API Connection - username and password in ARM template

Question

I want to provide username and password in the ARM template, such that it gets deployed and populated in Azure and can be seen under "Edit API Connection" in the Azure Portal.

Here is part of the ARM template:

"resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/connections",
      "apiVersion": "2016-06-01",
      "name": "[parameters('connections_sql_name')]",
      "location": "westeurope",
      "properties": {
        "displayName": "Test Connection Name",
        "parameterValues": {
          "server": "[parameters('sql_server')]",
          "database": "[parameters('sql_database')]",
          "authType": "[parameters('sql_authType')]",
          "userName": "[parameters('username')",
          "password": "[parameters('password')]"
        },
        "customParameterValues": {},
        "api": {
          "id": "[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionID, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/westeurope/managedApis/sql')]"
        }
      }
    }

Server, Database and AuthType gets populated, but I cannot get the userName and password parameters to get populated in the deployment.

Answer 1

The 'Edit API connection' page will not show the Username nor the Password because they are of type securestring.

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/sql/#creating-a-connection

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "connections_sql_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "connections_sql_name"
    },
    "sql_server": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "server201-dev-sql.database.windows.net"
    },
    "sql_database": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Incidents"
    },
    "sql_authType": {
      "type": "string",
      "defaultValue": "Windows"
    },
    "username": {
      "type": "securestring",
    },
    "password": {
      "type": "securestring"
    }
  },
  "variables": {},
  "resources": [
    {
      "type": "Microsoft.Web/connections",
      "apiVersion": "2016-06-01",
      "name": "[parameters('connections_sql_name')]",
      "location": "westeurope",
      "properties": {
        "displayName": "Test Connection Name",
        "parameterValues": {
          "server": "[parameters('sql_server')]",
          "database": "[parameters('sql_database')]",
          "authType": "[parameters('sql_authType')]",
          "userName": "[parameters('username')]",
          "password": "[parameters('password')]"
        },
        "customParameterValues": {},
        "api": {
          "id": "[concat('/subscriptions/', subscription().subscriptionID, '/providers/Microsoft.Web/locations/westeurope/managedApis/sql')]"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}