Export-AzResourceGroup

Module:

Az.Resources Module

Captures a resource group as a template and saves it to a file.

Syntax

Default (Default)

Export-AzResourceGroup
    -ResourceGroupName <String>
    [-Path <String>]
    [-IncludeParameterDefaultValue]
    [-IncludeComments]
    [-SkipResourceNameParameterization]
    [-SkipAllParameterization]
    [-Resource <String[]>]
    [-Force]
    [-ApiVersion <String>]
    [-Pre]
    [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Export-AzResourceGroup cmdlet captures the specified resource group as a template and saves it to a JSON file.This can be useful in scenarios where you have already created some resources in your resource group, and then want to leverage the benefits of using template backed deployments. This cmdlet gives you an easy start by generating the template for your existing resources in the resource group. There might be some cases where this cmdlet fails to generate some parts of the template. Warning messages will inform you of the resources that failed. The template will still be generated for the parts that were successful.

Examples

Example 1: Export a resource group

Export-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName "TestGroup"

This command captures the resource group named TestGroup as a template, and saves it to a JSON file in the current directory.

Example 2: Export a single resource from a resource group

Export-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName "TestGroup" -Resource "/subscriptions/5f43547b-1d2d-4a3e-ace4-88d4b600d568/resourceGroups/TestGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/TestVirtualMachine"

This command captures the Virtual Machine resource named "TestVirtualMachine" from the "TestGroup" resource group as a template, and saves it to a JSON file in the current directory.

Example 3: Export a selection of resources from a resource group

Export-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName "TestGroup" -SkipAllParameterization -Resource @(
  "/subscriptions/5f43547b-1d2d-4a3e-ace4-88d4b600d568/resourceGroups/TestGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/TestVm",
  "/subscriptions/5f43547b-1d2d-4a3e-ace4-88d4b600d568/resourceGroups/TestGroup/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/TestNic"
)

This command captures two resources from the "TestGroup" resource group as a template, and saves it to a JSON file in the current directory. The generated template will not contain any generated parameters.

Parameters

-ApiVersion

Specifies the version of the resource provider API to use. If not specified, the latest API version is used.

Parameter properties

Type:	String
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	False
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False
Aliases:	cf

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure

Parameter properties

Type:	IAzureContextContainer
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False
Aliases:	AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-Force

Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-IncludeComments

Indicates that this operation exports the template with comments.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-IncludeParameterDefaultValue

Indicates that this operation exports the template parameter with the default value.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-Path

Specifies the output path of the template file.

Parameter properties

Type:	String
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	True
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-Pre

Indicates that this cmdlet use pre-release API versions when automatically determining which API version to use.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-Resource

A list of resourceIds to filter the results by.

Parameter properties

Type:	String[]
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-ResourceGroupName

Specifies the name of the resource group to export.

Parameter properties

Type:	String
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False
Aliases:	ResourceGroup

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	True
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	True
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-SkipAllParameterization

Skip all parameterization.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-SkipResourceNameParameterization

Skip resource name parameterization.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	None
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Parameter properties

Type:	SwitchParameter
Default value:	False
Supports wildcards:	False
DontShow:	False
Aliases:	wi

Parameter sets

(All)

Position:	Named
Mandatory:	False
Value from pipeline:	False
Value from pipeline by property name:	False
Value from remaining arguments:	False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

String

Outputs

PSObject

Related Links

• Get-AzResourceGroup