Service Bus topic subscription naming convention
The CAF abbreviation for Service Bus topic subscription is sbts.
Names can be 1 to 50 characters long and allow alphanumerics, hyphens and underscores.
The name must be unique within the parent resource.
Naming rules
| CAF abbreviation | sbts |
|---|---|
| Length | 1 to 50 characters |
| Allowed characters | Alphanumerics (a-z, A-Z, 0-9), hyphens, underscores |
| Scope of uniqueness | Unique within the parent resource |
| CAF pattern | sbts-{workload}-{environment}-{region}-{instance} |
Rules follow Microsoft's resource naming rules and CAF abbreviations. Some resource types have extra start/end character restrictions, so verify against the official docs before locking in a convention.
Example names
Generated by the same engine as the name generator, so length and character rules are already applied.
| Scenario | Generated name | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Payments API, production | sbts-payments-prod-eus-001 | 26/50 |
| Web app, development | sbts-webapp-dev-weu-002 | 23/50 |
| Analytics with company prefix | sbts-contoso-analytics-stage-uks-001 | 36/50 |
Naming in Terraform and Bicep
Build the name from variables so one module produces the right name in every environment.
locals {
service_bus_topic_sub_name = "sbts-${var.workload}-${var.environment}-${var.region}-001"
} var serviceBusTopicSubName = 'sbts-${workload}-${environment}-${region}-001' Generate Service Bus topic subscription names for your workload
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