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Azure Resource Manager SDK for Cosmos DB in .NET.

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Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB (.NET)

Management plane SDK for provisioning and managing Azure Cosmos DB resources via Azure Resource Manager.

⚠️ Management vs Data Plane

  • This SDK (Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB): Create accounts, databases, containers, configure throughput, manage RBAC
  • Data Plane SDK (Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos): CRUD operations on documents, queries, stored procedures execution

Installation

dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB
dotnet add package Azure.Identity

Current Versions: Stable v1.4.0, Preview v1.4.0-beta.13

Environment Variables

AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<your-subscription-id>
# For service principal auth (optional)
AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id>
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<client-secret>

Authentication

using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB;

// Always use DefaultAzureCredential
var credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
var armClient = new ArmClient(credential);

// Get subscription
var subscriptionId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID");
var subscription = armClient.GetSubscriptionResource(
    new ResourceIdentifier($"/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}"));

Resource Hierarchy

ArmClient
└── SubscriptionResource
    └── ResourceGroupResource
        └── CosmosDBAccountResource
            ├── CosmosDBSqlDatabaseResource
            │   └── CosmosDBSqlContainerResource
            │       ├── CosmosDBSqlStoredProcedureResource
            │       ├── CosmosDBSqlTriggerResource
            │       └── CosmosDBSqlUserDefinedFunctionResource
            ├── CassandraKeyspaceResource
            ├── GremlinDatabaseResource
            ├── MongoDBDatabaseResource
            └── CosmosDBTableResource

Core Workflow

1. Create Cosmos DB Account

using Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB;
using Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB.Models;

// Get resource group
var resourceGroup = await subscription
    .GetResourceGroupAsync("my-resource-group");

// Define account
var accountData = new CosmosDBAccountCreateOrUpdateContent(
    location: AzureLocation.EastUS,
    locations: new[]
    {
        new CosmosDBAccountLocation
        {
            LocationName = AzureLocation.EastUS,
            FailoverPriority = 0,
            IsZoneRedundant = false
        }
    })
{
    Kind = CosmosDBAccountKind.GlobalDocumentDB,
    ConsistencyPolicy = new ConsistencyPolicy(DefaultConsistencyLevel.Session),
    EnableAutomaticFailover = true
};

// Create account (long-running operation)
var accountCollection = resourceGroup.Value.GetCosmosDBAccounts();
var operation = await accountCollection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
    WaitUntil.Completed,
    "my-cosmos-account",
    accountData);

CosmosDBAccountResource account = operation.Value;

2. Create SQL Database

var databaseData = new CosmosDBSqlDatabaseCreateOrUpdateContent(
    new CosmosDBSqlDatabaseResourceInfo("my-database"));

var databaseCollection = account.GetCosmosDBSqlDatabases();
var dbOperation = await databaseCollection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
    WaitUntil.Completed,
    "my-database",
    databaseData);

CosmosDBSqlDatabaseResource database = dbOperation.Value;

3. Create SQL Container

var containerData = new CosmosDBSqlContainerCreateOrUpdateContent(
    new CosmosDBSqlContainerResourceInfo("my-container")
    {
        PartitionKey = new CosmosDBContainerPartitionKey
        {
            Paths = { "/partitionKey" },
            Kind = CosmosDBPartitionKind.Hash
        },
        IndexingPolicy = new CosmosDBIndexingPolicy
        {
            Automatic = true,
            IndexingMode = CosmosDBIndexingMode.Consistent
        },
        DefaultTtl = 86400 // 24 hours
    });

var containerCollection = database.GetCosmosDBSqlContainers();
var containerOperation = await containerCollection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
    WaitUntil.Completed,
    "my-container",
    containerData);

CosmosDBSqlContainerResource container = containerOperation.Value;

4. Configure Throughput

// Manual throughput
var throughputData = new ThroughputSettingsUpdateData(
    new ThroughputSettingsResourceInfo
    {
        Throughput = 400
    });

// Autoscale throughput
var autoscaleData = new ThroughputSettingsUpdateData(
    new ThroughputSettingsResourceInfo
    {
        AutoscaleSettings = new AutoscaleSettingsResourceInfo
        {
            MaxThroughput = 4000
        }
    });

// Apply to database
await database.CreateOrUpdateCosmosDBSqlDatabaseThroughputAsync(
    WaitUntil.Completed,
    throughputData);

5. Get Connection Information

// Get keys
var keys = await account.GetKeysAsync();
Console.WriteLine($"Primary Key: {keys.Value.PrimaryMasterKey}");

// Get connection strings
var connectionStrings = await account.GetConnectionStringsAsync();
foreach (var cs in connectionStrings.Value.ConnectionStrings)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{cs.Description}: {cs.ConnectionString}");
}

Key Types Reference

TypePurpose
ArmClientEntry point for all ARM operations
CosmosDBAccountResourceRepresents a Cosmos DB account
CosmosDBAccountCollectionCollection for account CRUD
CosmosDBSqlDatabaseResourceSQL API database
CosmosDBSqlContainerResourceSQL API container
CosmosDBAccountCreateOrUpdateContentAccount creation payload
CosmosDBSqlDatabaseCreateOrUpdateContentDatabase creation payload
CosmosDBSqlContainerCreateOrUpdateContentContainer creation payload
ThroughputSettingsUpdateDataThroughput configuration

Best Practices

  1. Use WaitUntil.Completed for operations that must finish before proceeding
  2. Use WaitUntil.Started when you want to poll manually or run operations in parallel
  3. Always use DefaultAzureCredential — never hardcode keys
  4. Handle RequestFailedException for ARM API errors
  5. Use CreateOrUpdateAsync for idempotent operations
  6. Navigate hierarchy via Get* methods (e.g., account.GetCosmosDBSqlDatabases())

Error Handling

using Azure;

try
{
    var operation = await accountCollection.CreateOrUpdateAsync(
        WaitUntil.Completed, accountName, accountData);
}
catch (RequestFailedException ex) when (ex.Status == 409)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Account already exists");
}
catch (RequestFailedException ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"ARM Error: {ex.Status} - {ex.ErrorCode}: {ex.Message}");
}

Reference Files

FileWhen to Read
references/account-management.mdAccount CRUD, failover, keys, connection strings, networking
references/sql-resources.mdSQL databases, containers, stored procedures, triggers, UDFs
references/throughput.mdManual/autoscale throughput, migration between modes

Related SDKs

SDKPurposeInstall
Microsoft.Azure.CosmosData plane (document CRUD, queries)dotnet add package Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos
Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDBManagement plane (this SDK)dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.CosmosDB

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