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I have 3 VMs - eusvmdev01-3
Each VM has 6 attached data disks
The code below creates 6 disks for the first VM.
Is there an easier way to create the rest with a loop?

param location string

resource sharedDisk 'Microsoft.Compute/disks@2024-03-02' = [
  for i in range(1, 6): {
    location: location
    name: 'eusvmdev01-data${i}'
    properties: {
      creationData: {
        createOption: 'Empty'
      }
      diskSizeGB: 127
      osType: 'Linux'
    }
    sku: {
      name: 'Standard_LRS'
    }
  }
]

you are already using a loop for disks. do you mean loop over the VM and the VM disks? — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented May 2 at 1:02
Thomas, thanks. This worked perfectly. I'm just getting started with bicep, this helped tremenously. — sinyce
– sinyce, Commented May 4 at 15:27

Thomas · Accepted Answer · 2025-05-02 02:19:56Z

You can create a module to create the disk and attach the disks to the vm.

// Module vm.bicep
param location string
param vmPrefix string
param vmIdex int

// Create disks
resource disks 'Microsoft.Compute/disks@2024-03-02' = [
  for i in range(1, 6): {
    location: location
    name: '${vmPrefix}${vmIdex}-data${i+1}'
    properties: {
      creationData: {
        createOption: 'Empty'
      }
      diskSizeGB: 127
      osType: 'Linux'
    }
    sku: {
      name: 'Standard_LRS'
    }
  }
]

// Create vm and attach disks
resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2024-11-01' = {
  name: '${vmPrefix}${vmIdex}'
  location: location
  properties: {
    storageProfile: {
      dataDisks: [
        for i in range(0, 5): {
          lun: i
          createOption: 'Attach'
          managedDisk: {
            id: disks[i].id
          }
        }
      ]
    }
    ...
  }
}

Then you can invoke it multiple times from your main bicep:

// main.bicep
param location string = resourceGroup().location
param vmPrefix string = 'eusvmdev0'

// Create 3 VMs
module vms 'vm.bicep' = [
  for i in range(1, 3): {
    params: {
      location: location
      vmPrefix: vmPrefix
      vmIdex: i
    }
  }
]

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