Azure SDK ARM Template deployment: Could not find member 'id'

Question

I'm trying to deploy a vm through the python azure sdk with an arm template. I'm using the code provided by microsoft from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/azure-samples/resource-manager-python-template-deployment/resource-manager-python-template-deployment/

But I get an error when trying to use the template.

parameters = my parameters as a python dict
       
parameters = {k: {'value': v} for k, v in parameters.items()}
template = self.ts_client.template_specs.get('test-rg', 'deploy-vm.test').as_dict()

deployment_properties = {'mode': DeploymentMode.incremental,
                       'template': template,
                       'parameters': parameters}
    
self.client.deployments.create_or_update(self.resource_group,'azure-sample', {'properties': deployment_properties, 'tags': []})

The only part thats different from the example code, is that I'm not reading the template from a file but I'm getting it through the sdk and converting it into a dictonary and I pass the deployment_properties into the begin_create_or_update method as a dict. If I don't pass it like this it gives the exception: Parameter 'Deployment.properties' can not be None.

However I get this error:

azure.core.exceptions.HttpResponseError: (InvalidRequestContent) The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: 'Could not find member 'id' on object of type 'Template'. Path 'properties.template.id', line 1, position 34.'.

Any idea what this could be?

Answer 1

I tried in my environment and got same type of error.

Console:

Make sure you are passing correct Arm template template.json and also check it is in correct state. Provide the valid id or correct the templates according to Azure-VM templates using this MS-Docs .

After I validated my templates using document the virtual machine is deployed successfully using python with Arm templates.

Code:

from  azure.mgmt.resource  import  ResourceManagementClient
from  azure.mgmt.resource.resources.models  import  DeploymentMode
from  azure.identity  import  DefaultAzureCredential
import  json


subscription_id = '<subscription id>'
resource_group = '<your rg name >'
creds = DefaultAzureCredential()
client = ResourceManagementClient( creds, '<sub id>')

parameters = {
'virtualMachineName': '',
'location': '',
'virtualMachineRG':''
}

parameters = {k: {'value': v} for  k, v  in  parameters.items()}
with  open(r'<path of file >', 'r') as  template_file_fd:
template = json.load(template_file_fd)
deployment_properties = {
'mode': DeploymentMode.incremental,
'template': template,
'parameters': parameters
}
deployment_async_operation = client.deployments.begin_create_or_update(
resource_group, 'azure-sample', {'properties': deployment_properties, 'tags': []})
deployment_async_operation.wait()

Console:

Portal:

Reference: Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines - Bicep, ARM template & Terraform AzAPI reference | Microsoft Learn