ExcludedVMLists property support for finding keywords in a VM name

[rjhernandez]

Problem

I am trying to exclude a set of machines from being started on a schedule that are part of the included ResourceGroups but the name contains a specific key word. During my tests, the ExcludedVMLists expression is being ignored. Is the use of star (*) as part of the beginning of the expression not supported?

Example configuration of ststv2_vms_ScheduleStart_start

{
  "Action": "start",
  "EnableClassic": false,
  "RequestScopes": {
    "ResourceGroups": [
      "/subscriptions/11111111-0000-1111-2222-444444444444/resourceGroups/rg2/"
    ],
    "ExcludedVMLists": [
      "*doNotStart*"
    ]
  }
}

Ref: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/start-stop-vms/deploy#scheduled-start-and-stop-scenario

[balas77]

@rjhernandez That's correct. As mentioned in the doc '*' wildcard will have to use as suffix. For example if you have VMs with AZdev1, AZdev2 then you can specify AZ*

[rjhernandez]

@rjhernandez That's correct. As mentioned in the doc '*' wildcard will have to use as suffix. For example if you have VMs with AZdev1, AZdev2 then you can specify AZ*

Yikes, that does not work with my naming conventions. Can you point me to the doc? URL? The one I referenced does not seem to have those details.

[balas77]

Here is the doc https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/start-stop-vms/deploy

[raldaba]

@rjhernandez Closing this issue, but do reply back if you need further assistance. Thanks!

[rjhernandez]

Thanks for the info @raldaba, I got to say, I am really disappointed in the limitations of this tool. Is there anywhere else where I can drop feature suggestions, or maybe even contribute code for this tool?