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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.

Bias Analysis

Bias Types:
⚠️ powershell_heavy
⚠️ windows_first
⚠️ missing_linux_example
⚠️ windows_tools
Summary:
The documentation is heavily biased toward Windows and PowerShell. All command-line examples use PowerShell, and the prerequisites specifically mention installing Azure PowerShell on Windows. There are no examples or instructions for using Linux or Bash, and the image customization steps use Windows-specific tools (e.g., Chocolatey, PowerShell scripts). The template and gallery creation steps assume a Windows environment, and file paths use Windows conventions (e.g., c:/temp/mytemplate.txt). Azure CLI is mentioned only in passing, with no examples provided.
Recommendations:
  • Provide parallel examples using Azure CLI and Bash for Linux/macOS users.
  • Include instructions for installing Azure CLI and/or PowerShell on Linux and macOS.
  • Show how to create and edit template files using cross-platform file paths (e.g., /tmp/mytemplate.txt).
  • Offer a Linux-based image customization example (e.g., using shell scripts and apt/yum instead of PowerShell and Chocolatey).
  • Explicitly state which steps are Windows-specific and provide alternatives for Linux where possible.
  • Reorder or balance the presentation so that Linux and Windows approaches are given equal prominence.
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Date Scan ID Status Bias Status
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Flagged Code Snippets

# Set up role definition names, which need to be unique $timeInt=$(get-date -UFormat "%s") $imageRoleDefName="Azure Image Builder Image Def"+$timeInt $identityName="aibIdentity"+$timeInt # Add an Azure PowerShell module to support AzUserAssignedIdentity Install-Module -Name Az.ManagedServiceIdentity # Create an identity New-AzUserAssignedIdentity -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -Name $identityName -Location $location $identityNameResourceId=$(Get-AzUserAssignedIdentity -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -Name $identityName).Id $identityNamePrincipalId=$(Get-AzUserAssignedIdentity -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -Name $identityName).PrincipalId
$aibRoleImageCreationUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/azure/azvmimagebuilder/master/solutions/12_Creating_AIB_Security_Roles/aibRoleImageCreation.json" $aibRoleImageCreationPath = "aibRoleImageCreation.json" # Download the configuration Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $aibRoleImageCreationUrl -OutFile $aibRoleImageCreationPath -UseBasicParsing ((Get-Content -path $aibRoleImageCreationPath -Raw) -replace '<subscriptionID>',$subscriptionID) | Set-Content -Path $aibRoleImageCreationPath ((Get-Content -path $aibRoleImageCreationPath -Raw) -replace '<rgName>', $imageResourceGroup) | Set-Content -Path $aibRoleImageCreationPath ((Get-Content -path $aibRoleImageCreationPath -Raw) -replace 'Azure Image Builder Service Image Creation Role', $imageRoleDefName) | Set-Content -Path $aibRoleImageCreationPath # Create a role definition New-AzRoleDefinition -InputFile ./aibRoleImageCreation.json # Grant the role definition to the VM Image Builder service principal New-AzRoleAssignment -ObjectId $identityNamePrincipalId -RoleDefinitionName $imageRoleDefName -Scope "/subscriptions/$subscriptionID/resourceGroups/$imageResourceGroup"
{ "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#", "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0", "parameters": { "imageTemplateName": { "type": "string" }, "api-version": { "type": "string" }, "svclocation": { "type": "string" } }, "variables": {}, "resources": [ { "name": "[parameters('imageTemplateName')]", "type": "Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates", "apiVersion": "[parameters('api-version')]", "location": "[parameters('svclocation')]", "dependsOn": [], "tags": { "imagebuilderTemplate": "win11multi", "userIdentity": "enabled" }, "identity": { "type": "UserAssigned", "userAssignedIdentities": { "<imgBuilderId>": {} } }, "properties": { "buildTimeoutInMinutes": 100, "vmProfile": { "vmSize": "Standard_DS2_v2", "osDiskSizeGB": 127 }, "source": { "type": "PlatformImage", "publisher": "MicrosoftWindowsDesktop", "offer": "Windows-11", "sku": "win11-21h2-ent", "version": "latest" }, "customize": [ { "type": "PowerShell", "name": "Install Choco and VS Code", "inline": [ "Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))", "choco install -y vscode" ] } ], "distribute": [ { "type": "SharedImage", "galleryImageId": "/subscriptions/<subscriptionID>/resourceGroups/<rgName>/providers/Microsoft.Compute/galleries/<sharedImageGalName>/images/<imageDefName>", "runOutputName": "<runOutputName>", "artifactTags": { "source": "azureVmImageBuilder", "baseosimg": "win11multi" }, "replicationRegions": [ "<region1>", "<region2>" ] } ] } } ] }
$templateFilePath = <Template Path> (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<subscriptionID>',$subscriptionID | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<rgName>',$imageResourceGroup | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<runOutputName>',$runOutputName | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<imageDefName>',$imageDefName | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<sharedImageGalName>',$galleryName| Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<region1>',$location | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath (Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw ) -replace '<region2>',$replRegion2 | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath ((Get-Content -path $templateFilePath -Raw) -replace '<imgBuilderId>',$identityNameResourceId) | Set-Content -Path $templateFilePath
Invoke-AzResourceAction -ResourceName $imageTemplateName -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -ResourceType Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages/imageTemplates -ApiVersion "2020-02-14" -Action Run
Get-AzImageBuilderTemplate -ImageTemplateName $imageTemplateName -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup | Select-Object -Property Name, LastRunStatusRunState, LastRunStatusMessage, ProvisioningState
Name LastRunStatusRunState LastRunStatusMessage ProvisioningState --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- vscodeWinTemplate Creating
'Az.ImageBuilder', 'Az.ManagedServiceIdentity' | ForEach-Object {Install-Module -Name $_ -AllowPrerelease}
# Gallery name $galleryName= "devboxGallery" # Image definition name $imageDefName ="vscodeImageDef" # Additional replication region $replRegion2="eastus" # Create the gallery New-AzGallery -GalleryName $galleryName -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -Location $location $SecurityType = @{Name='SecurityType';Value='TrustedLaunch'} $features = @($SecurityType) # Create the image definition New-AzGalleryImageDefinition -GalleryName $galleryName -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -Location $location -Name $imageDefName -OsState generalized -OsType Windows -Publisher 'myCompany' -Offer 'vscodebox' -Sku '1-0-0' -Feature $features -HyperVGeneration "V2"
Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages | Format-table -Property ResourceTypes,RegistrationState Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Storage | Format-table -Property ResourceTypes,RegistrationState Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Compute | Format-table -Property ResourceTypes,RegistrationState Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.KeyVault | Format-table -Property ResourceTypes,RegistrationState Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Network | Format-table -Property ResourceTypes,RegistrationState
Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.VirtualMachineImages Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Storage Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Compute Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.KeyVault Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.Network
# Get existing context $currentAzContext = Get-AzContext # Get your current subscription ID $subscriptionID=$currentAzContext.Subscription.Id # Destination image resource group $imageResourceGroup="<Resource group>" # Location $location="eastus2" # Image distribution metadata reference name $runOutputName="aibCustWinManImg01" # Image template name $imageTemplateName="vscodeWinTemplate"
New-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName $imageResourceGroup -TemplateFile $templateFilePath -Api-Version "2020-02-14" -imageTemplateName $imageTemplateName -svclocation $location