How to configure a Cosmos Db collection during deployment

Question

When deploying a Cosmos Db database in GlobalDocumentDB mode using the Azure resource manager template there is no way to configure collections in the database during deployment that I can tell.

During a ARM template deployment is there any way to either (in order of preference)

1. Configure the collections in a Cosmos Db database directly in a way that I have overlooked.
2. Do a series of REST requests from within the template to configure the db.
3. Do a single REST request within the template to hit a Azure Function with a HttpTrigger that will configure the database.

Answer 1

You should be able to use these Templates.

• Containers:
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.documentdb/2015-04-08/databaseaccounts/apis/databases/containers
• Collections:
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.documentdb/2015-04-08/databaseaccounts/apis/databases/collections
• All Microsoft.DocumentDB Resource Types:
  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/microsoft.documentdb/allversions

These pages were published on 05/01/2019 & are for API version 2015-04-08.