Converting public IP addresses from array to string

Author: paulomarquesc

azuredeploy.json

@@ -191,9 +191,7 @@
     "storageAccountNamePrefix": "[concat(uniquestring(resourceGroup().id),'sa')]",
     "deployStorageAccountsUrl": "[concat(variables('baseUrl'),'/deployStorageAccounts.json')]",
     "deployPublicIPsUrl": "[concat(variables('baseUrl'),'/deployPublicIPs.json')]",
-    "publicIpNames": [
-       "wapLbPip"
-    ],
+    "publicIpName": "wapLbPip",
     "publicIPAddressType": "Static",
     "deployAvailabilitySetsUrl": "[concat(variables('baseUrl'),'/deployAvailabilitySets.json')]",
     "availabilitySetNames": [
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@
       "rdpWap02"
     ],
     "lbPublicIpResourceIds": [
-      "[resourceId(concat('Microsoft.Network','/','publicIPAddresses'),variables('publicIpNames')[0])]"
+      "[resourceId(concat('Microsoft.Network','/','publicIPAddresses'),variables('publicIpName'))]"
     ],
     "deployNicsUrl": "[concat(variables('baseUrl'),'/deployNics.json')]",
     "deployNsgsUrl": "[concat(variables('baseUrl'),'/deployNsgs.json')]",
@@ -279,7 +277,7 @@
             "value": "[parameters('location')]"
           },
           "publicIpNames": {
-            "value": "[variables('publicIpNames')]"
+            "value": "[variables('publicIpName')]"
           },
           "publicIPAddressType": {
             "value": "[variables('publicIPAddressType')]"
@@ -423,11 +421,6 @@
               "[concat(parameters('wapVmNamePrefix'),'2-nic')]"
             ]
           },
-          "publicIpAddressIds": {
-            "value": [
-              "[resourceId('Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses',variables('publicIpNames')[0])]"
-            ]
-          },
           "subnetIds": {
             "value": [
               "[concat(reference('virtualNetworkDeployment').outputs.vnetId.value,'/subnets/',parameters('internalSubnetName'))]",

deployNics.json

@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
     "ipAddresses": {
       "type": "array"
     },
-    "publicIpAddressIds": {
-      "type": "array"
-    },
     "subnetIds": {
       "type": "array"
     },

deployPublicIPs.json

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     "location": {
       "type": "string"
     },
-    "publicIpNames": {
-      "type": "array"
+    "publicIpName": {
+      "type": "string"
     },
     "publicIPAddressType": {
       "type": "string"
@@ -16,20 +16,7 @@
     {
       "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
       "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
-      "name": "[parameters('publicIpNames')[copyIndex()]]",
-      "location": "[parameters('location')]",
-      "copy": {
-        "name": "pipCopy",
-        "count": 4
-      },
-      "properties": {
-        "publicIPAllocationMethod": "[parameters('publicIPAddressType')]"
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "apiVersion": "2015-06-15",
-      "type": "Microsoft.Network/publicIPAddresses",
-      "name": "[parameters('publicIpNames')[0]]",
+      "name": "[parameters('publicIpName')]",
       "location": "[parameters('location')]",
       "properties": {
         "publicIPAllocationMethod": "[parameters('publicIPAddressType')]"