v 0.5.0

Highlights

Modules

• New modules:
  • Tags
  • VPN gateways
  • VPN sites
  • Static Web Apps
  • Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure ADDS)
  • Network security groups
  • Azure Virtual Desktop Scaling plans
  • Front Door
  • AKS extensions and flux configurations
  • Event Grid system topics child module
  • Service Bus topics and topics authorizationRules child modules
  • Recovery services vault child modules for configuring Azure Site Recovery for A2A DR
  • Private DNS zones child modules
• Extensively updated modules:
  • Application gateways
  • Kubernetes services
  • Container registries
  • Web sites
  • Virtual WANs
• Extended test coverage
• Updated diagnostic settings and RBAC extensions across all modules using them
• Enabled solution telemetry for all modules (Note: The ID is only used to gain insights into the library's usage. It can be disabled in the settings.json.)

CI Environment

• Consolidated Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to use a single variable file for environment variables
• Added automatic fetch of parameter files to GitHub actions
• Added documentation to GitHub composite actions
• Improved static validation: Extended tests to make sure that tokens are leveraged in parameter files and that the module readme's matches the Set-ModuleReadMe utility's output
• Improved deployment validation: Optimized deployment, removal and login scripts
• Improved publishing: Support to multiple scopes and cascading version update (publishing major and major.minor versions together with major.minor.patch versions)
• Aligned pipeline UI stages/jobs display names with Wiki and diagrams
• Added pipeline trigger when updating global tests
• Removed Azure DevOps pipeline trigger on PRs

Tools

• Module readme generator (Set-ModuleReadMe) updates:
  • Automated parameter table categories
  • Automated table of contents
  • Added support for multi-line metadata
• Added script to check namePrefix availability (Test-NamePrefixAvailability)
• Added bicepconfig.json to disable Linter location warning
• Improved Broken Links Check pipeline
• Improved main home readme generator pipeline for both Azure DevOps and GitHub
• Added Yaml templates for PRs, Bugs and Feature Requests

Wiki

• Extensive wiki restructuring to highlight different repo usage scenarios and provided functionality (module library and CI enviroment)
• Added and updated image diagrams across all sections
• Improved step-by-step contribution guide flow
• Improved documentation on Known issues
• Added Solution creation page with deployment examples leveraging published modules
• Added guidelines for multi-repo orchestration
• Added migration guidelines section for release updates
• Document prerequisites for Azure DevOps Universal Artifact Feed

Fixes

• Aligned Azure DevOps and GitHub pipelines for dependencies and soft deleted resource purge
• Updating general removal sequence to fix private endpoint removal for all modules
• Unique name generation for event hub namespace
• Removed serial deployment (batch) from virtual network subnets, NetApp capacity pools, operational insights solutions
• Fixed broken links across documentation and Wiki

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What's Changed

• Keyvaults - Securing secrets parameter by using object by @vgaupset in #1022
• Update ServiceBus module to use topics and topics authorizationRules by @eriqua in #1028
• Rewrite of the AppGW module by @rahalan in #1026
• Simplify VM availability zone parameters by @MariusStorhaug in #1030
• removed form template by @segraef in #1039
• Update deploy.bicep by @zaidmohd in #1041
• Added tags module by @MrMCake in #1029
• Publish: Cascading version update by @MariusStorhaug in #978
• Wiki restructuring - empty side by side toc by @eriqua in #1051
• Fix incorrect parameter handling in Automation Account by @MrMCake in #1037
• Align all nested_privateEndpoint to the same API version by @eriqua in #1053
• Storage Account: Parameterized support for HTTPs by @MariusStorhaug in #1052
• Resource Removal: Add resource Group support for mg level deployments by @ahmadabdalla in #1043
• Fix accelerated networking on VM by @MariusStorhaug in #1055
• Add dedicated LAW for automation account test by @eriqua in #1059
• Update networking API versions by @eriqua in #1060
• Microsoft.Authorization: Publish templates on different scopes by @MrMCake in #1033
• Wiki restructuring - known issues by @eriqua in #1064
• Update REDAMEs from ADO pipelines added by @Msanzdelrio in #1067
• Adding event grid system topics by @rahalan in #1045
• Add new properties to AKS by @rahalan in #1056
• Dependency-VM: Disable accelerated networking to support small size by @MrMCake in #1066
• Fixed issue with Azure DevOps pipeline to have it fail on failed Pester tests by @MrMCake in #1036
• Extend Bastion Host Module by @senavar in #1071
• Publishing: Improve diff comparison when on custom branch by @MariusStorhaug in #1058
• Adding private dns zones children by @rahalan in #1044
• KeyVault: Updated roles by @MrMCake in #1065
• VPN Gateway: Added module by @MrMCake in #1068
• Wiki restructuring - interoperability by @eriqua in #1074
• SQL MI Update by @senavar in #1076
• Fix typo for new module workflows by @eriqua in #1080
• VNET: Removed subnet property from main deployment by @MrMCake in #1081
• Wiki restructuring - Contribution guide by @eriqua in #1084
• Enabling NFS 4.1 Fileshares by @MariusStorhaug in #1078
• Wiki restructure - The library by @eriqua in #1087
• Updated pipeline default values from string to boolean to match type by @MrMCake in #1091
• StorageAccount: Cleanup + add publicNetworkAccess parameter by @MariusStorhaug in #1086
• VPN Site: Created new module by @MrMCake in #1088
• vWAN: Moved resources to corresponding modules and removed duplicates by @MrMCake in #1090
• Adding properties to Azure Container Registry by @rahalan in #1079
• Microsoft.AnalysisServices-Servers-Max param file by @SaumilkumarShah in #1100
• New module: MS.Web/StaticSites by @MariusStorhaug in #1093
• Wiki restructure - Add test module locally utility to contribution guide by @eriqua in #1104
• Load Balancer: Add better support for privateLB by @MariusStorhaug in #1089
• Bug fix: Update ADO Dependency Pipeline to support new policy assignment parameter file names, point to the root template instead of child by @ahmadabdalla in #1110
• Microsoft.ApiManagement-service Min Param File Added by @SaumilkumarShah in #1108
• add Azure Active Directory as sql server admin authentication by @mvbugge in #1106
• Added private endpoint deployment to container registry by @MrMCake in #1118
• Replaced CuaID implementation (to be discussed) by @MrMCake in #895
• Added cua ID to several templates by @MrMCake in #1119
• NSG: Moved NSG Security Rules into its own child-module by @MrMCake in #1102
• Further CUA ID fixes by @MrMCake in #1121
• Added additional test case for SQL Server by @MrMCake in #1116
• Virtual Network - Subnet Child Resource Remediation by @ahmadabdalla in #1112
• Follow Up to CuaID deployment by @MrMCake in #1122
• RBAC Role Assignments: Added description parameter by @lsnoddy in #1115
• Make some parameters optional by @rahalan in #1123
• Adding new properties to AKS by @rahalan in #1124
• Wiki Restructuring: Getting Started by @MrMCake in #1098
• VM NICS: Add ASG and LB input on VM Nic by @MariusStorhaug in #1092
• Added script to check prefix by @MrMCake in #1125
• Aligned lock API versions across modules by @MrMCake in #1129
• Fixed diagnostic references on storage & SQL by @MrMCake in #1147
• Bugfix for bgpsettings trying to apply even when disabled by @ktremain in #1145
• Added proximity placement groups in the ADO dependency pipeline by @ahmadabdalla in #1143
• Operational insight read me by @MathieuRietman in #1133
• VNET: Added example for VNET subnet parameter by @MrMCake in #1166
• Users/akata72/scalingplans by @akata72 in #1144
• Updated deployment examples for modules/templates by @MrMCake in #1162
• Added draft for migration guidelines by @MrMCake in #1097
• Module frontdoor by @cliverallen in #1161
• Users/alsehr/1158 web parent by @MrMCake in #1164
• Updated endpoint docs by @MrMCake in #1168
• Users/simonb/recovery services vault dr by @simonbMS in #1167
• Added documentation to current composite actions by @MrMCake in #1128
• Update diagnostic settings accross all modules by @MrMCake in #1165
• Set default values to a secure value - Automation #773 by @elanzel in #1049
• Update Readme generator to allow parameter table categories (Storage Account) by @eriqua in #1170
• Extended ReadMe generator by @MrMCake in #1176
• RBAC: Added principal type to RBAC by @MrMCake in #1181
• Follow up fix for RBAC update by @MrMCake in #1183
• Updated readme files + fixed mgmt group issue by @MrMCake in #1185
• Fixed rights ref for event hub by @MrMCake in #1193
• Update all module readmes by @eriqua in #1191
• Add AKS extension and flux configuration modules by @rahalan in #1190
• VNET: Updated peering dependency by @MrMCake in #1199
• Consolidated ADO and GHA to use a single variables file for environment variables by @ahmadabdalla in #1182
• Updated readmes for VM & VMSS by @MrMCake in #1203
• Databricks BugFix: Added condition to diagnosticSettings by @lsnoddy in #1204
• Links Check - Add new exclusion + FW Policy - Parameter Usage URL Fix by @ahmadabdalla in #1208
• Cognitive Services: Added additional parameters by @MrMCake in #1215
• Removed 'RuleGroups' Child Module from Firewall Policies by @ahmadabdalla in #1217
• Made template scope determination more robust by @khaliddermoumi in #1219
• Updated KeyVault module by @dr-dolittle in #1220
• Update application insights module by @dr-dolittle in #1221
• Added some defaults to osDisk and dataDisks for VM by @MariusStorhaug in #1218
• SQLServer: Fix for extended parameter set by @MrMCake in #1213
• Key Vault bugfix: Allow optional iprules by @swilkodev in #1222
• Wiki restructuring - The context by @eriqua in #1223
• Users/sogangul/bicep add multi repo solution - Publish Wiki Guidelines for Multi-repo Orchestration with CARML by @SomilGanguly in #999
• AKS: Updated api version by @MrMCake in #1228
• Add diagnostic settings to App Service Plan by @dr-dolittle in #1224
• KV rename to solve failure by @eriqua in #1233
• Update Getting started - Setup environment.md by @SeSeicht in #1202
• Added support for multi-line metadata by @MrMCake in #1238
• Added automatic fetch of parameter files to GitHub solution by @MrMCake in #1244
• VM encryptionAtHost set to null if not true by @SeSeicht in #1242
• Cse fix by @manebsd in #1188
• Fixed GitHub parameter fetch by @MrMCake in #1257
• Wiki restructuring - CI environment by @eriqua in #1229
• Enabled template deployment without parameter file by @MrMCake in #1261
• Main home readme update by @eriqua in #1286
• Fix deployment validation at scope different than rg by @eriqua in #1285
• Introduce YAML templates by @MrMCake in #1269
• [VirtualMachine] Made size required parameter by @MrMCake in #1282
• Wiki restructuring - Getting started update by @eriqua in #1289
• [VNET] Fixed incorrect resource name by @MrMCake in #1290
• Added bicepconfig.json to disable location warning by @MrMCake in #1283
• Align KubernetesConfiguration pipelines to new globalvar by @eriqua in #1291
• Updated interface of network connection module by @MrMCake in #1214
• [VNET] Remove batch for subnets by @MrMCake in #1262
• [Netapp] Removed batch for Capacity Pools by @MrMCake in #1266
• [OperationalInsights] Removed batch for solutions deployment by @MrMCake in #1264
• Added Cosmos DB and Containers support for Defender for Cloud Settings by @ahmadabdalla in #1293
• [FirewallPolicies] Removed batch for ruleCollectionGroups by @MrMCake in #1263
• [Pester] Added test to make sure the Set-ModuleReadMe script was applied by @MrMCake in #1267
• Fix dependency pipeline by @eriqua in #1296
• Align pipeline job names to docs by @eriqua in #1301
• Wiki restructuring - images by @eriqua in #1303
• Addition of new Module - Azure Active Directory Domain Services(Azure ADDS) by @mararam in #1194
• Wiki restructuring - switch updated content by @eriqua in #1230
• all readmes regenerated by @eriqua in #1305
• Adjusted test for tokens in parameter files by @MrMCake in #1259
• Added "pr: none" for all pipelines by @MariusStorhaug in #1310
• Fix Home readme status badges by @eriqua in #1312
• [VM] Updated SKU by @MrMCake in #1313
• Updating general removal sequence (fixing PE removal) by @eriqua in #1316
• Fix home tooling section by @eriqua in #1314
• Fix Flux extension failure on pipeline runs by @rahalan in #1306
• [Pester] Fixed an issue with the runtime optimization by @MrMCake in #1317
• [AADDS] Follow Up PR by @MrMCake in #1304
• Updating pipeline triggers by @eriqua in #1318
• Added telemetry flag by @MrMCake in #1324
• Document prereq for ADO Universal Artifact Feed by @jontreynes in #1308
• add subnet rbac by @rahalan in #1321
• fixing deployment of rule collection groups by @rahalan in #1325
• Users/jozessi/updateaml by @dr-dolittle in #1298
• Updating sites module by @dr-dolittle in #1258
• changed virtualnetworkrules to use resourceid instead of name by @fblix in #1294
• Added function app to prevent serverfarm auto-removal by @MrMCake in #1330
• Fixed local tests ref by @MrMCake in #1326
• Updated the update of the login context to plain subscription ID by @MrMCake in #1331
• Storage: Added IP test by @MrMCake in #1336
• Users/msanzdelrio/vngw ip fix by @Msanzdelrio in #1327
• Updated login in Test-Script to align with Deploy-Script by @MrMCake in #1335
• Event Hub namespace default name Bug Report #877 by @arnoldna in #1334
• Users/alsehr/fix contr link by @MrMCake in #1338
• Align ADO removeDeployment default input parameter by @eriqua in #1339

New Contributors

• @vgaupset made their first contribution in #1022
• @zaidmohd made their first contribution in #1041
• @mvbugge made their first contribution in #1106
• @ktremain made their first contribution in #1145
• @MathieuRietman made their first contribution in #1133
• @akata72 made their first contribution in #1144
• @cliverallen made their first contribution in #1161
• @khaliddermoumi made their first contribution in #1219
• @dr-dolittle made their first contribution in #1220
• @swilkodev made their first contribution in #1222
• @manebsd made their first contribution in #1188
• @mararam made their first contribution in #1194
• @jontreynes made their first contribution in #1308
• @arnoldna made their first contribution in #1334

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0