{
  "builders": [{
    "type": "azure-arm",
    "client_id": "client_id",
    "client_secret": "client_secret",
    "tenant_id": "tenant_id",
    "subscription_id": "subscription_id",
    "managed_image_resource_group_name": "resource_group_name",
    "managed_image_name": "random_name",
    "os_type": "Linux",
    "image_publisher": "Canonical",
    "image_offer": "UbuntuServer",
    "image_sku": "18.04-LTS",
    "azure_tags": {
        "dept": "Engineering",
        "task": "Image deployment"
    "location": "custom_location",
    "vm_size": "Standard_DS2_v2"
  "provisioners": [{
    "execute_command": "chmod +x {{ .Path }}; {{ .Vars }} sudo -E sh '{{ .Path }}'",
    "inline": [
      "apt-get update",
      "apt-get upgrade -y",
      "apt-get -y install nginx",
      "/usr/sbin/waagent -force -deprovision+user && export HISTSIZE=0 && sync"
    "inline_shebang": "/bin/sh -x",
    "type": "shell"
}

azure-arm: output will be in this color.
==> azure-arm: Running builder ...
==> azure-arm: Getting tokens using client secret
==> azure-arm: Getting tokens using client secret
    azure-arm: Creating Azure Resource Manager (ARM) client ...