Challenge 07 - Configure VM to Run a Web Server

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Introduction

The goals for this challenge include understanding:

• Custom script extensions
• Globally unique naming context and complex dependencies
• Staging artifacts in a location accessible to the Azure Resource Manager

Description

We have provided a script (install_apache.sh) that configures a web server on a Linux VM. When run on the VM, the script deploys a static web page that should be available at http://<PublicIPofTheVM>/wth.html

You can find the script in the Resources folder for Bicep-Challenge-07.

Your challenge is to:

• Extend the Bicep template to configure a webserver on the Linux VM you deployed.

• There are two options for how to do this:

  • Option 1:
    • Host the script file in a secure artifact (staging) location that is only accessible to the Azure Resource Manager.
    • Pull the website configuration script from the artifact location.
  • Option 2:
    • Read the script’s body into a string and pass it as an input parameter to the Bicep template

Success Criteria

1. Verify you can view the web page configured by the script

Tips

• Use an Azure Blob Storage account as the artifact location
• Secure access to the artifact location with a SAS token
• Pass these values to the ARM Template as parameters

Learning Resources

• Read a text file using PowerShell
• Read a text file using a Linux shell