We have now covered all of the essential elements needed when creating a template. The following code shows a template including parameters, variables, resources, and outputs. This code is available in the chapter-3 - listing1.txt file in the accompanying chapter code:

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "customTags": {
      "type": "object",
      "defaultValue": {
        "Dept": "Technology",
        "Environment": "Production"
      }
    },
    "storageAccountName": { "type": "string" },
    "storageAccountType": {"type": "string"}
  },
  "variables": {
  },
  "resources": [
    {
      "apiVersion": "2018-02-01",
      "name": "[parameters('storageAccountName')]",
      "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
      "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
      "tags": "[parameters('customTags')]",
      "sku": {
        "name": "[parameters('storageAccountType')]"
      },
      "kind": "Storage",
      "properties": {
        "encryption": {
          "services": {
            "blob": {
              "enabled": true
            },
            "file": null
          },
          "keySource": "Microsoft.Storage"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "outputs": {
    "storage": {
      "type": "object",
      "value": "[reference(parameters('storageAccountName'))]"
    }
  }
}