Is there any way to completely automate QnAMaker based Azure Bot with ARM template

Question

I am looking for a solution where i should be able to create and configure Azure Bot completely with help of ARM template (It should include creating resources, KB & Web App bot)

• I have ARM template that create/automate required Cognitive Service, App Service, App insight and Search service on portal
• The created Services are properly configured and all the app settings are dynamic with correct reference.
• The next step is it should allow to create Knowledgebase through some automated script (PowerShell preferably) within the same execution, though there is script available to create KB but i am not sure how we can get latest created OCP APIM key and use it for creating knowledge base.

My Question is:

Is there any way we can completely automate

1. Resource Creation
2. Knowledgebase creation
3. Creating Web App Bot

Within single automation script as they are inter dependent (KB on Services, Web App Bot on KB) i hardly found relevant article to achieve this.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Create a KB using the QnAMaker service deployed via ARM. Our ready ARM Templates are available here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates. Below the endpoint keys are inserted in app config of the qna maker app service.

{
            "type": "Microsoft.Web/sites",
            "apiVersion": "2016-08-01",
            "name": "[variables('qnaMakerWebName')]",
            "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
            "properties": {
                "enabled": true,
                "httpsOnly": true,
                "siteConfig": {
                    "cors": {
                        "allowedOrigins": []                                                   
                    }
                },
                "name": "[toLower(variables('qnaMakerWebName'))]",
                "serverFarmId": "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('serverFarmName'))]",
                "hostingEnvironment": ""
            },
            "tags": {
                "isqnamaker": "true",
                "solution": "[parameters('resourceSolutionTag')]",
                "[concat('hidden-related:', resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('serverFarmName')))]": "empty"
            },
            "dependsOn": [
                "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/serverfarms', variables('serverFarmName'))]",
                "[resourceId('microsoft.insights/components', variables('appInsightsName'))]",
                "[concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))]"
            ],
            "resources": [
                {
                    "apiVersion": "2015-08-01",
                    "name": "appsettings",
                    "type": "config",
                    "dependsOn": [
                        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('qnaMakerWebName'))]",
                        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Search/searchServices/', variables('azureSearchName'))]",
                        "[resourceId('microsoft.insights/components', variables('appInsightsName'))]"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                        "AzureSearchName": "[variables('azureSearchName')]",
                        "AzureSearchAdminKey": "[listAdminKeys(resourceId('Microsoft.Search/searchServices/', variables('azureSearchName')), '2015-08-19').primaryKey]",
                        "UserAppInsightsKey": "[reference(resourceId('microsoft.insights/components/', variables('appInsightsName')), '2015-05-01').InstrumentationKey]",
                        "UserAppInsightsName": "[variables('appInsightsName')]",
                        "UserAppInsightsAppId": "[reference(resourceId('microsoft.insights/components/', variables('appInsightsName')), '2015-05-01').AppId]",
                        "PrimaryEndpointKey": "[concat(variables('qnaMakerWebName'), '-PrimaryEndpointKey')]",
                        "SecondaryEndpointKey": "[concat(variables('qnaMakerWebName'), '-SecondaryEndpointKey')]",
                        "DefaultAnswer": "No good match found in KB.",
                        "QNAMAKER_EXTENSION_VERSION": "latest"
                    }
                },
                {
                    "apiVersion": "2018-02-01",
                    "type": "config",
                    "name": "logs",
                    "dependsOn": [
                        "[resourceId('Microsoft.Web/Sites', variables('qnaMakerWebName'))]"
                    ],
                    "properties": {
                        "applicationLogs": {
                            "fileSystem": {
                                "level": "Warning",
                                "retentionInDays": 7
                            },
                            "azureBlobStorage": {
                                "level": "Verbose",
                                "sasUrl": "[concat(reference(concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))).primaryEndpoints.blob, parameters('storageAccountContainerQnaAppLog'), '?', listAccountSas(variables('storageAccountName'), '2018-02-01', variables('listAccountSasRequestContent')).accountSasToken)]",
                                "retentionInDays": 7
                            }
                        },
                        "httpLogs": {
                            "fileSystem": {
                                "retentionInMb": 35,
                                "retentionInDays": 7,
                                "enabled": false
                            },
                            "azureBlobStorage": {
                                "enabled": true,
                                "sasUrl": "[concat(reference(concat('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/', variables('storageAccountName'))).primaryEndpoints.blob, parameters('storageAccountContainerQnaWebLog'), '?', listAccountSas(variables('storageAccountName'), '2018-02-01', variables('listAccountSasRequestContent')).accountSasToken)]",
                                "retentionInDays": 7
                            }
                        },
                        "detailedErrorMessages": {
                            "enabled": true
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        }

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