Azure Resource Provider Requirements

FoundationaLLM requires specific Azure Resource Providers to be registered in your subscription before deployment.

Overview

Azure Resource Providers enable specific Azure services. If a required provider is not registered, deployment will fail with a "resource provider not registered" error.

Quick Start Deployment Requirements

The following providers are required for Quick Start (ACA) deployments:

Resource Provider	Service
`microsoft.alertsmanagement/smartDetectorAlertRules`	Smart detection alerts
`Microsoft.App/containerApps`	Container Apps
`Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments`	Container Apps environments
`Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores`	App Configuration
`Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts`	Azure OpenAI, Content Safety
`Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts`	Cosmos DB
`Microsoft.EventGrid/namespaces`	Event Grid
`Microsoft.EventGrid/systemTopics`	Event Grid system topics
`Microsoft.Insights/components`	Application Insights
`Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults`	Key Vault
`Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities`	Managed identities
`Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces`	Log Analytics
`Microsoft.Portal/dashboards`	Azure dashboards
`Microsoft.Search/searchServices`	Azure AI Search
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts`	Storage accounts

Standard Deployment Requirements

The Standard (AKS) deployment requires additional providers:

Resource Provider	Service
`microsoft.alertsmanagement/smartDetectorAlertRules`	Smart detection alerts
`Microsoft.AppConfiguration/configurationStores`	App Configuration
`Microsoft.CognitiveServices/accounts`	Azure OpenAI, Content Safety
`Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets`	VM scale sets (AKS nodes)
`Microsoft.ContainerService/managedClusters`	AKS clusters
`Microsoft.DocumentDB/databaseAccounts`	Cosmos DB
`Microsoft.EventGrid/namespaces`	Event Grid
`Microsoft.EventGrid/systemTopics`	Event Grid system topics
`Microsoft.Insights/actiongroups`	Alert action groups
`Microsoft.Insights/components`	Application Insights
`Microsoft.Insights/metricalerts`	Metric alerts
`microsoft.insights/privateLinkScopes`	Private link for monitoring
`Microsoft.Insights/scheduledqueryrules`	Log query alerts
`Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults`	Key Vault
`Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities`	Managed identities
`Microsoft.Network/loadBalancers`	Load balancers
`Microsoft.Network/networkInterfaces`	Network interfaces
`Microsoft.Network/networkSecurityGroups`	NSGs
`Microsoft.Network/privateEndpoints`	Private endpoints
`Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses`	Public IPs
`Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks`	Virtual networks
`Microsoft.OperationalInsights/workspaces`	Log Analytics
`Microsoft.OperationsManagement/solutions`	Management solutions
`Microsoft.Search/searchServices`	Azure AI Search
`Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts`	Storage accounts

Checking Provider Registration

Azure Portal

Navigate to your subscription
Select Settings > Resource providers
Search for the provider name
Check the Status column

Azure CLI

# List all providers and their status
az provider list --output table

# Check specific provider
az provider show --namespace Microsoft.App --query "registrationState"

PowerShell

# List all providers
Get-AzResourceProvider | Select-Object ProviderNamespace, RegistrationState

# Check specific provider
(Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.App).RegistrationState

Registering Providers

Azure Portal

Navigate to Subscription > Resource providers
Search for the provider
Select the provider
Click Register

Azure CLI

# Register a provider
az provider register --namespace Microsoft.App

# Wait for registration (may take several minutes)
az provider show --namespace Microsoft.App --query "registrationState" --output tsv

PowerShell

# Register a provider
Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.App

# Check status
(Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace Microsoft.App).RegistrationState

Bulk Registration Script

$providers = @(
    "Microsoft.App",
    "Microsoft.AppConfiguration",
    "Microsoft.CognitiveServices",
    "Microsoft.Compute",
    "Microsoft.ContainerService",
    "Microsoft.DocumentDB",
    "Microsoft.EventGrid",
    "Microsoft.Insights",
    "Microsoft.KeyVault",
    "Microsoft.ManagedIdentity",
    "Microsoft.Network",
    "Microsoft.OperationalInsights",
    "Microsoft.OperationsManagement",
    "Microsoft.Search",
    "Microsoft.Storage"
)

foreach ($provider in $providers) {
    Write-Host "Registering $provider..."
    Register-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace $provider
}

# Wait and verify
Start-Sleep -Seconds 30
foreach ($provider in $providers) {
    $status = (Get-AzResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace $provider).RegistrationState
    Write-Host "$provider : $status"
}

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
"Resource provider not registered"	Register the provider shown in error
Registration stuck in "Registering"	Wait up to 10 minutes, then retry
"Authorization failed"	Ensure you have Contributor role on subscription
Provider not available	Check if service is available in your region

Required Permissions

To register resource providers, you need:

Contributor or Owner role on the subscription, OR
A custom role with Microsoft.*/register/action permission

Table of Contents

Azure Resource Provider Requirements

Overview

Quick Start Deployment Requirements

Standard Deployment Requirements

Checking Provider Registration

Azure Portal

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Registering Providers

Azure Portal

Azure CLI

PowerShell

Bulk Registration Script

Troubleshooting

Required Permissions

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