Microsoft.Network networkWatchers 2021-08-01

Bicep resource definition

The networkWatchers 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.Network/networkWatchers resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers@2021-08-01' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  properties: {}
}

Property values

networkWatchers

Name Description Value
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, periods, and hyphens.

Start with alphanumeric. End alphanumeric or underscore.
location Resource location. string
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
properties Properties of the network watcher. NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Create a Network Watcher

Deploy to Azure
This template creates a Network Watcher resource.
Enable NSG Flow Logs

Deploy to Azure
This template create an NSG Flow Logs resource

ARM template resource definition

The networkWatchers 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.Network/networkWatchers resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers",
  "apiVersion": "2021-08-01",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "properties": {}
}

Property values

networkWatchers

Name Description Value
type The resource type 'Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers'
apiVersion The resource api version '2021-08-01'
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, periods, and hyphens.

Start with alphanumeric. End alphanumeric or underscore.
location Resource location. string
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
properties Properties of the network watcher. NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Create a Network Watcher

Deploy to Azure
This template creates a Network Watcher resource.
Enable NSG Flow Logs

Deploy to Azure
This template create an NSG Flow Logs resource

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

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

  • Resource groups

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

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers@2021-08-01"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {}
  })
}

Property values

networkWatchers

Name Description Value
type The resource type "Microsoft.Network/networkWatchers@2021-08-01"
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, periods, and hyphens.

Start with alphanumeric. End alphanumeric or underscore.
location Resource location. string
parent_id To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group. string (required)
tags Resource tags. Dictionary of tag names and values.
properties Properties of the network watcher. NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

NetworkWatcherPropertiesFormat

This object doesn't contain any properties to set during deployment. All properties are ReadOnly.