Test Before You Deploy; How to Test Your ARM Deployments
summary
arm-ttk is a Pester-based PowerShell test toolkit that validates Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates beyond syntax by running local tests without calling Azure. It detects unused parameters/variables, warns about stale API versions (with examples), enforces patterns like using location expressions, allows custom .ps1 tests, exports test reports, and integrates in CI to fail pipelines via GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps (including a Dockerized runner).
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12ARM deployment issues
- 6:12ARM TTK overview
- 8:23ARM TTK demo
- 11:20Unit tests with Pester
- 16:34GitHub Actions integration
- 27:17Automated testing benefits
- 28:04Azure DevOps integration
- 31:42Conclusion
- 34:38Q&A
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