feat: Enhance CI/CD pipeline with deployment output handling and Bicep module outputs

Author: emmanuelknafo

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           Write-Host "Deployment Name: $deploymentName" -ForegroundColor Green
 
           # Deploy using inline parameters instead of parameters file
-          az deployment sub create `
+          $deployment = az deployment sub create `
             --name $deploymentName `
             --location $location `
             --template-file ./blueprints/gh-aspnet-webapp/bicep/main.bicep `
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ jobs:
             --parameters webAppName=$webAppName `
             --parameters location=$location `
             --parameters containerImage=$containerImage `
-            --parameters resourceGroupName=$resourceGroupName
+            --parameters resourceGroupName=$resourceGroupName `
+            --query "properties.outputs" -o json
 
           if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
             Write-Error "Deployment failed with exit code: $LASTEXITCODE"
@@ -108,10 +109,23 @@ jobs:
 
           Write-Host "Deployment completed successfully!" -ForegroundColor Green
 
-          # Set outputs for subsequent jobs
-          echo "acr_name=$acrName" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "webapp_name=$webAppName" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "webapp_url=https://$webAppName.azurewebsites.net" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Parse deployment outputs to get actual resource names (with unique suffix)
+          $outputs = $deployment | ConvertFrom-Json
+          $actualWebAppName = $outputs.webAppName.value
+          $actualWebAppUrl = $outputs.webAppUrl.value
+          $actualAcrLoginServer = $outputs.acrLoginServer.value
+          # Extract ACR name from login server (e.g., "myacr123abc.azurecr.io" -> "myacr123abc")
+          $actualAcrName = $actualAcrLoginServer -replace '\.azurecr\.io$', ''
+
+          Write-Host "=== Deployed Resource Names ===" -ForegroundColor Cyan
+          Write-Host "Actual Web App Name: $actualWebAppName" -ForegroundColor Green
+          Write-Host "Actual Web App URL: $actualWebAppUrl" -ForegroundColor Green
+          Write-Host "Actual ACR Name: $actualAcrName" -ForegroundColor Green
+
+          # Set outputs for subsequent jobs using actual deployed names
+          echo "acr_name=$actualAcrName" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "webapp_name=$actualWebAppName" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "webapp_url=$actualWebAppUrl" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "resource_group=$resourceGroupName" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Configure ACR Managed Identity

blueprints/gh-aspnet-webapp/bicep/main.bicep

@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ module resourcesInRG './resources.bicep' = {
     containerImage: containerImage
   }
 }
+
+// Expose outputs from the module for use in CI/CD pipelines
+output webAppName string = resourcesInRG.outputs.webAppName
+output webAppUrl string = resourcesInRG.outputs.webAppUrl
+output acrLoginServer string = resourcesInRG.outputs.acrLoginServer
+output webAppPrincipalId string = resourcesInRG.outputs.webAppPrincipalId