Azure Bicep
What is IaC?
Definition:
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is a practice where infrastructure is managed and provisioned through code instead of manual processes. It allows you to define and automate the setup and management of your IT infrastructure.
Purpose:
Automation: IaC automates the deployment and management of infrastructure, reducing manual configuration errors and speeding up deployment times.
Consistency: Ensures that infrastructure setups are consistent and repeatable across different environments (e.g., development, testing, production).
What is BICEP?
Definition: BICEP (Declarative Infrastructure as Code) is a simpler way to manage and deploy Azure resources. It’s a language for defining Azure resources with less complexity than traditional JSON-based templates.
Purpose: BICEP simplifies the process of creating and managing Azure resources by using a cleaner, more readable syntax compared to JSON.
Key Features:
Readable Syntax: Easier to write and understand than JSON.
Modularity: Supports reusable modules to make complex deployments easier.
Integration: Works with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, so you can use existing ARM resources.
Tooling: Integrated with Azure CLI and PowerShell for deployment.
Basic Workflow:
Write: Create a BICEP file (.bicep) describing the Azure resources you need.
Build: Convert the BICEP file into an ARM template using the BICEP CLI.
Deploy: Use Azure CLI or PowerShell to deploy the ARM template.
Why Use Bicep?
For businesses having a code that can repeatedly deploy code