Microsoft.Compute disks

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Bicep resource definition

The disks resource type can be deployed to: Resource groups.

To learn about resource group deployments, see Bicep.

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/disks resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Compute/disks@2022-03-02' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  sku: {
    name: 'string'
  }
  extendedLocation: {
    name: 'string'
    type: 'EdgeZone'
  }
  properties: {
    burstingEnabled: bool
    completionPercent: int
    creationData: {
      createOption: 'string'
      galleryImageReference: {
        communityGalleryImageId: 'string'
        id: 'string'
        lun: int
        sharedGalleryImageId: 'string'
      }
      imageReference: {
        communityGalleryImageId: 'string'
        id: 'string'
        lun: int
        sharedGalleryImageId: 'string'
      }
      logicalSectorSize: int
      securityDataUri: 'string'
      sourceResourceId: 'string'
      sourceUri: 'string'
      storageAccountId: 'string'
      uploadSizeBytes: int
    }
    dataAccessAuthMode: 'string'
    diskAccessId: 'string'
    diskIOPSReadWrite: int
    diskMBpsReadWrite: int
    diskSizeGB: int
    encryption: {
      diskEncryptionSetId: 'string'
      type: 'string'
    }
    encryptionSettingsCollection: {
      enabled: bool
      encryptionSettings: [
        {
          diskEncryptionKey: {
            secretUrl: 'string'
            sourceVault: {
              id: 'string'
            }
          }
          keyEncryptionKey: {
            keyUrl: 'string'
            sourceVault: {
              id: 'string'
            }
          }
        }
      ]
      encryptionSettingsVersion: 'string'
    }
    hyperVGeneration: 'string'
    maxShares: int
    networkAccessPolicy: 'string'
    osType: 'string'
    publicNetworkAccess: 'string'
    purchasePlan: {
      name: 'string'
      product: 'string'
      promotionCode: 'string'
      publisher: 'string'
    }
    securityProfile: {
      secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId: 'string'
      securityType: 'string'
    }
    supportedCapabilities: {
      acceleratedNetwork: bool
      architecture: 'string'
    }
    supportsHibernation: bool
    tier: 'string'
  }
  zones: [
    'string'
  ]
}

Property values

disks

Name Description Value
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, and hyphens.
location Resource location string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
sku The disks sku name. Can be Standard_LRS, Premium_LRS, StandardSSD_LRS, UltraSSD_LRS, Premium_ZRS, StandardSSD_ZRS, or PremiumV2_LRS. DiskSku
extendedLocation The extended location where the disk will be created. Extended location cannot be changed. ExtendedLocation
properties Disk resource properties. DiskProperties
zones The Logical zone list for Disk. string[]

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. 'EdgeZone'

DiskProperties

Name Description Value
burstingEnabled Set to true to enable bursting beyond the provisioned performance target of the disk. Bursting is disabled by default. Does not apply to Ultra disks. bool
completionPercent Percentage complete for the background copy when a resource is created via the CopyStart operation. int
creationData Disk source information. CreationData information cannot be changed after the disk has been created. CreationData (required)
dataAccessAuthMode Additional authentication requirements when exporting or uploading to a disk or snapshot. 'AzureActiveDirectory'
'None'
diskAccessId ARM id of the DiskAccess resource for using private endpoints on disks. string
diskIOPSReadWrite The number of IOPS allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. One operation can transfer between 4k and 256k bytes. int
diskMBpsReadWrite The bandwidth allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. MBps means millions of bytes per second - MB here uses the ISO notation, of powers of 10. int
diskSizeGB If creationData.createOption is Empty, this field is mandatory and it indicates the size of the disk to create. If this field is present for updates or creation with other options, it indicates a resize. Resizes are only allowed if the disk is not attached to a running VM, and can only increase the disk's size. int
encryption Encryption property can be used to encrypt data at rest with customer managed keys or platform managed keys. Encryption
encryptionSettingsCollection Encryption settings collection used for Azure Disk Encryption, can contain multiple encryption settings per disk or snapshot. EncryptionSettingsCollection
hyperVGeneration The hypervisor generation of the Virtual Machine. Applicable to OS disks only. 'V1'
'V2'
maxShares The maximum number of VMs that can attach to the disk at the same time. Value greater than one indicates a disk that can be mounted on multiple VMs at the same time. int
networkAccessPolicy Policy for accessing the disk via network. 'AllowAll'
'AllowPrivate'
'DenyAll'
osType The Operating System type. 'Linux'
'Windows'
publicNetworkAccess Policy for controlling export on the disk. 'Disabled'
'Enabled'
purchasePlan Purchase plan information for the the image from which the OS disk was created. E.g. - {name: 2019-Datacenter, publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer, product: WindowsServer} PurchasePlan
securityProfile Contains the security related information for the resource. DiskSecurityProfile
supportedCapabilities List of supported capabilities for the image from which the OS disk was created. SupportedCapabilities
supportsHibernation Indicates the OS on a disk supports hibernation. bool
tier Performance tier of the disk (e.g, P4, S10) as described here: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/. Does not apply to Ultra disks. string

CreationData

Name Description Value
createOption This enumerates the possible sources of a disk's creation. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'CopyStart'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Import'
'ImportSecure'
'Restore'
'Upload'
'UploadPreparedSecure' (required)
galleryImageReference Required if creating from a Gallery Image. The id/sharedGalleryImageId/communityGalleryImageId of the ImageDiskReference will be the ARM id of the shared galley image version from which to create a disk. ImageDiskReference
imageReference Disk source information for PIR or user images. ImageDiskReference
logicalSectorSize Logical sector size in bytes for Ultra disks. Supported values are 512 ad 4096. 4096 is the default. int
securityDataUri If createOption is ImportSecure, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into VM guest state. string
sourceResourceId If createOption is Copy, this is the ARM id of the source snapshot or disk. string
sourceUri If createOption is Import, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into a managed disk. string
storageAccountId Required if createOption is Import. The Azure Resource Manager identifier of the storage account containing the blob to import as a disk. string
uploadSizeBytes If createOption is Upload, this is the size of the contents of the upload including the VHD footer. This value should be between 20972032 (20 MiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer) and 35183298347520 bytes (32 TiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer). int

ImageDiskReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a community Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
id A relative uri containing either a Platform Image Repository, user image, or Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
lun If the disk is created from an image's data disk, this is an index that indicates which of the data disks in the image to use. For OS disks, this field is null. int
sharedGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a direct shared Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string

Encryption

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set to use for enabling encryption at rest. string
type The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk. 'EncryptionAtRestWithCustomerKey'
'EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformAndCustomerKeys'
'EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformKey'

EncryptionSettingsCollection

Name Description Value
enabled Set this flag to true and provide DiskEncryptionKey and optional KeyEncryptionKey to enable encryption. Set this flag to false and remove DiskEncryptionKey and KeyEncryptionKey to disable encryption. If EncryptionSettings is null in the request object, the existing settings remain unchanged. bool (required)
encryptionSettings A collection of encryption settings, one for each disk volume. EncryptionSettingsElement[]
encryptionSettingsVersion Describes what type of encryption is used for the disks. Once this field is set, it cannot be overwritten. '1.0' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption with AAD app.'1.1' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption. string

EncryptionSettingsElement

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionKey Key Vault Secret Url and vault id of the disk encryption key KeyVaultAndSecretReference
keyEncryptionKey Key Vault Key Url and vault id of the key encryption key. KeyEncryptionKey is optional and when provided is used to unwrap the disk encryption key. KeyVaultAndKeyReference

KeyVaultAndSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

SourceVault

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

KeyVaultAndKeyReference

Name Description Value
keyUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

PurchasePlan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string (required)
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string (required)
promotionCode The Offer Promotion Code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string (required)

DiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set associated to Confidential VM supported disk encrypted with customer managed key string
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the VM. Applicable for OS disks only. 'ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithCustomerKey'
'ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithPlatformKey'
'ConfidentialVM_VMGuestStateOnlyEncryptedWithPlatformKey'
'TrustedLaunch'

SupportedCapabilities

Name Description Value
acceleratedNetwork True if the image from which the OS disk is created supports accelerated networking. bool
architecture CPU architecture supported by an OS disk. 'Arm64'
'x64'

DiskSku

Name Description Value
name The sku name. 'PremiumV2_LRS'
'Premium_LRS'
'Premium_ZRS'
'StandardSSD_LRS'
'StandardSSD_ZRS'
'Standard_LRS'
'UltraSSD_LRS'

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Deploy a 3 node Percona XtraDB Cluster in Availability Zones

Deploy to Azure		 This template deploys a 3 node MySQL high availability cluster on CentOS 6.5 or Ubuntu 12.04
Creates an ultra managed disk with a specific sector size.

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a new ultra managed disk allowing the user to specify a sector size of either 512 or 4096.
Create a VM from a EfficientIP VHD

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from a EfficientIP VHD and let you connect it to an existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group then the virtual machine
Create VM from existing VHDs and connect it to existingVNET

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from VHDs (OS + data disk) and let you connect it to an existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group then the virtual machine
Create a VM in a new or existing vnet from a custom VHD

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from a specialized VHD and let you connect it to a new or existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group than the virtual machine
Windows Server VM with SSH

Deploy to Azure		 Deploy a single Windows VM with Open SSH enabled so that you can connect through SSH using key-based authentication.
Create Disk & enable protection via Backup Vault

Deploy to Azure		 Template that creates a disk and enables protection via Backup Vault
SQL VM Performance Optimized Storage Settings on UltraSSD

Deploy to Azure		 Create a SQL Server Virtual Machine with performance optimized storage settings, using UltraSSD for SQL Log files

ARM template resource definition

The disks resource type can be deployed to: Resource groups.

To learn about resource group deployments, see ARM template.

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/disks resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Compute/disks",
  "apiVersion": "2022-03-02",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "sku": {
    "name": "string"
  },
  "extendedLocation": {
    "name": "string",
    "type": "EdgeZone"
  },
  "properties": {
    "burstingEnabled": "bool",
    "completionPercent": "int",
    "creationData": {
      "createOption": "string",
      "galleryImageReference": {
        "communityGalleryImageId": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "lun": "int",
        "sharedGalleryImageId": "string"
      },
      "imageReference": {
        "communityGalleryImageId": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "lun": "int",
        "sharedGalleryImageId": "string"
      },
      "logicalSectorSize": "int",
      "securityDataUri": "string",
      "sourceResourceId": "string",
      "sourceUri": "string",
      "storageAccountId": "string",
      "uploadSizeBytes": "int"
    },
    "dataAccessAuthMode": "string",
    "diskAccessId": "string",
    "diskIOPSReadWrite": "int",
    "diskMBpsReadWrite": "int",
    "diskSizeGB": "int",
    "encryption": {
      "diskEncryptionSetId": "string",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "encryptionSettingsCollection": {
      "enabled": "bool",
      "encryptionSettings": [
        {
          "diskEncryptionKey": {
            "secretUrl": "string",
            "sourceVault": {
              "id": "string"
            }
          },
          "keyEncryptionKey": {
            "keyUrl": "string",
            "sourceVault": {
              "id": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      ],
      "encryptionSettingsVersion": "string"
    },
    "hyperVGeneration": "string",
    "maxShares": "int",
    "networkAccessPolicy": "string",
    "osType": "string",
    "publicNetworkAccess": "string",
    "purchasePlan": {
      "name": "string",
      "product": "string",
      "promotionCode": "string",
      "publisher": "string"
    },
    "securityProfile": {
      "secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId": "string",
      "securityType": "string"
    },
    "supportedCapabilities": {
      "acceleratedNetwork": "bool",
      "architecture": "string"
    },
    "supportsHibernation": "bool",
    "tier": "string"
  },
  "zones": [ "string" ]
}

Property values

disks

Name Description Value
type The resource type 'Microsoft.Compute/disks'
apiVersion The resource api version '2022-03-02'
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, and hyphens.
location Resource location string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
sku The disks sku name. Can be Standard_LRS, Premium_LRS, StandardSSD_LRS, UltraSSD_LRS, Premium_ZRS, StandardSSD_ZRS, or PremiumV2_LRS. DiskSku
extendedLocation The extended location where the disk will be created. Extended location cannot be changed. ExtendedLocation
properties Disk resource properties. DiskProperties
zones The Logical zone list for Disk. string[]

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. 'EdgeZone'

DiskProperties

Name Description Value
burstingEnabled Set to true to enable bursting beyond the provisioned performance target of the disk. Bursting is disabled by default. Does not apply to Ultra disks. bool
completionPercent Percentage complete for the background copy when a resource is created via the CopyStart operation. int
creationData Disk source information. CreationData information cannot be changed after the disk has been created. CreationData (required)
dataAccessAuthMode Additional authentication requirements when exporting or uploading to a disk or snapshot. 'AzureActiveDirectory'
'None'
diskAccessId ARM id of the DiskAccess resource for using private endpoints on disks. string
diskIOPSReadWrite The number of IOPS allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. One operation can transfer between 4k and 256k bytes. int
diskMBpsReadWrite The bandwidth allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. MBps means millions of bytes per second - MB here uses the ISO notation, of powers of 10. int
diskSizeGB If creationData.createOption is Empty, this field is mandatory and it indicates the size of the disk to create. If this field is present for updates or creation with other options, it indicates a resize. Resizes are only allowed if the disk is not attached to a running VM, and can only increase the disk's size. int
encryption Encryption property can be used to encrypt data at rest with customer managed keys or platform managed keys. Encryption
encryptionSettingsCollection Encryption settings collection used for Azure Disk Encryption, can contain multiple encryption settings per disk or snapshot. EncryptionSettingsCollection
hyperVGeneration The hypervisor generation of the Virtual Machine. Applicable to OS disks only. 'V1'
'V2'
maxShares The maximum number of VMs that can attach to the disk at the same time. Value greater than one indicates a disk that can be mounted on multiple VMs at the same time. int
networkAccessPolicy Policy for accessing the disk via network. 'AllowAll'
'AllowPrivate'
'DenyAll'
osType The Operating System type. 'Linux'
'Windows'
publicNetworkAccess Policy for controlling export on the disk. 'Disabled'
'Enabled'
purchasePlan Purchase plan information for the the image from which the OS disk was created. E.g. - {name: 2019-Datacenter, publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer, product: WindowsServer} PurchasePlan
securityProfile Contains the security related information for the resource. DiskSecurityProfile
supportedCapabilities List of supported capabilities for the image from which the OS disk was created. SupportedCapabilities
supportsHibernation Indicates the OS on a disk supports hibernation. bool
tier Performance tier of the disk (e.g, P4, S10) as described here: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/. Does not apply to Ultra disks. string

CreationData

Name Description Value
createOption This enumerates the possible sources of a disk's creation. 'Attach'
'Copy'
'CopyStart'
'Empty'
'FromImage'
'Import'
'ImportSecure'
'Restore'
'Upload'
'UploadPreparedSecure' (required)
galleryImageReference Required if creating from a Gallery Image. The id/sharedGalleryImageId/communityGalleryImageId of the ImageDiskReference will be the ARM id of the shared galley image version from which to create a disk. ImageDiskReference
imageReference Disk source information for PIR or user images. ImageDiskReference
logicalSectorSize Logical sector size in bytes for Ultra disks. Supported values are 512 ad 4096. 4096 is the default. int
securityDataUri If createOption is ImportSecure, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into VM guest state. string
sourceResourceId If createOption is Copy, this is the ARM id of the source snapshot or disk. string
sourceUri If createOption is Import, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into a managed disk. string
storageAccountId Required if createOption is Import. The Azure Resource Manager identifier of the storage account containing the blob to import as a disk. string
uploadSizeBytes If createOption is Upload, this is the size of the contents of the upload including the VHD footer. This value should be between 20972032 (20 MiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer) and 35183298347520 bytes (32 TiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer). int

ImageDiskReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a community Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
id A relative uri containing either a Platform Image Repository, user image, or Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
lun If the disk is created from an image's data disk, this is an index that indicates which of the data disks in the image to use. For OS disks, this field is null. int
sharedGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a direct shared Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string

Encryption

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set to use for enabling encryption at rest. string
type The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk. 'EncryptionAtRestWithCustomerKey'
'EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformAndCustomerKeys'
'EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformKey'

EncryptionSettingsCollection

Name Description Value
enabled Set this flag to true and provide DiskEncryptionKey and optional KeyEncryptionKey to enable encryption. Set this flag to false and remove DiskEncryptionKey and KeyEncryptionKey to disable encryption. If EncryptionSettings is null in the request object, the existing settings remain unchanged. bool (required)
encryptionSettings A collection of encryption settings, one for each disk volume. EncryptionSettingsElement[]
encryptionSettingsVersion Describes what type of encryption is used for the disks. Once this field is set, it cannot be overwritten. '1.0' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption with AAD app.'1.1' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption. string

EncryptionSettingsElement

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionKey Key Vault Secret Url and vault id of the disk encryption key KeyVaultAndSecretReference
keyEncryptionKey Key Vault Key Url and vault id of the key encryption key. KeyEncryptionKey is optional and when provided is used to unwrap the disk encryption key. KeyVaultAndKeyReference

KeyVaultAndSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

SourceVault

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

KeyVaultAndKeyReference

Name Description Value
keyUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

PurchasePlan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string (required)
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string (required)
promotionCode The Offer Promotion Code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string (required)

DiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set associated to Confidential VM supported disk encrypted with customer managed key string
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the VM. Applicable for OS disks only. 'ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithCustomerKey'
'ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithPlatformKey'
'ConfidentialVM_VMGuestStateOnlyEncryptedWithPlatformKey'
'TrustedLaunch'

SupportedCapabilities

Name Description Value
acceleratedNetwork True if the image from which the OS disk is created supports accelerated networking. bool
architecture CPU architecture supported by an OS disk. 'Arm64'
'x64'

DiskSku

Name Description Value
name The sku name. 'PremiumV2_LRS'
'Premium_LRS'
'Premium_ZRS'
'StandardSSD_LRS'
'StandardSSD_ZRS'
'Standard_LRS'
'UltraSSD_LRS'

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template Description
Deploy a 3 node Percona XtraDB Cluster in Availability Zones

Deploy to Azure		 This template deploys a 3 node MySQL high availability cluster on CentOS 6.5 or Ubuntu 12.04
Creates an ultra managed disk with a specific sector size.

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a new ultra managed disk allowing the user to specify a sector size of either 512 or 4096.
Create a VM from a EfficientIP VHD

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from a EfficientIP VHD and let you connect it to an existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group then the virtual machine
Create VM from existing VHDs and connect it to existingVNET

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from VHDs (OS + data disk) and let you connect it to an existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group then the virtual machine
Create a VM in a new or existing vnet from a custom VHD

Deploy to Azure		 This template creates a VM from a specialized VHD and let you connect it to a new or existing VNET that can reside in another Resource Group than the virtual machine
Windows Server VM with SSH

Deploy to Azure		 Deploy a single Windows VM with Open SSH enabled so that you can connect through SSH using key-based authentication.
Create Disk & enable protection via Backup Vault

Deploy to Azure		 Template that creates a disk and enables protection via Backup Vault
SQL VM Performance Optimized Storage Settings on UltraSSD

Deploy to Azure		 Create a SQL Server Virtual Machine with performance optimized storage settings, using UltraSSD for SQL Log files

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The disks resource type can be deployed to: Resource groups.

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Compute/disks resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Compute/disks@2022-03-02"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      burstingEnabled = bool
      completionPercent = int
      creationData = {
        createOption = "string"
        galleryImageReference = {
          communityGalleryImageId = "string"
          id = "string"
          lun = int
          sharedGalleryImageId = "string"
        }
        imageReference = {
          communityGalleryImageId = "string"
          id = "string"
          lun = int
          sharedGalleryImageId = "string"
        }
        logicalSectorSize = int
        securityDataUri = "string"
        sourceResourceId = "string"
        sourceUri = "string"
        storageAccountId = "string"
        uploadSizeBytes = int
      }
      dataAccessAuthMode = "string"
      diskAccessId = "string"
      diskIOPSReadWrite = int
      diskMBpsReadWrite = int
      diskSizeGB = int
      encryption = {
        diskEncryptionSetId = "string"
        type = "string"
      }
      encryptionSettingsCollection = {
        enabled = bool
        encryptionSettings = [
          {
            diskEncryptionKey = {
              secretUrl = "string"
              sourceVault = {
                id = "string"
              }
            }
            keyEncryptionKey = {
              keyUrl = "string"
              sourceVault = {
                id = "string"
              }
            }
          }
        ]
        encryptionSettingsVersion = "string"
      }
      hyperVGeneration = "string"
      maxShares = int
      networkAccessPolicy = "string"
      osType = "string"
      publicNetworkAccess = "string"
      purchasePlan = {
        name = "string"
        product = "string"
        promotionCode = "string"
        publisher = "string"
      }
      securityProfile = {
        secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId = "string"
        securityType = "string"
      }
      supportedCapabilities = {
        acceleratedNetwork = bool
        architecture = "string"
      }
      supportsHibernation = bool
      tier = "string"
    }
    zones = [
      "string"
    ]
    sku = {
      name = "string"
    }
    extendedLocation = {
      name = "string"
      type = "EdgeZone"
    }
  })
}

Property values

disks

Name Description Value
type The resource type "Microsoft.Compute/disks@2022-03-02"
name The resource name string (required)

Character limit: 1-80

Valid characters:
Alphanumerics, underscores, and hyphens.
location Resource location string (required)
parent_id To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group. string (required)
tags Resource tags Dictionary of tag names and values.
sku The disks sku name. Can be Standard_LRS, Premium_LRS, StandardSSD_LRS, UltraSSD_LRS, Premium_ZRS, StandardSSD_ZRS, or PremiumV2_LRS. DiskSku
extendedLocation The extended location where the disk will be created. Extended location cannot be changed. ExtendedLocation
properties Disk resource properties. DiskProperties
zones The Logical zone list for Disk. string[]

ExtendedLocation

Name Description Value
name The name of the extended location. string
type The type of the extended location. "EdgeZone"

DiskProperties

Name Description Value
burstingEnabled Set to true to enable bursting beyond the provisioned performance target of the disk. Bursting is disabled by default. Does not apply to Ultra disks. bool
completionPercent Percentage complete for the background copy when a resource is created via the CopyStart operation. int
creationData Disk source information. CreationData information cannot be changed after the disk has been created. CreationData (required)
dataAccessAuthMode Additional authentication requirements when exporting or uploading to a disk or snapshot. "AzureActiveDirectory"
"None"
diskAccessId ARM id of the DiskAccess resource for using private endpoints on disks. string
diskIOPSReadWrite The number of IOPS allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. One operation can transfer between 4k and 256k bytes. int
diskMBpsReadWrite The bandwidth allowed for this disk; only settable for UltraSSD disks. MBps means millions of bytes per second - MB here uses the ISO notation, of powers of 10. int
diskSizeGB If creationData.createOption is Empty, this field is mandatory and it indicates the size of the disk to create. If this field is present for updates or creation with other options, it indicates a resize. Resizes are only allowed if the disk is not attached to a running VM, and can only increase the disk's size. int
encryption Encryption property can be used to encrypt data at rest with customer managed keys or platform managed keys. Encryption
encryptionSettingsCollection Encryption settings collection used for Azure Disk Encryption, can contain multiple encryption settings per disk or snapshot. EncryptionSettingsCollection
hyperVGeneration The hypervisor generation of the Virtual Machine. Applicable to OS disks only. "V1"
"V2"
maxShares The maximum number of VMs that can attach to the disk at the same time. Value greater than one indicates a disk that can be mounted on multiple VMs at the same time. int
networkAccessPolicy Policy for accessing the disk via network. "AllowAll"
"AllowPrivate"
"DenyAll"
osType The Operating System type. "Linux"
"Windows"
publicNetworkAccess Policy for controlling export on the disk. "Disabled"
"Enabled"
purchasePlan Purchase plan information for the the image from which the OS disk was created. E.g. - {name: 2019-Datacenter, publisher: MicrosoftWindowsServer, product: WindowsServer} PurchasePlan
securityProfile Contains the security related information for the resource. DiskSecurityProfile
supportedCapabilities List of supported capabilities for the image from which the OS disk was created. SupportedCapabilities
supportsHibernation Indicates the OS on a disk supports hibernation. bool
tier Performance tier of the disk (e.g, P4, S10) as described here: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/managed-disks/. Does not apply to Ultra disks. string

CreationData

Name Description Value
createOption This enumerates the possible sources of a disk's creation. "Attach"
"Copy"
"CopyStart"
"Empty"
"FromImage"
"Import"
"ImportSecure"
"Restore"
"Upload"
"UploadPreparedSecure" (required)
galleryImageReference Required if creating from a Gallery Image. The id/sharedGalleryImageId/communityGalleryImageId of the ImageDiskReference will be the ARM id of the shared galley image version from which to create a disk. ImageDiskReference
imageReference Disk source information for PIR or user images. ImageDiskReference
logicalSectorSize Logical sector size in bytes for Ultra disks. Supported values are 512 ad 4096. 4096 is the default. int
securityDataUri If createOption is ImportSecure, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into VM guest state. string
sourceResourceId If createOption is Copy, this is the ARM id of the source snapshot or disk. string
sourceUri If createOption is Import, this is the URI of a blob to be imported into a managed disk. string
storageAccountId Required if createOption is Import. The Azure Resource Manager identifier of the storage account containing the blob to import as a disk. string
uploadSizeBytes If createOption is Upload, this is the size of the contents of the upload including the VHD footer. This value should be between 20972032 (20 MiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer) and 35183298347520 bytes (32 TiB + 512 bytes for the VHD footer). int

ImageDiskReference

Name Description Value
communityGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a community Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
id A relative uri containing either a Platform Image Repository, user image, or Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string
lun If the disk is created from an image's data disk, this is an index that indicates which of the data disks in the image to use. For OS disks, this field is null. int
sharedGalleryImageId A relative uri containing a direct shared Azure Compute Gallery image reference. string

Encryption

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set to use for enabling encryption at rest. string
type The type of key used to encrypt the data of the disk. "EncryptionAtRestWithCustomerKey"
"EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformAndCustomerKeys"
"EncryptionAtRestWithPlatformKey"

EncryptionSettingsCollection

Name Description Value
enabled Set this flag to true and provide DiskEncryptionKey and optional KeyEncryptionKey to enable encryption. Set this flag to false and remove DiskEncryptionKey and KeyEncryptionKey to disable encryption. If EncryptionSettings is null in the request object, the existing settings remain unchanged. bool (required)
encryptionSettings A collection of encryption settings, one for each disk volume. EncryptionSettingsElement[]
encryptionSettingsVersion Describes what type of encryption is used for the disks. Once this field is set, it cannot be overwritten. '1.0' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption with AAD app.'1.1' corresponds to Azure Disk Encryption. string

EncryptionSettingsElement

Name Description Value
diskEncryptionKey Key Vault Secret Url and vault id of the disk encryption key KeyVaultAndSecretReference
keyEncryptionKey Key Vault Key Url and vault id of the key encryption key. KeyEncryptionKey is optional and when provided is used to unwrap the disk encryption key. KeyVaultAndKeyReference

KeyVaultAndSecretReference

Name Description Value
secretUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

SourceVault

Name Description Value
id Resource Id string

KeyVaultAndKeyReference

Name Description Value
keyUrl Url pointing to a key or secret in KeyVault string (required)
sourceVault Resource id of the KeyVault containing the key or secret SourceVault (required)

PurchasePlan

Name Description Value
name The plan ID. string (required)
product Specifies the product of the image from the marketplace. This is the same value as Offer under the imageReference element. string (required)
promotionCode The Offer Promotion Code. string
publisher The publisher ID. string (required)

DiskSecurityProfile

Name Description Value
secureVMDiskEncryptionSetId ResourceId of the disk encryption set associated to Confidential VM supported disk encrypted with customer managed key string
securityType Specifies the SecurityType of the VM. Applicable for OS disks only. "ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithCustomerKey"
"ConfidentialVM_DiskEncryptedWithPlatformKey"
"ConfidentialVM_VMGuestStateOnlyEncryptedWithPlatformKey"
"TrustedLaunch"

SupportedCapabilities

Name Description Value
acceleratedNetwork True if the image from which the OS disk is created supports accelerated networking. bool
architecture CPU architecture supported by an OS disk. "Arm64"
"x64"

DiskSku

Name Description Value
name The sku name. "PremiumV2_LRS"
"Premium_LRS"
"Premium_ZRS"
"StandardSSD_LRS"
"StandardSSD_ZRS"
"Standard_LRS"
"UltraSSD_LRS"