Azure-quickstart-templates: 'Could not find member 'reference' on object of type 'TemplateInputParameter'.

[mikkoc]

Having issue using KeyVault to fetch secret parameters to my ARM template.

Snippet

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "adminUsername": {
      "type": "securestring",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "User name for the Virtual Machine."
      }
    },
    "adminPassword": {
      "reference": {
        "keyVault": {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{sub_id}/resourceGroups/{groupname}/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/{myVault}"
        },
        "secretName": "password"
      },
      "type": "securestring",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Password for the Virtual Machine."
      }
    }
[...]
  }

Invoking the template as follows:
azure group deployment create -g TestResourceGroup -f simplevm.json -e simplevm.parameters.json -n TestDeployment

I still get prompted for an adminPassword, which instead should be taken from KeyVault (permissions are OK). After I enter I fake password, it fails:

info:    Executing command group deployment create
info:    Supply values for the following parameters
adminPassword:  fakepwd
+ Initializing template configurations and parameters                          
+ Creating a deployment                                                        
error:   InvalidRequestContent : The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: 'Could not find member 'reference' on object of type 'TemplateInputParameter'. Path 'properties.template.parameters.adminPassword.reference', line 1, position 293.'.
error:   Deployment validate failed.

$ azure --version
0.10.7 (node: 5.1.0)

[dvanderslice]

Same issue here. Did you ever get this working?

[michaelbowman1024]

Did you ever get this working?

[thinkbeforecoding]

I also tried to keep the password parameter definition without default value, and pass the value as reference in the dynamic parameters like this:

{
  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
  "parameters": {
    "adminUsername": {
      "type": "securestring",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "User name for the Virtual Machine."
      }
    },
    "adminPassword": {
      "type": "securestring",
      "metadata": {
        "description": "Password for the Virtual Machine."
      }
    }
[...]
  }

parameters

{
    "$schema": "http://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentParameters.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
     "adminPassword": {
      "reference": {
        "keyVault": {
          "id": "/subscriptions/{sub_id}/resourceGroups/{groupname}/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/{myVault}"
        },
        "secretName": "password"
      }
  }
}

But I get the following error:
'Could not find member 'reference' on object of type 'TemplateInputParameter'

How is it meant to work ?

[thinkbeforecoding]

After a new try, it's working...
I had accidentally an invalid schema in the template file... my bad.

[fullenw1]

Please can you provide the schema you used for?
I have the same error message...

[JJ]

Same here...

[jsiegmund]

This error is due to using the "reference" object within the main ARM template itself. That won't work, instead you need to use it in a separate parameters json file which you pass to the resource group deployment task on execution (azure group deployment create or New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment).

[hemapriyamaheswaran]

I also have the same issue. but I got this following error. How to I rectify it?

Azure Error: InvalidRequestContent
Message: The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: 'Could not find member 'networkProfile' on object of type 'TemplateResource'. Path 'properties.template.resources[1].networkProfile', line 1, position 623.'.

[tauqirghani]

I have the same error on importing certificate for a custom domain.
The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: 'Could not find member 'SubscriptionId' on object of type 'ResourceDefinition'. Path 'SubscriptionId', line 1, position 56.'.

[Vindi-Van]

Was this issue resolved? I am experiencing the same

[karatyman]

Usually when I see this error I'm missing a bracket or a quote or something from a previous block

[n-irwin]

Is this still an issue? I'm having the same trouble

Open 2016... jeez