armServiceFabricStandalone

test arm template to deploy Service Fabric Standalone cluster into Azure.
NOTE: not for production use

Features

• Standard Load Balancer with explicit outbound rules
• Network Security Group with Service Fabric security rules
• Environment variable-based configuration via .env file
• PowerShell deployment automation

Quick Start

1. Prerequisites

• Azure PowerShell modules (Az.Accounts, Az.Resources)
• PowerShell scripts from jagilber/powershellscripts:
  • load-envFile.ps1
  • azure-az-deploy-template.ps1

2. Setup Environment Configuration

# Copy the example environment file
Copy-Item .env.example .env

# Edit .env with your values (required fields marked with REQUIRED)
notepad .env

3. Deploy

# Test deployment (validation only)
.\deploy.ps1 -Test

# Deploy to Azure
.\deploy.ps1

# Clean deployment (removes existing resources)
.\deploy.ps1 -Clean -Force

Environment Variables

The .env file contains all deployment configuration. Key variables include:

Variable	Description	Required
RESOURCE_GROUP	Azure resource group name	✓
LOCATION	Azure region (e.g., centralus)	✓
ADMIN_PASSWORD	VM admin password	✓
CERTIFICATE_THUMBPRINT	Certificate thumbprint	✓
CERTIFICATE_COMMON_NAME	Certificate common name	✓
CERTIFICATE_URL_VALUE	KeyVault certificate URL	✓
SOURCE_VAULT_VALUE	KeyVault resource ID	✓
VIRTUAL_MACHINE_COUNT	Number of VMs (3-5 recommended)	✓

See .env.example for all available configuration options.

Manual Deployment

You can also use the PowerShell scripts directly:

# Load environment variables
. C:\github\jagilber\powershellscripts\load-envFile.ps1

# Deploy using azure-az-deploy-template.ps1
C:\github\jagilber\powershellscripts\azure-az-deploy-template.ps1 `
    -resourceGroup $env:RESOURCE_GROUP `
    -location $env:LOCATION `
    -templateFile .\azuredeploy.json `
    -adminPassword $env:ADMIN_PASSWORD

Required Certificate Setup

self signed or trusted certificate stored in azure keyvault.

• 'certificateThumbprint' certificate thumbprint
• 'commonname' certificate common name / subject
• 'sourceVaultValue' "Resource Id of the key vault. Example:
  /subscriptions/<Sub ID>/resourceGroups/<Resource group name>/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/<vault name>
• 'certificateUrlValue' - location URL of certificate in key vault. Example:
  https://<name of the vault>.vault.azure.net:443/secrets/<location>

click button below to deploy