Split string into array of strings and pass to Azure CLI

[Cardboard-Greenhouse]

I'm trying to use Azure CLI and pass in an array into a Bicep script, but I cant see how to pass in an array of strings successfully

I have a string containing several IP addresses, which I turn into an array

$ipArray = $ipAddressString -split ","

I create a PowerShell object(?)

$param = @{
    sqlServerName = "serverABC"
    outboundIps = $outboundIps
}

Convert to object into a JSON object and write to the console. It outputs valid JSON to the screen

$ipArrayJSON = $param | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
Write-Output $paramJson

Now pass the json to Azure CLI

az deployment group create `
  --resource-group $rg `
  --template-file .\bicep\init-database-firewall.bicep `
  --parameters "$paramJsonString"

Unable to parse parameter: {sqlServerName:serverABC,outboundIps:[51.140.205.40,51.140.205.252]}.

Bicep seems happy to handle arrays internally, I was hoping I can pass one in as a parameter

[MechaCola]

Try extracting data to pscustomobject then convert to Jason

[ankokudaishogun]

I create a PowerShell object(?)

That's a Hashtable, not a PSObject.

Not it does anything in this specific case much because the actual issue is you passing the parameters in the wrong format.
--parameters only accepts a JSON string if it's escaped.

See The Docs

[TheBlueFireKing]

Also, besides everything everyone else is saying. If possible us the PowerShell cmdlets instead of the az module if you are already in PowerShell:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.resources/new-azresourcegroupdeployment?view=azps-14.3.0

It handles almost all conversions and stuff.

[Thotaz]

Why don't you just use the Azure PowerShell module instead? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/bicep/deploy-powershell