Azure Generate Resource Group C#

Question

I hope you can help me in the code, i have a trouble to generate the code to create a Resource Group, but for some reason i can't understand what is the error... i use the code of the github: https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-content/blob/master/articles/virtual-machines/arm-template-deployment.md i need to work this example for the project in the work... i'll be very grateful if can help me to find the solution of this code...

Here the code:

Program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Azure;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Resources;
using Microsoft.Azure.Management.Resources.Models;
using Microsoft.WindowsAzure;

namespace pruebaazure
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var token = GetAuthorizationHeader();
            var credential = new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.TokenCloudCredentials("xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxef", token);


            CreateResourceGroup(credential);
            Console.ReadLine();

            CreateTemplateDeployment(credential);
            Console.ReadLine();

            DeleteResourceGroup(credential);
            Console.ReadLine();


        }
        private static string GetAuthorizationHeader()
        {
            ClientCredential cc = new ClientCredential("xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx8", "xxxxxxxK2");
            var context = new AuthenticationContext("https://login.windows.net/xxxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx4");
            var result = context.AcquireToken("https://management.azure.com/", cc);
            if (result == null)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException("Failed to obtain the JWT token");
            }

            string token = result.AccessToken;

            return token;
        }

        public async static void CreateResourceGroup(TokenCloudCredentials credential)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Creating the resource group...");
            var resourceGroup = new ResourceGroup { Location = "West US" };
            using (var resourceManagementClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
            {
                var rgResult = await resourceManagementClient.ResourceGroups.CreateOrUpdateAsync("mytestrg1", resourceGroup);
                Console.WriteLine(rgResult.StatusCode);
            }
        }

        public async static void CreateTemplateDeployment(TokenCloudCredentials credential)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Creating the template deployment...");
            var deployment = new Deployment();
            deployment.Properties = new DeploymentProperties
            {
                Mode = DeploymentMode.Incremental,
                TemplateLink = new TemplateLink
                {
                    Uri = new Uri("https://xxxxxxxxxxxxya.blob.core.windows.net/templates/VirtualMachineTemplate.json").ToString()
                },
                ParametersLink = new ParametersLink
                {
                    Uri = new Uri("https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxya.blob.core.windows.net/templates/Parameters.json").ToString()
                }
            };
            using (var templateDeploymentClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
                {
                var dpResult = await templateDeploymentClient.Deployments.CreateOrUpdateAsync("mytestrg1", "mytestdp1", deployment);
                Console.WriteLine(dpResult.StatusCode);
            }
        }

        public async static void DeleteResourceGroup(TokenCloudCredentials credential)
        {
            using (var resourceGroupClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
            {
                var rgResult = await resourceGroupClient.ResourceGroups.DeleteAsync("mytestrg1");
                Console.WriteLine(rgResult.StatusCode);
            }
        }
    }
}

Parameters.json

{
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": { 
    "vmName": { "value": "mytestvm1" },
    "newStorageAccountName": { "value": "mytestsa1" },
    "storageAccountType": { "value": "Standard_LRS" },
    "publicIPaddressName": { "value": "mytestip1" },
    "location": { "value": "West US" },
    "vmStorageAccountContainerName": { "value": "vhds" },
    "vmSize": { "value": "Standard_A1" },
    "subscriptionId": { "value": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxef" },
    "vmSourceImageName": { "value": "sourceimgtest1" },
    "adminUserName": { "value": "mytestacct1" },
    "adminPassword": { "value": "mytestpass1" },
    "virtualNetworkName": { "value": "mytestvn1" },
    "dnsName": { "value": "mytestdns1" }, 
    "nicName": { "value": "mytestnic1" } 
  }
}

VirtualMachineTemplate.json

{
  "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2014-04-01-preview/VM.json",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "location": {
      "type": "String",
      "defaultValue": "West US",
      "allowedValues": [ "West US", "East US" ]
    },
    "newStorageAccountName": { "type": "string" },
    "storageAccountType": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Standard_LRS",
      "allowedValues": [ "Standard_LRS", "Standard_GRS" ]
    },
    "publicIPAddressName": { "type": "string" },
    "publicIPAddressType": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Dynamic",
      "allowedValues": [ "Dynamic" ]
    },
    "vmStorageAccountContainerName": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "vhds"
    },
    "vmName": { "type": "string" },
    "vmSize": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Standard_A0",
      "allowedValues": [ "Standard_A0", "Standard_A1" ]
    },
    "vmSourceImageName": { "type": "string" },
    "adminUserName": { "type": "string" },
    "adminPassword": { "type": "securestring" },
    "virtualNetworkName": { "type": "string" },
    "addressPrefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "10.0.0.0/16"
        },
        "subnet1Name": {
          "type": "string",
          "defaultValue": "Subnet-1"
        },
        "subnet2Name": {
          "type": "string",
          "defaultValue": "Subnet-2"
        },
        "subnet1Prefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "10.0.0.0/24"
    },
    "subnet2Prefix": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "10.0.1.0/24"
    },
    "dnsName": { "type": "string" },
    "subscriptionId": { "type": "string" },
    "nicName": { "type": "string" }
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-12-01-preview",
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
      "name": "[parameters('newStorageAccountName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "properties": { "accountType": "[parameters('storageAccountType')]" }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-12-01-preview",
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
      "name": "[parameters('publicIPAddressName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "properties": {
        "publicIPAllocationMethod": "[parameters('publicIPAddressType')]",
        "dnsSettings": { "domainNameLabel": "[parameters('dnsName')]" }
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-12-01-preview",
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
      "name": "[parameters('virtualNetworkName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "properties": {
        "addressSpace": { "addressPrefixes": [ "[parameters('addressPrefix')]" ] },
        "subnets": [
          {
            "name": "[parameters('subnet1Name')]",
            "properties": { "addressPrefix": "[parameters('subnet1Prefix')]"     }
          },
          {
            "name": "[parameters('subnet2Name')]",
            "properties": { "addressPrefix": "[parameters('subnet2Prefix')]"     }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-12-01-preview",
      "type": "Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces",
      "name": "[parameters('nicName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses/', parameters('publicIPAddressName'))]",
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', parameters('virtualNetworkName'))]"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "ipConfigurations": [
          {
            "name": "ipconfig1",
            "properties": {
              "privateIPAllocationMethod": "Dynamic",
              "publicIPAddress": {
                "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses', parameters('publicIPAddressName'))]"
              },
              "subnet": { "id": "[variables('subnet1Ref')]" }
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "apiVersion": "2014-12-01-preview",
      "type": "Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines",
      "name": "[parameters('vmName')]",
      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
      "dependsOn": [
        "[concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', parameters('newStorageAccountName'))]",
        "[concat('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces/', parameters('nicName'))]"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "hardwareProfile": { "vmSize": "[parameters('vmSize')]" },
        "osProfile": {
          "computername": "[parameters('vmName')]",
          "adminUsername": "[parameters('adminUsername')]",
          "adminPassword": "[parameters('adminPassword')]",
          "windowsProfile": { "provisionVMAgent": "true" }
        },
        "storageProfile": {
          "sourceImage": { "id": "[variables('sourceImageName')]" },
          "destinationVhdsContainer": "[concat('http://',parameters('newStorageAccountName'),'.blob.core.windows.net/',    parameters('vmStorageAccountContainerName'),'/')]"
        },
        "networkProfile": {
          "networkInterfaces": [
            {
              "id": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces',parameters('nicName'))]"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "sourceImageName": "[concat('/',parameters('subscriptionId'),'/services/images/',parameters('vmSourceImageName'))]",
    "vnetID": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks',parameters('virtualNetworkName'))]",
    "subnet1Ref": [concat(variables('vnetID'),'/subnets/',parameters('subnet1Name'))]"
      }
   }
}

The problem is in program.cs where

    public async static void CreateResourceGroup(TokenCloudCredentials credential)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Creating the resource group...");
        var resourceGroup = new ResourceGroup { Location = "West US" };
        using (var resourceManagementClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
        {
            var rgResult = await resourceManagementClient.ResourceGroups.CreateOrUpdateAsync("mytestrg1", resourceGroup);
            Console.WriteLine(rgResult.StatusCode);
        }
    }

in:

 (var resourceManagementClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential)) 

the error is:

cannot convert from Microsoft.WindowsAzure.TokenCloudCredentials credentials to Microsoft.Rest.CerviceClientCredentials 

and

Console.WriteLine(rgResult.StatusCode); 

The error is:

ResourcesGroup does not contain the definition for "StatusCode" and no extension method "StatusCode" accepting a first argument of type 'ResourceGroup' Could be found 

and

public async static void CreateTemplateDeployment(TokenCloudCredentials credential) 

the error is the same cannot convert from Microsoft.WindowsAzure.TokenCloudCredentials credentials to Microsoft.Rest.CerviceClientCredentials in here

using (var templateDeploymentClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
            {
                var dpResult = await templateDeploymentClient.Deployments.CreateOrUpdateAsync("mytestrg1", "mytestdp1", deployment);
                Console.WriteLine(dpResult.StatusCode);
            } 

and for this too:

    public async static void DeleteResourceGroup(TokenCloudCredentials credential)
    {
        using (var resourceGroupClient = new ResourceManagementClient(credential))
        {
            var rgResult = await resourceGroupClient.ResourceGroups.DeleteAsync("mytestrg1");
            Console.WriteLine(rgResult.StatusCode);
        }
    }

Answer 1

I assume that you're using the latest preview-release of the "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Resources" nuget package, which is version= "3.3.0-preview" .

From your code and the errors shown, the root cause of your problem lies on this line of code:

var credential = new Microsoft.WindowsAzure.TokenCloudCredentials("xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxef", token);

To be more clear, the TokenCloudCredentials class under the Microsoft.WindowsAzure namespace is not a subclass of the ServiceClientCredentials abstract class in the ResourceManagementClient.

You should use the the TokenCloudCredentials class under the Microsoft.Rest namespace

Hence you can fix it as below:

var credential = new Microsoft.Rest.TokenCloudCredentials(token);

You can also refer to some sample codes in the GitHub repository below: AzureResourceManagementSDKSample on how to use the latest "Microsoft.Azure.Management.Resources" nuget package to create/read/update/delete resource groups as well as create resource group template deployment.

Hope this helps!