hashicorp / hashicorp/packer-plugin-azure

[azure-arm] Allow specifying azure availability zone in the packer template

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Description

_This issue was originally opened by @miketimofeev as hashicorp/packer#10648. It was migrated here as a result of the [Packer plugin split](https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/8610#issuecomment-770034737). The original body of the issue is below._


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#### Description
Recently we've started experiencing issues during VM creation in Azure without specifying availability zone:
`azure-arm: resources.DeploymentsClient#CreateOrUpdate: Failure sending request: StatusCode=400 -- Original Error: Code="InvalidTemplateDeployment" Message="The template deployment failed with error: 'The resource with id: '/subscriptions/***/resourceGroups/99275_ubuntu1604/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/pkrvmkeubkm2jhf' failed validation with message: 'The requested size for resource '/subscriptions/***/resourceGroups/99275_ubuntu1604/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/pkrvmkeubkm2jhf' is currently not available in location '***' zones '' for subscription '***'. Please try another size or deploy to a different location or zones. See https://aka.ms/azureskunotavailable for details.'.'."`

The same happens when trying to create VM through the Azure portal with the following settings:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48208649/108206516-8bf28980-7137-11eb-9a88-3b026c67f4ed.png)

However, VM creates just fine using any available zone:
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/48208649/108206789-f4da0180-7137-11eb-874a-8fdfc77abcaf.png)

In the azure deploying template it looks like this:
```
"zones": [
"[parameters('zone')]"
]

```

Unfortunately, we can't find such parameter in packer templates so our VM generation is blocked and we're trying to solve the issue through Azure support.

#### Use Case(s)

See above

#### Potential configuration

```
"type": "azure-arm",
"location": "westus2",
"az": "1",
```

#### Potential References

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

No source files or tests are named. Start by locating the azure-arm template handling and Azure deployment generation, then compare the proposed "az" setting with the deployment's zones parameter. Done means a configured availability zone is accepted and used during VM creation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
azure, go
Domain
cloud, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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