Is it possible to set the Target Scope globally to Resource Group?

[Sandor Drieënhuizen (sandord)]

Currently, when using azd infra generate from an Aspire solution, I see that main.bicep sets the TargetScope to Subscription.

Is it possible to use the distributed application builder to configure the TargetScope as ResourceGroup for the entire deployment?

I know this can be done at the resource level but I need to do it globally because otherwise, azd starts performing checks in the subscription scope which I don't have permissions for.

Basically, what I want is to use an existing resource group instead of creating a new one.

[Francesco Del Re (engineering87)]

Hello Sandor Drieënhuizen (@sandord),
yes, try to change your main.bicep to:

targetScope = 'resourceGroup'

Then set AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP in your azd environment:

azd env set AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP <your-resourcegroup>

This makes azd deploy to that resource group and avoids subscription-scope checks.

[Sandor Drieënhuizen (sandord)]

Thank you but I'm looking for a way to do this from code in the AppHost, using the distributed application builder.

[Francesco Del Re (engineering87)]

Thank you but I'm looking for a way to do this from code in the AppHost, using the distributed application builder.

I don’t believe there’s a way to set the Bicep targetScope from code in the AppHost\DistributedApplicationBuilder. Aspire’s APIs let you configure Azure resources but deployment scope is handled by azd and the generated Bicep.

[David Fowler (davidfowl)]

There's no way to change it from the apphost as yet but there will be.

[Sandor Drieënhuizen (sandord)]

There's no way to change it from the apphost as yet but there will be.

I wonder if any progress has been made in this regard.

I'm using a git patch in my pipeline to update the bicep output automatically and I'd love to get rid of that step.