Deploy a single Windows container with a fully featured self-contained Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment on Azure Container Instances.
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Parameters
| Parameter Name | Description |
|---|---|
| contGroupName | Name for the container group |
| dnsPrefix | The DNS label for the public IP address. It must be lowercase. It should match the following regular expression, or it will raise an error: ^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{1,61}[a-z0-9]$ |
| letsEncryptMail | The eMail address to be used when requesting a Let's Encrypt certificate |
| bcRelease | Dynamics 365 Business Central Generic image (10.0.19041.985 is the version of Windows Server). See https://mcr.microsoft.com/v2/businesscentral/tags/list |
| bcArtifactUrl | Dynamics 365 Business Central artifact URL. See https://freddysblog.com/2020/06/25/working-with-artifacts/ to understand how to find the right one. |
| username | Username for your BC super user |
| password | Password for your BC super user and your sa user on the database |
| cpuCores | The number of CPU cores to allocate to the container |
| memoryInGb | The amount of memory to allocate to the container in gigabytes. Provide a minimum of 3 as he container will include SQL Server and BCST |
| customNavSettings | Custom settings for the BCST |
| customWebSettings | Custom settings for the Web Client |
| acceptEula | Change to 'Y' to accept the end user license agreement available at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=861843. This is necessary to successfully run the container |
| azurecontainerSuffix | Please select the Azure container URL suffix for your current region. For the standard Azure cloud, this is azurecontainer.io |
| location | Default location for all resources. |
| _artifactsLocation | The base URI where artifacts required by this template are located including a trailing '/' |
| _artifactsLocationSasToken | The sasToken required to access _artifactsLocation. When the template is deployed using the accompanying scripts, a sasToken will be automatically generated. Use the defaultValue if the staging location is not secured. |
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 deploymentInstall and configure Azure PowerShell
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName <resource-group-name> -TemplateUri https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates/master/demos/aci-bc/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 deploymentInstall and Configure 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/demos/aci-bc/azuredeploy.json