This template creates Azure VMs on an existing VNET, and provisions a SQL Server 2016 or 2017 AlwaysOn Availability Group cluster across AZ's
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Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description |
|---|---|
| location | Azure region that supports Availability Zones |
| namePrefix | Naming prefix for each new resource created. 3-char min, 8-char max, lowercase alphanumeric |
| vmSize | Size of the SQL Server VMs to be created |
| sqlVMImage | VM Image Offer to use for provisioning SQL VMs |
| sqlVMImageSku | SQL Image Sku |
| vmCount | Number of SQL Server VMs to be created in AlwaysOn Availability Group cluster (Min=2, Max=9) |
| vmDiskSize | Size of each data disk in GB on each SQL Server VM (Min=128, Max=1023) |
| vmDiskCount | Number of data disks on each SQL Server VM (Min=2, Max=32). Ensure that the VM size you've selected will support this number of data disks. |
| existingDomainName | DNS domain name for existing Active Directory domain |
| adminUsername | Name of the Administrator of the existing Active Directory Domain |
| adminPassword | Password for the Administrator account of the existing Active Directory Domain |
| sqlServiceAccount | Name of the user account to be used for the SQL Server service account. Do not use the same account speficied in adminUsername parameter |
| sqlServicePassword | Password to be used for the SQL Server service account |
| existingVirtualNetworkRGName | Resource Group Name for the existing VNET. |
| existingVirtualNetworkName | Name of the existing VNET. |
| existingSubnetName | Name of the existing subnet in the existing VNET to which the SQL Server VMs should be deployed |
| enableOutboundInternet | Enable outbound Internet access via source NAT to support ongoing VM Agent extension communication needs |
| workloadType | SQL DB workload type: GENERAL - General workload; DW - Data Warehouse workload; OLTP - Transactional Processing workload |
| _artifactsLocation | Location of resources that the script is dependent on such as linked templates and DSC modules |
| _artifactsLocationSasToken | The sasToken required to access _artifactsLocation. When the template is deployed using the accompanying scripts, a sasToken will be automatically generated. |
Use the template
PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroup -Name <resource-group-name> -Location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstalling and configuring Azure PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName <resource-group-name> -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/301-sql-alwayson-md-ilb-zones/azuredeploy.json
Command line
az group create --name <resource-group-name> --location <resource-group-location> #use this command when you need to create a new resource group for your deploymentInstalling and configuring the Azure cross-platform command-line interface
az group deployment create --resource-group <my-resource-group> --template-uri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/301-sql-alwayson-md-ilb-zones/azuredeploy.json