Quick way to get started with Azure ARM templates

For those who don't fully grasp the power of 'infrastructure as code', there's this awesome github repo out there that allows you to one-click-deploy ARM templates for a whole range of setups. Check it out here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-quickstart-templates .

Go inside one of the folders to see the JSON sources and possible scripts:

For instance - want to spin up a Linux box on Azure with Mesos on it ? No problem:

By the way - these are the templates that drive the website https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/templates/

Got any of your own templates you want to contribute? That too is no problem - just fork and send a pull-request.