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Azure Automation Account
TODO: Include Automation Account details
Azure Automation Account Assets
- Schedules
Get-AzureRmAutomationSchedule - Modules
Get-AzureRmAutomationModule - Certificates
Get-AutomationCertificate - Connections
Get-AutomationConnection - Variabels
Get-AzureAutomationVariable - Credentials
Get-AzureAutomationCredential
Azure Runbook
See Runbook
Starting A Runbook
Start-AzureRmAutomationRunbook -AutomationAccountName "MyAutomationAccount" -Name "Test-Runbook" -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroup01"
Importing A Runbook
$Input = @{
AutomationAccountName = "AutomationAccount"
Name = "Sample_TestRunbook"
Path = "C:\Runbooks\Sample_TestRunbook.ps1"
ResourceGroupName = "ResourceGroup"
}
Import-AzureRMAutomationRunbook @Input -Type PowerShellWorkflow # Splatting Input Parameter see Link
See About Splatting (about_splatting)
Graphical Runbook
Azure Workflows
By design, workflows can be long-running, repeatable, frequent, parallelizable, interruptible, stoppable, and restartable. They can be suspended and resumed; they can also continue after an unexpected interruption, such as a network outage or computer restart. Follwoing are some of the many benefits of using workflows:
Azure Resource Manager Template
{
"$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": { },
"variables": { },
"resources": [ ],
"outputs": { }
}
- $Schema: Location of the JSON schema file that describes the version of the template language.
- contentVersion: Version of the template (such as 1.0.0.0).
- parameters: Optional values that are provided when deployment is executed to customize resource deployment.
- resources: A manageable item that is available through Azure. Some common resources are a virtual machine, storage account, web app, database, and virtual network, but there are many more.
- outputs: Values that are returned after deployment