Microsoft.ContainerInstance containerGroups 2018-02-01-preview

Bicep resource definition

The containerGroups resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups@2018-02-01-preview' = {
  scope: resourceSymbolicName or scope
  ___location: 'string'
  name: 'string'
  properties: {
    containers: [
      {
        name: 'string'
        properties: {
          command: [
            'string'
          ]
          environmentVariables: [
            {
              name: 'string'
              value: 'string'
            }
          ]
          image: 'string'
          ports: [
            {
              port: int
              protocol: 'string'
            }
          ]
          resources: {
            limits: {
              cpu: int
              memoryInGB: int
            }
            requests: {
              cpu: int
              memoryInGB: int
            }
          }
          volumeMounts: [
            {
              mountPath: 'string'
              name: 'string'
              readOnly: bool
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
    imageRegistryCredentials: [
      {
        password: 'string'
        server: 'string'
        username: 'string'
      }
    ]
    ipAddress: {
      dnsNameLabel: 'string'
      ip: 'string'
      ports: [
        {
          port: int
          protocol: 'string'
        }
      ]
      type: 'string'
    }
    osType: 'string'
    restartPolicy: 'string'
    volumes: [
      {
        azureFile: {
          readOnly: bool
          shareName: 'string'
          storageAccountKey: 'string'
          storageAccountName: 'string'
        }
        emptyDir: any(...)
        gitRepo: {
          directory: 'string'
          repository: 'string'
          revision: 'string'
        }
        name: 'string'
        secret: {
          {customized property}: 'string'
        }
      }
    ]
  }
  tags: {
    {customized property}: 'string'
  }
}

Property Values

Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups

AzureFileVolume

Container

ContainerGroupProperties

ContainerPort

ContainerProperties

EnvironmentVariable

GitRepoVolume

ImageRegistryCredential

IpAddress

Port

ResourceLimits

ResourceRequests

ResourceRequirements

ResourceTags

SecretVolume

Volume

VolumeMount

Usage Examples

Azure Verified Modules

The following Azure Verified Modules can be used to deploy this resource type.

Azure Quickstart Samples

The following Azure Quickstart templates contain Bicep samples for deploying this resource type.

ARM template resource definition

The containerGroups resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups",
  "apiVersion": "2018-02-01-preview",
  "name": "string",
  "___location": "string",
  "properties": {
    "containers": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "properties": {
          "command": [ "string" ],
          "environmentVariables": [
            {
              "name": "string",
              "value": "string"
            }
          ],
          "image": "string",
          "ports": [
            {
              "port": "int",
              "protocol": "string"
            }
          ],
          "resources": {
            "limits": {
              "cpu": "int",
              "memoryInGB": "int"
            },
            "requests": {
              "cpu": "int",
              "memoryInGB": "int"
            }
          },
          "volumeMounts": [
            {
              "mountPath": "string",
              "name": "string",
              "readOnly": "bool"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "imageRegistryCredentials": [
      {
        "password": "string",
        "server": "string",
        "username": "string"
      }
    ],
    "ipAddress": {
      "dnsNameLabel": "string",
      "ip": "string",
      "ports": [
        {
          "port": "int",
          "protocol": "string"
        }
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "osType": "string",
    "restartPolicy": "string",
    "volumes": [
      {
        "azureFile": {
          "readOnly": "bool",
          "shareName": "string",
          "storageAccountKey": "string",
          "storageAccountName": "string"
        },
        "emptyDir": {},
        "gitRepo": {
          "directory": "string",
          "repository": "string",
          "revision": "string"
        },
        "name": "string",
        "secret": {
          "{customized property}": "string"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "tags": {
    "{customized property}": "string"
  }
}

Property Values

Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups

AzureFileVolume

Container

ContainerGroupProperties

ContainerPort

ContainerProperties

EnvironmentVariable

GitRepoVolume

ImageRegistryCredential

IpAddress

Port

ResourceLimits

ResourceRequests

ResourceRequirements

ResourceTags

SecretVolume

Volume

VolumeMount

Usage Examples

Azure Quickstart Templates

The following Azure Quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Azure Container Instances - BC with SQL Server and IIS	Deploy a single Windows container with a fully featured self-contained Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment on Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - container with health probe	Deploy a Linux container that has a health probe using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - container with secrets	Deploy a Linux container that has a secret volume using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - container with secure envVar	Deploy a Linux container that has a secure environment variable using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - Linux container with emptyDir	Deploy two Linux containers that share an emptyDir volume using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - Linux container with gitRepo	Deploy a Linux container that uses an gitRepo volume using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - Linux container with public IP	Deploy a single Linux container accessible via a public IP using Azure Container Instances.
Azure Container Instances - VNet	Deploy a container instance into an Azure virtual network.
Create a Storage Account File Share via Containers	This template creates a storage account and a file share via azure-cli in a Container Instance
Create a WordPress site	This template creates a WordPress site on Container Instance
Create a WordPress site in a virtual network	This template creates a WordPress site on Container Instance in a virtual network. And output a public site FQDN which could access WordPress site.
Create an on-demand SFTP Server with persistent storage	This template demonstrates an on-demand SFTP server using an Azure Container Instance (ACI).
Create Application Gateway with Certificates	This template shows how to generate Key Vault self-signed certificates, then reference from Application Gateway.
Front Door Standard/Premium with Azure Container Instances	This template creates a Front Door Standard/Premium with a container group.
Front Door with Container Instances and Application Gateway	This template creates a Front Door Standard/Premium with a container group and Application Gateway.
On-demand SFTP Server using an existing storage account	This template demonstrates an on-demand SFTP server using an Azure Container Instance (ACI).
SQL Server availability group on AKS	This creates a new AKS Cluster and then deploys SQL Server availability groups into it using a CNAB package deployed using Duffle and ACI
UDP Container in ACI	This templates creates an ACI resource and exposes a container through UDP

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The containerGroups resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups@2018-02-01-preview"
  name = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  ___location = "string"
  tags = {
    {customized property} = "string"
  }
  body = {
    properties = {
      containers = [
        {
          name = "string"
          properties = {
            command = [
              "string"
            ]
            environmentVariables = [
              {
                name = "string"
                value = "string"
              }
            ]
            image = "string"
            ports = [
              {
                port = int
                protocol = "string"
              }
            ]
            resources = {
              limits = {
                cpu = int
                memoryInGB = int
              }
              requests = {
                cpu = int
                memoryInGB = int
              }
            }
            volumeMounts = [
              {
                mountPath = "string"
                name = "string"
                readOnly = bool
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
      imageRegistryCredentials = [
        {
          password = "string"
          server = "string"
          username = "string"
        }
      ]
      ipAddress = {
        dnsNameLabel = "string"
        ip = "string"
        ports = [
          {
            port = int
            protocol = "string"
          }
        ]
        type = "string"
      }
      osType = "string"
      restartPolicy = "string"
      volumes = [
        {
          azureFile = {
            readOnly = bool
            shareName = "string"
            storageAccountKey = "string"
            storageAccountName = "string"
          }
          emptyDir = ?
          gitRepo = {
            directory = "string"
            repository = "string"
            revision = "string"
          }
          name = "string"
          secret = {
            {customized property} = "string"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Property Values

Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups

AzureFileVolume

Container

ContainerGroupProperties

ContainerPort

ContainerProperties

EnvironmentVariable

GitRepoVolume

ImageRegistryCredential

IpAddress

Port

ResourceLimits

ResourceRequests

ResourceRequirements

ResourceTags

SecretVolume

Volume

VolumeMount

Usage Examples

Terraform Samples

A basic example of deploying Azure Container Group instance.

terraform {
  required_providers {
    azapi = {
      source = "Azure/azapi"
    }
  }
}

provider "azapi" {
  skip_provider_registration = false
}

variable "resource_name" {
  type    = string
  default = "acctest0001"
}

variable "___location" {
  type    = string
  default = "westeurope"
}

resource "azapi_resource" "resourceGroup" {
  type     = "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups@2020-06-01"
  name     = var.resource_name
  ___location = var.___location
}

resource "azapi_resource" "containerGroup" {
  type      = "Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerGroups@2023-05-01"
  parent_id = azapi_resource.resourceGroup.id
  name      = var.resource_name
  ___location  = var.___location
  body = {
    properties = {
      containers = [
        {
          name = "hw"
          properties = {
            command = [
            ]
            environmentVariables = [
            ]
            image = "ubuntu:20.04"
            ports = [
              {
                port     = 80
                protocol = "TCP"
              },
            ]
            resources = {
              requests = {
                cpu        = 0.5
                memoryInGB = 0.5
              }
            }
          }
        },
      ]
      initContainers = [
      ]
      ipAddress = {
        autoGeneratedDomainNameLabelScope = "Unsecure"
        ports = [
          {
            port     = 80
            protocol = "TCP"
          },
        ]
        type = "Public"
      }
      osType        = "Linux"
      restartPolicy = "Always"
      volumes = [
      ]
    }
    tags = {
      environment = "Testing"
    }
    zones = [
    ]
  }
  schema_validation_enabled = false
  response_export_values    = ["*"]
}

Azure Verified Modules

The following Azure Verified Modules can be used to deploy this resource type.