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Manage Azure Cosmos DB for Table resources using Azure Resource Manager templates

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APPLIES TO: Table

In this article, you learn how to use Azure Resource Manager templates to help deploy and manage your Azure Cosmos DB accounts, databases, and containers.

This article has examples for API for Table accounts only, to find examples for other API type accounts see: use Azure Resource Manager templates with Azure Cosmos DB's API for Cassandra, Gremlin, MongoDB, SQL articles.

Important

  • Account names are limited to 44 characters, all lowercase.
  • To change the throughput values, redeploy the template with updated RU/s.
  • When you add or remove locations to an Azure Cosmos DB account, you can't simultaneously modify other properties. These operations must be done separately.

To create any of the Azure Cosmos DB resources below, copy the following example template into a new json file. You can optionally create a parameters json file to use when deploying multiple instances of the same resource with different names and values. There are many ways to deploy Azure Resource Manager templates including, Azure portal, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell and GitHub.

Tip

To enable shared throughput when using API for Table, enable account-level throughput in the Azure portal.

Azure Cosmos DB account for Table with autoscale throughput

This template will create an Azure Cosmos DB account for API for Table with one table with autoscale throughput. This template is also available for one-click deploy from Azure Quickstart Templates Gallery.

Button to deploy the Resource Manager template to Azure. 

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "metadata": {
    "_generator": {
      "name": "bicep",
      "version": "0.9.1.41621",
      "templateHash": "1598935088646118897"
    }
  },
  "parameters": {
    "accountName": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[format('table-{0}', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Cosmos DB account name"
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Location for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "primaryRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The primary region for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "secondaryRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The secondary region for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "defaultConsistencyLevel": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Session",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Eventual",
        "ConsistentPrefix",
        "Session",
        "BoundedStaleness",
        "Strong"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The default consistency level of the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "maxStalenessPrefix": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 100000,
      "maxValue": 2147483647,
      "minValue": 10,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Max stale requests. Required for BoundedStaleness. Valid ranges, Single Region: 10 to 2147483647. Multi Region: 100000 to 2147483647."
      }
    },
    "maxIntervalInSeconds": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 300,
      "maxValue": 86400,
      "minValue": 5,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Max lag time (seconds). Required for BoundedStaleness. Valid ranges, Single Region: 5 to 84600. Multi Region: 300 to 86400."
      }
    },
    "systemManagedFailover": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Enable system managed failover for regions"
      }
    },
    "tableName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The name for the table"
      }
    },
    "autoscaleMaxThroughput": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 4000,
      "maxValue": 1000000,
      "minValue": 1000,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Maximum autoscale throughput for the table"
      }
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "consistencyPolicy": {
      "Eventual": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Eventual"
      },
      "ConsistentPrefix": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "ConsistentPrefix"
      },
      "Session": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Session"
      },
      "BoundedStaleness": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "BoundedStaleness",
        "maxStalenessPrefix": "[parameters('maxStalenessPrefix')]",
        "maxIntervalInSeconds": "[parameters('maxIntervalInSeconds')]"
      },
      "Strong": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Strong"
      }
    },
    "locations": [
      {
        "locationName": "[parameters('primaryRegion')]",
        "failoverPriority": 0,
        "isZoneRedundant": false
      },
      {
        "locationName": "[parameters('secondaryRegion')]",
        "failoverPriority": 1,
        "isZoneRedundant": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts",
      "apiVersion": "2022-05-15",
      "name": "[toLower(parameters('accountName'))]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "kind": "GlobalDocumentDB",
      "properties": {
        "capabilities": [
          {
            "name": "EnableTable"
          }
        ],
        "consistencyPolicy": "[variables('consistencyPolicy')[parameters('defaultConsistencyLevel')]]",
        "locations": "[variables('locations')]",
        "databaseAccountOfferType": "Standard",
        "enableAutomaticFailover": "[parameters('systemManagedFailover')]"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/tables",
      "apiVersion": "2022-05-15",
      "name": "[format('{0}/{1}', toLower(parameters('accountName')), parameters('tableName'))]",
      "properties": {
        "resource": {
          "id": "[parameters('tableName')]"
        },
        "options": {
          "autoscaleSettings": {
            "maxThroughput": "[parameters('autoscaleMaxThroughput')]"
          }
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "[resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', toLower(parameters('accountName')))]"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Azure Cosmos DB account for Table with standard provisioned throughput

This template will create an Azure Cosmos DB account for API for Table with one table with standard throughput. This template is also available for one-click deploy from Azure Quickstart Templates Gallery.

Button to deploy the Resource Manager template to Azure. 

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "metadata": {
    "_generator": {
      "name": "bicep",
      "version": "0.9.1.41621",
      "templateHash": "11114398738530243204"
    }
  },
  "parameters": {
    "accountName": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[format('table-{0}', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Cosmos DB account name"
      }
    },
    "location": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Location for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "primaryRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The primary region for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "secondaryRegion": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The secondary region for the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "defaultConsistencyLevel": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Session",
      "allowedValues": [
        "Eventual",
        "ConsistentPrefix",
        "Session",
        "BoundedStaleness",
        "Strong"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The default consistency level of the Cosmos DB account."
      }
    },
    "maxStalenessPrefix": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 100000,
      "maxValue": 2147483647,
      "minValue": 10,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Max stale requests. Required for BoundedStaleness. Valid ranges, Single Region: 10 to 2147483647. Multi Region: 100000 to 2147483647."
      }
    },
    "maxIntervalInSeconds": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 300,
      "maxValue": 86400,
      "minValue": 5,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Max lag time (seconds). Required for BoundedStaleness. Valid ranges, Single Region: 5 to 84600. Multi Region: 300 to 86400."
      }
    },
    "systemManagedFailover": {
      "type": "bool",
      "defaultValue": true,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Enable system managed failover for regions"
      }
    },
    "tableName": {
      "type": "string",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The name for the table"
      }
    },
    "throughput": {
      "type": "int",
      "defaultValue": 400,
      "metadata": {
        "description": "The throughput for the table"
      },
      "maxValue": 1000000,
      "minValue": 400
    }
  },
  "variables": {
    "consistencyPolicy": {
      "Eventual": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Eventual"
      },
      "ConsistentPrefix": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "ConsistentPrefix"
      },
      "Session": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Session"
      },
      "BoundedStaleness": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "BoundedStaleness",
        "maxStalenessPrefix": "[parameters('maxStalenessPrefix')]",
        "maxIntervalInSeconds": "[parameters('maxIntervalInSeconds')]"
      },
      "Strong": {
        "defaultConsistencyLevel": "Strong"
      }
    },
    "locations": [
      {
        "locationName": "[parameters('primaryRegion')]",
        "failoverPriority": 0,
        "isZoneRedundant": false
      },
      {
        "locationName": "[parameters('secondaryRegion')]",
        "failoverPriority": 1,
        "isZoneRedundant": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts",
      "apiVersion": "2022-05-15",
      "name": "[toLower(parameters('accountName'))]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "kind": "GlobalDocumentDB",
      "properties": {
        "capabilities": [
          {
            "name": "EnableTable"
          }
        ],
        "consistencyPolicy": "[variables('consistencyPolicy')[parameters('defaultConsistencyLevel')]]",
        "locations": "[variables('locations')]",
        "databaseAccountOfferType": "Standard",
        "enableAutomaticFailover": "[parameters('systemManagedFailover')]"
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts/tables",
      "apiVersion": "2022-05-15",
      "name": "[format('{0}/{1}', toLower(parameters('accountName')), parameters('tableName'))]",
      "properties": {
        "resource": {
          "id": "[parameters('tableName')]"
        },
        "options": {
          "throughput": "[parameters('throughput')]"
        }
      },
      "dependsOn": [
        "[resourceId('Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts', toLower(parameters('accountName')))]"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Next steps

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