[AVM Module Issue]: Make Submodules usable standalone

[cthoenes]

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Issue Type?

Feature Request

Module Name

avm/res/network/private-dns-zone

(Optional) Module Version

used latest version

Description

(Using Private DNS Zone as example. Also for other resources it would be helpful to have this capability.)

I create Private DNS Zones as part of a landing zone enablement for some app service based Applications.
I have a pipeline using AVM to deploy the zones in a central resource group for private link.
During Application Deployment I use virtual network injection and therefore need to link the private DNS zones to the virtual network.
I achieved this recalling the module with the virtual network link included.

As I deploy using deployment stacks that results in the DNS zones being deleted when the stack is deleted with the "deleteAll" option.
Hence it would be nice if there would be a chance to use only the "submodule" in my application deployment.

Module: https://github.com/Azure/bicep-registry-modules/tree/main/avm/res/network/private-dns-zone
"Submodule": https://github.com/Azure/bicep-registry-modules/tree/main/avm/res/network/private-dns-zone/virtual-network-link

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[avm-organizer]

@cthoenes, thanks for submitting this issue for the avm/res/network/private-dns-zone module!

Important

A member of the @Azure/avm-res-network-privatednszone-module-owners-bicep or @Azure/avm-res-network-privatednszone-module-contributors-bicep team will review it soon!

[ReneHezser]

Hey @cthoenes
Thanks for opening the issue. We are working on making submodules available. This is not too far out ;-)

[cthoenes]

Wonderful, if you need testing feel free to reach out :)

[AlexanderSehr]

And a much requested feature at that. Thanks for opening the issue @cthoenes. It is very much linked to all these nuggets:

• Module to Provision Event Hub explicitly within existing Event Hub Namespace. Current AVM Event Hub Namespace Module seems not have option to provision event Hub Namespace and Event hub separately  #2868
• [AVM Question/Feedback]: Allow specific submodule deployments? #1933
• [AVM Question/Feedback]: Consumption of child modules? #1390
• [AVM Module Issue]: Allow standalone deployment of access policies #2899
• [Question/Feedback]: Module-support creation child resources (Bicep) Azure-Verified-Modules#578
• [Question]: Make child modules available for direct usage  Azure-Verified-Modules#747
• [AVM Question/Feedback]: managed identity/RBAC dependency loop after AVM migration #3894 (comment)
• [Question/Feedback]: use of submodules for child resources Azure-Verified-Modules#1457

If you're curious, you can find a few insights 'why' this has not been done yet and what challenges this feature faces here. Also, we'll be briefly touching on this in our next public community call.

We're currently tacking it as a work item in AVM, but I'll leave it up to you if you'd like to keep this issue open or not 💪

[cthoenes]

Closing this issue as it is already tracked and linked. No need to keep track here as well.