ResourceModules VS PSRule

Compare ResourceModules vs PSRule and see what are their differences.

ResourceModules

This repository includes a CI platform for and collection of mature and curated Bicep modules. The platform supports both ARM and Bicep and can be leveraged using GitHub actions as well as Azure DevOps pipelines. (by Azure)
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ResourceModules PSRule
12 2
715 343
2.2% 1.5%
9.6 9.2
2 days ago 6 days ago
Bicep C#
MIT License MIT License
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ResourceModules

Posts with mentions or reviews of ResourceModules. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-17.
  • In GitHub, how does Microsoft automatically update the README.md of a respective module?
    2 projects | /r/AZURE | 17 Mar 2023
  • Anyone using ACR Repository for Bicep Modules with ADO?
    5 projects | /r/azuredevops | 24 Feb 2023
  • Devops Pipeline + Bicep - Advice on how to structure
    4 projects | /r/azuredevops | 22 Feb 2023
    For modularized Bicep, I'd suggest you to take a look at Common Azure Resource Modules Library - probably not much of an use right now if you have implemented everything, but could be of use if you feel like refactoring something. I wouldn't suggest it as an example on how to do custom bicep implementation, but one can certainly take some inspiration from there, if not directly using the modules.
  • ARM / Bicep template development just by hand?
    4 projects | /r/AZURE | 3 Jan 2023
    What I found is that using the Resource Modules (https://github.com/Azure/ResourceModules) repo is the best approach. It simplifies the authoring quite a lot in my opinion. And every module on the repo is bicep. But since the modules are created by Microsoft/the community, not every resource or service has a ready module. I have been using it for the last 6-8 months, and find it covers 90% of my scenarios. And each module is quite well documented, but in some cases you have to study the module to figure out the required inputs.
  • Bicep templates
    2 projects | /r/devops | 21 Nov 2022
  • Question on detection multiple path changes
    3 projects | /r/azuredevops | 30 May 2022
    The https://github.com/Azure/ResourceModules repo (which I recommend strongly, if you are just starting with template specs/bicep modules) seems to be at least referencing https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning though when I peeked at their pipelines I'm not sure if they are actually utilizing it for version numbers. For me it was a bit too complex approach, but might suit you.

PSRule

Posts with mentions or reviews of PSRule. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-24.
  • Anyone using ACR Repository for Bicep Modules with ADO?
    5 projects | /r/azuredevops | 24 Feb 2023
    As for the actual usage of Private Registry, we have two separate Azure DevOps pipelines; one for pull requests, that generates a simple markdown doc for the parametrs and runs psrule scan on the module(s). Another pipeline then pushes the modules to the private registry with az bicep publish.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ResourceModules and PSRule you can also consider the following projects:

SharePointDsc - The SharePointDsc PowerShell module provides DSC resources that can be used to deploy and manage a SharePoint farm

opnazure - This template allows you to deploy an OPNsense Firewall Azure VM using the opnsense-bootsrtap installation method

PowerShellEditorServices - A common platform for PowerShell development support in any editor or application!

SqlDatabaseWithAzureAd - Sample Pulumi code for provisioning an Azure SQL Database with Active Directory authentication configured.

avdaccelerator - AVD Accelerator deployment automation to simplify the setup of AVD (Azure Virtual Desktop) based on best practices

PowerShell - PowerShell for every system!

FARGonautica

PSDocs - Generate documentation from Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

PSBicep - This is the repo for the Bicep PowerShell Module.

bicep-registry-modules - Bicep registry modules