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UserID707597
Jan 04, 2021Brass Contributor
How to assign policies by updating ARM template?
Hello all! I need to assign policies to my subscription for it to be compliant. How will I be able to assign the policies by updating the ARM template of the subscription? Also, I found out a way to ...
UserID707597
Jan 04, 2021Brass Contributor
Hi ibnmbodji thank you for answering. Sorry I'm not yet familiar with this, but how do I export and deploy the policy definition? Also, if I assign the policy through portal, will it also be included in the ARM template for that subscription?
ibnmbodji
Jan 04, 2021Steel Contributor
You're welcome .
To export the policy definition you need to go to the Azure Policy blade
Select Definitions and in the list select the definition you want to export . You need to have Github account to be able to do that .
You can do that in other ways documented below :
Export Azure Policy resources - Azure Policy | Microsoft Docs
Notice that you don't need to do that if there is no changes in the builtin policy . You can just assign to a scope directly .
If you want add changes you can simply add a policy definition
Edit the policy rule and hit save . You can also import the policy rule from Github .
There is no update mecanism for Arm templates .If you want to have custom definitions you need to export builtin definitions add changes and redeploy it .
If not you don't need to export anything . Identify the definitions or initiative and just assign them to a defined scope .
- UserID707597Jan 04, 2021Brass Contributor
ibnmbodji great! thank you for the answers. 🙂
- ibnmbodjiJan 04, 2021Steel Contributor
- UserID707597Jan 05, 2021Brass Contributor
ibnmbodji Hi again, is it possible to create a template in the Template blade in Azure and specify all the needed policies there, then deploy it to my subscription? Also, can I deploy many ARM templates into one subscription?