First, let’s look at tagging through templates. This template places tags on the following resources: Compute (Virtual Machine), Storage (Storage Account), and Network (Public IP Address, Virtual Network, and Network Interface). This template is for a Windows VM but can be adapted for Linux VMs.
Click the Deploy to Azure button from the template link. This will navigate to the Azure portal where you can deploy this template.
This template includes the following tags: Department, Application, and Created By. You can add/edit these tags directly in the template if you would like different tag names.
As you can see, the tags are defined as key/value pairs, separated by a colon (:). The tags must be defined in this format:
“tags”: {
“Key1” : ”Value1”,
“Key2” : “Value2”
}
Save the template file after you finish editing it with the tags of your choice.
Next, in the Edit Parameters section, you can fill out the values for your tags.
Click Create to deploy this template with your tag values.
After creating your resources with tags, you can view, add, and delete tags in the portal.
Select the tags icon to view your tags:
Add a new tag through the portal by defining your own Key/Value pair, and save it.
Your new tag should now appear in the list of tags for your resource.
