title: Azure ARM Templates: How to use template to create a vnet and peer it to an existing vnet?
body: <p>An Azure ARM Template that deploys a VNET, and peers the newly deployed VNET with an existing VNET in a different resource group?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Please find the JSON template below:</strong></p>
  
  <p>{
      "$schema": "<a href="https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#</a>",
      "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",</p>
  
  <pre><code>"parameters": {},
  "variables": {},
  "resources": [
      {
          "apiVersion": "2016-03-30",
          "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks",
          "name": "SpokevNet",
          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
          "comments": "This is the first vNet",
          "properties": {
              "addressSpace": {
                  "addressPrefixes": [
                      "10.238.70.0/25"
                  ]
              },
              "subnets": [
                  {
                      "name": "SpokeSubNet",
                      "properties": {
                          "addressPrefix": "10.238.70.0/26"
                      }
                  }
              ]
          }
      },
      {
          "apiVersion": "2017-05-10",
          "name": "nestedTemplate",
          "type": "Microsoft.Resources/deployments",
          "resourceGroup": "PrdHUBRG",
          "properties": {
              "mode": "Incremental",
              "template": {
                  "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
                  "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
                  "parameters": {},
                  "variables": {},
                  "resources": [
                      {
                          "apiVersion": "2016-06-01",
                          "type": "Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworkPeerings",
                          "name": "virtualNetworks/spoketoHubPeering",
                          "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
                          "dependsOn": [
                              "[concat('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', PrdEUW1VN002)]",
                              "[concat('Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/', SpokevNet)]"
                          ],
                          "comments": "This is the peering from vNet 1 to vNet 2",
                          "properties": {
                              "allowVirtualNetworkAccess": "true",
                              "allowForwardedTraffic": "false",
                              "allowGatewayTransit": "false",
                              "useRemoteGateways": "false",
                              "remoteVirtualNetwork": {
                                  "id": "/subscriptions/4adb8053-2339-4041-802d-d0b0f8fe3487/resourceGroups/PrdHUBRG/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/PrdEUW1VN002"
                              }
                          }
                      }
                  ]
              },
              "parameters": {}
          }
      }
  
  
      } 
  
  
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>}</p>
  
  <p><strong>And this is the error that I keep getting:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>{"code":"DeploymentFailed","message":"At least one resource deployment operation failed. Please list deployment operations for details. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-debug for usage details.","details":[{"code":"Conflict","message":"{\r\n \"status\": \"Failed\",\r\n \"error\": {\r\n \"code\": \"ResourceDeploymentFailure\",\r\n \"message\": \"The resource operation completed with terminal provisioning state 'Failed'.\",\r\n \"details\": [\r\n {\r\n \"code\": \"DeploymentFailed\",\r\n \"message\": \"At least one resource deployment operation failed. Please list deployment operations for details. Please see https://aka.ms/arm-debug for usage details.\",\r\n \"details\": [\r\n {\r\n \"code\": \"NotFound\",\r\n \"message\": \"{\\r\\n \\\"error\\\": {\\r\\n \\\"code\\\": \\\"ResourceNotFound\\\",\\r\\n \\\"message\\\": \\\"The Resource 'Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/virtualNetworks' under resource group 'PrdHUBRG' was not found.\\\"\\r\\n }\\r\\n}\"\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n }\r\n}"}]}
  </code></pre>