Resource Type Editing

The Azure Naming was created to assist in the creation and administration of naming conventions for Azure resources. The tool relies heavily on specific resource type metadata to ensure generated names adhere to the varying standards and restrictions for Azure resources. The Azure Naming Tool team has continued to curate this metadata and ensure it was as up to date as possible.

As Resource Types are constantly changed and being added, the Azure Naming Tool has been updated with the ability to manually edit resource type metadata, if needed.

ATTENTION Resource Type settings are configured by the Azure Naming Tool team and match the Azure portal validation requirements. Overriding these values may result in invalid names for a resource.

This article details the Resource Type metadata and it's use within the Azure Naming Tool.

Resource

This field details the Azure service category / sub-category for the Resource Type. Often, there are multiple level of sub-categories, depending on the service and components.

All Resource Types contain a category/sub-category and the Aure Naming Tool requires the data in the following format:

[Category Name]/[Sub-Category Name Level 1]/[Sub-Category Name Level 2]....

Example: ApiManagement/service/backends

Short Name

This field is the short name for the Resource Type that will be used for name generation.

Property

This field contains optional properties for the Resource Type. The Azure Naming Tool uses this for additional Resource Tpye names/classification.

Example: "property": "Linux"

Minimum Length

This field specifies the minimum length for generated names for the Resource Type.

Maximum Length

This field specifies the maximum length for generated names for the Resource Type.