I am using below Bicep file for Azure role assignments . So here I have a Azuredevops pipeline which wil build the bicepfile to arm template and from pipeline variables, the paramaters.json file will be getting updated.
main.bicep
targetScope = 'resourceGroup'
@description('Principal type of the assignee.')
@allowed([
'Device'
'ForeignGroup'
'Group'
'ServicePrincipal'
'User'
])
param principalType string
@description('the id for the role defintion, to define what permission should be assigned')
param RoleDefinitionId string
@description('the id of the principal that would get the permission')
param principalId string
@description('the role deffinition is collected')
resource roleDefinition 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions@2018-01-01-preview' existing = {
scope: resourceGroup()
name: RoleDefinitionId
}
resource RoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2020-10-01-preview' = {
name: guid(resourceGroup().id, RoleDefinitionId, principalId)
properties: {
roleDefinitionId: roleDefinition.id
principalId: principalId
principalType: principalType
}
}
paramters.json
{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
"principalType": {
"value": "#{principalType}#"
},
"RoleDefinitionId": {
"value": "#{RoleDefinitionId}#"
},
"principalId": {
"value": "#{principalId}#"
}
}
}
pipeline build task for creation deployment.
'az deployment group create --resource-group $(resourceGroup) --template-file $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/template/main.json --parameters $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/template/parameters.json'
When I triggered the pipeline firstime, i got output summary as below.
The deployment will update the following scope:
Scope: /subscriptions/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-rg
+ Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [2020-10-01-preview]
apiVersion: "2020-10-01-preview"
id: "/subscriptions/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-rg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
name: "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
properties.principalId: "xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
properties.roleDefinitionId: "/subscriptions/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/resourceGroups/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-rg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
type: "Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments"
And after that, if I retrigger the pipeline again without any change to the templates. Its showing as 1 to modify, but expected that the output will show as "no change". Because we havenet made any changes to the resource either from pipeline side or manually.
Scope: /subscriptions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-rg
~ Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [2020-10-01-preview]
~ properties.roleDefinitionId: "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" => "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-rg/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
x properties.principalType: "Group"
Resource changes: 1 to modify
iF i again deploy also, the next time again will show the same output as 1 to modify
What is the issue here, Why ARM deployment is showing changes eventhough there are no changes.
Azure built-in role definitions are defined at the subscription level unless it is a custom role that you've created at the another scope.
In your bicep file, you can change the scope of the roleDefinition
resource:
@description('the role deffinition is collected')
resource roleDefinition 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions@2018-01-01-preview' existing = {
scope: subscription()
name: RoleDefinitionId
}
or you could also use subscriptionResourceId
:
resource RoleAssignment 'Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments@2020-10-01-preview' = {
name: guid(resourceGroup().id, RoleDefinitionId, principalId)
properties: {
roleDefinitionId: subscriptionResourceId('Microsoft.Authorization/roleDefinitions', RoleDefinitionId)
principalId: principalId
principalType: principalType
}
}