identity will be created (with name id-WORKLOADNAME-ENVIRONMENT-REGION-AfdApprovePe) that it will be given Contributor role on the spoke resource group. This identity will be used to approve the Private Endpoint connection
If before deployment you set the param autoApproveAfdPrivateEndpoint
to false
(because you want to manually approve the Private Endpoint) then you need to complete the next manual step to approve the private endpoint connection.
# Update the resource group name to match the one used in the deployment of the webapp
rg_name="rg-spoke-appsvclza1-dev-northeurope"
webapp_ids=$(az webapp list -g $rg_name --query "[].id" -o tsv)
# you might have more than one web apps, check for all of them if there are pending approvals
for webapp_id in $webapp_ids; do
# there might be more than one pending connection per web app
fd_conn_ids=$(az network private-endpoint-connection list --id $webapp_id --query "[?properties.provisioningState == 'Pending'].id" -o tsv)
for fd_conn_id in $fd_conn_ids; do
az network private-endpoint-connection approve --id "$fd_conn_id" --description "Approved"
done
done
Go to the portal, find the spoke resource group you have just deployed, and identify the Azure Front Door resource (names starts with afd-). In the Overview page, find the URL named Endpoint hostname, copy it, and try it on a browser. If everything is successful then you should see a sample web app page with title "Your web app is running and waiting for your content". If you get any errors verify that you have approved the private endpoint connection between Azure Front Door and the Web App.
You can connect to the jumpbox win 11 VM only through bastion. The default parameters deploy a Bastion in Standard SKU, with native client support enabled. The jumpbox VM is Microsoft Entra ID Joined by default. This means that you can connect to the jumpbox, either with the local user/password combination (azureuser is the default username) or with a valid Microsoft Entra ID account. In certain circumstances your organization may not allow the device to be enrolled. If the jumpbox VM is Microsoft Entra ID joined and properly intune enrolled, you can use native rdp client to connect by running the below Az CLI commands
From a PowerShell terminal, connect to the DevOps VM using your Microsoft Entra ID credentials (or Windows Hello).
az upgrade
az login
az account list
az account set --subscription "<subscription ID>"
az network bastion rdp --name bast-bastion --resource-group rg-hub --target-resource-id /subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/{rg-name}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vm-name} --disable-gateway
More details on how to connect to a windows VM with native rdp client, can be found here
The Microsoft Entra ID enrollment can take a few minutes to complete. Check: https://portal.manage-beta.microsoft.com/devices
If your organization requires device enrollment before accessing corporate resources (i.e. if you see an error "You can't get there from here." or "This device does not meet your organization's compliance requirements"),login to the VM with local user (i.e. azureuser) and enroll the Jumpbox to Microsoft Entra ID by following the steps in Edge:
- open Edge and click "Sign in to sync data",
- select "Work or school account",
- and then press OK on "Allow my organization to manage my device".
It takes a few minutes for the policies to be applied, device scanned and confirmed as secure to access corporate resources. You will know that the process is complete.
If you experience issues connecting to the DevOps VM using your Microsoft Entra ID credentials, see Unable to connect to DevOps VM using Microsoft Entra ID credentials
Once completed, and if you provided a valid (Microsoft Entra ID) administrator group used for SQL Server authentication (and not only local SQL user administrator), you should be able to connect to the SQL Server using the Microsoft Entra ID account from SQL Server Management Studio. On the sample database (sample-db by default), run the following commands to create the user and grant minimal permissions:
CREATE USER [web-app-name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [web-app-name];
ALTER ROLE db_datawriter ADD MEMBER [web-app-name];
ALTER ROLE db_ddladmin ADD MEMBER [web-app-name];
GO
CREATE USER [web-app-name/slots/slot-name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER;
ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [web-app-name/slots/slot-name];
ALTER ROLE db_datawriter ADD MEMBER [web-app-name/slots/slot-name];
ALTER ROLE db_ddladmin ADD MEMBER [web-app-name/slots/slot-name];
GO
If you used Azure Developer CLI to provision the LZA you can clean up everything by executing azd down
.
Otherwise use the following commands to remove the resources you created.
az group delete -n <your-spoke-resource-group>
az group delete -n <your-hub-resource-group>