Export-AzResourceGroup
Captures a resource group as a template and saves it to a file.
Syntax
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.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure
| Type: | IAzureContextContainer |
| Aliases: | AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Force
Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-IncludeComments
Indicates that this operation exports the template with comments.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-IncludeParameterDefaultValue
Indicates that this operation exports the template parameter with the default value.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Path
Specifies the output path of the template file.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Pre
Indicates that this cmdlet use pre-release API versions when automatically determining which API version to use.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Resource
A list of resourceIds to filter the results by.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ResourceGroupName
Specifies the name of the resource group to export.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | ResourceGroup |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SkipAllParameterization
Skip all parameterization.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-SkipResourceNameParameterization
Skip resource name parameterization.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |