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page_title: Azure Resource Manager
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# Azure Resource Manager Builder
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Type: `azure-arm`
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Packer supports building VHDs in [Azure Resource Manager](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-overview/). Azure provides new users a [$200 credit for the first 30 days](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/); after which you will incur costs for VMs built and stored using Packer.
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Unlike most Packer builders, the artifact produced by the ARM builder is a VHD (virtual hard disk), not a full virtual machine image. This means you will need to [perform some additional steps](https://github.com/Azure/packer-azure/issues/201) in order to launch a VM from your build artifact.
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Azure uses a combination of OAuth and Active Directory to authorize requests to the ARM API. Learn how to [authorize access to ARM](/docs/builders/azure-setup.html).
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The documentation below references command output from the [Azure CLI](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/xplat-cli-install/).
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## Configuration Reference
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The following configuration options are available for building Azure images. In addition to the options listed here, a
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[communicator](/docs/templates/communicator.html) can be configured for this
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builder.
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### Required:
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- `client_id` (string) The Active Directory service principal associated with your builder.
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- `client_secret` (string) The password or secret for your service principal.
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- `resource_group_name` (string) Resource group under which the final artifact will be stored.
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- `storage_account` (string) Storage account under which the final artifact will be stored.
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- `subscription_id` (string) Subscription under which the build will be performed. **The service principal specified in `client_id` must have full access to this subscription.**
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- `capture_container_name` (string) Destination container name. Essentially the "folder" where your VHD will be organized in Azure.
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- `capture_name_prefix` (string) VHD prefix. The final artifacts will be named `PREFIX-osDisk.UUID` and `PREFIX-vmTemplate.UUID`.
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- `image_publisher` (string) PublisherName for your base image. See [documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-groups-vm-searching/) for details.
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CLI example `azure vm image list-publishers -l westus`
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- `image_offer` (string) Offer for your base image. See [documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-groups-vm-searching/) for details.
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CLI example `azure vm image list-offers -l westus -p Canonical`
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- `image_sku` (string) SKU for your base image. See [documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-groups-vm-searching/) for details.
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CLI example `azure vm image list-skus -l westus -p Canonical -o UbuntuServer`
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- `location` (string) Azure datacenter in which your VM will build.
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CLI example `azure location list`
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### Optional:
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- `azure_tags` (object of name/value strings) - the user can define up to 15 tags. Tag names cannot exceed 512
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characters, and tag values cannot exceed 256 characters. Tags are applied to every resource deployed by a Packer
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build, i.e. Resource Group, VM, NIC, VNET, Public IP, KeyVault, etc.
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- `cloud_environment_name` (string) One of `Public`, `China`, `Germany`, or
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`USGovernment`. Defaults to `Public`. Long forms such as
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`USGovernmentCloud` and `AzureUSGovernmentCloud` are also supported.
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- `image_version` (string) Specify a specific version of an OS to boot from. Defaults to `latest`. There may be a
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difference in versions available across regions due to image synchronization latency. To ensure a consistent
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version across regions set this value to one that is available in all regions where you are deploying.
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CLI example `azure vm image list -l westus -p Canonical -o UbuntuServer -k 16.04.0-LTS`
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- `image_url` (string) Specify a custom VHD to use. If this value is set, do not set image_publisher, image_offer,
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image_sku, or image_version.
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- `tenant_id` (string) The account identifier with which your `client_id` and `subscription_id` are associated. If not
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specified, `tenant_id` will be looked up using `subscription_id`.
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- `object_id` (string) Specify an OAuth Object ID to protect WinRM certificates
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created at runtime. This variable is required when creating images based on
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Windows; this variable is not used by non-Windows builds. See `Windows`
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behavior for `os_type`, below.
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- `os_type` (string) If either `Linux` or `Windows` is specified Packer will
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automatically configure authentication credentials for the provisioned machine. For
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`Linux` this configures an SSH authorized key. For `Windows` this
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configures a WinRM certificate.
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- `os_disk_size_gb` (int32) Specify the size of the OS disk in GB (gigabytes). Values of zero or less than zero are
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ignored.
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- `virtual_network_name` (string) Use a pre-existing virtual network for the VM. This option enables private
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communication with the VM, no public IP address is **used** or **provisioned**. This value should only be set if
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Packer is executed from a host on the same subnet / virtual network.
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- `virtual_network_resource_group_name` (string) If virtual_network_name is set, this value **may** also be set. If
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virtual_network_name is set, and this value is not set the builder attempts to determine the resource group
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containing the virtual network. If the resource group cannot be found, or it cannot be disambiguated, this value
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should be set.
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- `virtual_network_subnet_name` (string) If virtual_network_name is set, this value **may** also be set. If
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virtual_network_name is set, and this value is not set the builder attempts to determine the subnet to use with
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the virtual network. If the subnet cannot be found, or it cannot be disambiguated, this value should be set.
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- `vm_size` (string) Size of the VM used for building. This can be changed
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when you deploy a VM from your VHD. See
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[pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/) information. Defaults to `Standard_A1`.
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CLI example `azure vm sizes -l westus`
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## Basic Example
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Here is a basic example for Azure.
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``` {.javascript}
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{
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"type": "azure-arm",
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"client_id": "fe354398-d7sf-4dc9-87fd-c432cd8a7e09",
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"client_secret": "keepitsecret&#*$",
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"resource_group_name": "packerdemo",
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"storage_account": "virtualmachines",
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"subscription_id": "44cae533-4247-4093-42cf-897ded6e7823",
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"tenant_id": "de39842a-caba-497e-a798-7896aea43218",
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"capture_container_name": "images",
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"capture_name_prefix": "packer",
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"os_type": "Linux",
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"image_publisher": "Canonical",
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"image_offer": "UbuntuServer",
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"image_sku": "14.04.4-LTS",
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"azure_tags": {
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"dept": "engineering"
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},
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"location": "West US",
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"vm_size": "Standard_A2"
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}
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```
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## Implementation
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\~> **Warning!** This is an advanced topic. You do not need to understand the implementation to use the Azure
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builder.
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The Azure builder uses ARM
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[templates](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/resource-group-authoring-templates/) to deploy
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resources. ARM templates make it easy to express the what without having to express the how.
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The Azure builder works under the assumption that it creates everything it needs to execute a build. When the build has
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completed it simply deletes the resource group to cleanup any runtime resources. Resource groups are named using the
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form `packer-Resource-Group-<random>`. The value `<random>` is a random value that is generated at every invocation of
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packer. The `<random>` value is re-used as much as possible when naming resources, so users can better identify and
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group these transient resources when seen in their subscription.
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> The VHD is created on a user specified storage account, not a random one created at runtime. When a virtual machine
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is captured the resulting VHD is stored on the same storage account as the source VHD. The VHD created by Packer must
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persist after a build is complete, which is why the storage account is set by the user.
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The basic steps for a build are:
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1. Create a resource group.
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1. Validate and deploy a VM template.
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1. Execute provision - defined by the user; typically shell commands.
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1. Power off and capture the VM.
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1. Delete the resource group.
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1. Delete the temporary VM's OS disk.
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The templates used for a build are currently fixed in the code. There is a template for Linux, Windows, and KeyVault.
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The templates are themselves templated with place holders for names, passwords, SSH keys, certificates, etc.
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### What's Randomized?
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The Azure builder creates the following random values at runtime.
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* Administrator Password: a random 32-character value using the *password alphabet*.
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* Certificate: a 2,048-bit certificate used to secure WinRM communication. The certificate is valid for 24-hours, which starts roughly at invocation time.
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* Certificate Password: a random 32-character value using the *password alphabet* used to protect the private key of the certificate.
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* Compute Name: a random 15-character name prefixed with pkrvm; the name of the VM.
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* Deployment Name: a random 15-character name prefixed with pkfdp; the name of the deployment.
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* KeyVault Name: a random 15-character name prefixed with pkrkv.
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* OS Disk Name: a random 15-character name prefixed with pkros.
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* Resource Group Name: a random 33-character name prefixed with packer-Resource-Group-.
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* SSH Key Pair: a 2,048-bit asymmetric key pair; can be overriden by the user.
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The default alphabet used for random values is **0123456789bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz**. The alphabet was reduced (no
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vowels) to prevent running afoul of Azure decency controls.
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The password alphabet used for random values is **0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ**.
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### Windows
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The Windows implementation is very similar to the Linux build, with the exception that it deploys a template to
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configure KeyVault. Packer communicates with a Windows VM using the WinRM protocol. Windows VMs on Azure default to
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using both password and certificate based authentication for WinRM. The password is easily set via the VM ARM template,
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but the certificate requires an intermediary. The intermediary for Azure is KeyVault. The certificate is uploaded to a
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new KeyVault provisioned in the same resource group as the VM. When the Windows VM is deployed, it links to the
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certificate in KeyVault, and Azure will ensure the certificate is injected as part of deployment.
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The basic steps for a Windows build are:
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1. Create a resource group.
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1. Validate and deploy a KeyVault template.
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1. Validate and deploy a VM template.
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1. Execute provision - defined by the user; typically shell commands.
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1. Power off and capture the VM.
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1. Delete the resource group.
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1. Delete the temporary VM's OS disk.
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A Windows build requires two templates and two deployments. Unfortunately, the KeyVault and VM cannot be deployed at
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the same time hence the need for two templates and deployments. The time required to deploy a KeyVault template is
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minimal, so overall impact is small.
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> The KeyVault certificate is protected using the object_id of the SPN. This is why Windows builds require object_id,
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and an SPN. The KeyVault is deleted when the resource group is deleted.
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See the [examples/azure](https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/tree/master/examples/azure) folder in the packer project
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for more examples.
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