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Resource groups

• Logical grouping of resources that shares the same lifecycles.
  • Resource group holds different unique resources.
  • Resource groups can contain resources that reside in different regions.
    • Location of resource group is just the meta data for the resource group.

Tags

• Categorization / organization of resource groups for e.g. billing, management
• E.g. Dept: IT
• 💡 Tags are not inherited
• ❗ Max 15 tag name/value pairs.

Locks

• For accidental deletion or accidental changes to resources within a resource group.
• Consists of two locks:
  • CanNotDelete
    • Authorized users can still read and modify a resource, but they can’t delete the resource.
  • ReadOnly
    • Authorized users can read a resource, but they can’t delete or update the resource.
    • Same as giving everyone a Reader role.
• Locks are inherited from resources within the resource group.

IAM

• Access control, RBAC
• Roles are iherited
• Role assignment: Role defination role (role, e.g. Reader) + Person/Scope/Service Principal + Scope

Policies

• Azure entity that controls behaviors within a resource group
  • Allow you to keep compliant with corparate standards and SLAs.
  • Set in a scope with a name and definition.
    • Scope: E.g. resource group, subscription.
    • Definition: E.g. “Allow resource types”
      • Name, description, Policy (e.g. azurepolicy.rules.json), Parameters (e.g. azurepolicy.parameters.json)

Events

• Create event subscriptions triggered by the resources group in Event Grid.

Automation Script

• Can be added to library to be redeployed later on.
  • ❗ All resources cannot be redeployed
  • 💡 Must change the name to avoid duplicates.
• ARM templates for resource groups can also be found on GitHub.
• You can Add to library, or click on Deploy to deploy directly.

Moving Resources

• You can move resources to another resource group or subscription.
• ❗ All resources cannot be moved.
  • az resource move --destination-group new-rg --id resourceid
  • In portal Overview -> Move

Alerts

1. Target: What resource and where
2. Criteria: What specific action
3. Details: Who, when, where, how
4. Action Group: Who to inform and how to inform them

Metrics

1. Resource group: Where to look at the metric
2. Resource type: The type of resource to look at
3. Available metrics: What specifics about the metrics
4. Chart: Graphic display of the metric

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