add a util to check dependencies and also fail if vars are not set.

start.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash 
+set -eou pipefail 
+
+source utils.sh
+
+check_dependencies
 mkdir -p outputs
 
 # get params from config.json file

utils.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+check_dependencies() {
+    local _DEP_FLAG _NEEDED
+
+    # check if the dependencies are installed
+    _NEEDED="az jq"
+    _DEP_FLAG=false
+
+    echo -e "Checking dependencies for the creation of the branches ...\n"
+    for i in ${_NEEDED}
+    do
+        if hash "$i" 2>/dev/null; then
+        # do nothing
+            :
+        else
+            echo -e "\t $_ not installed".
+            _DEP_FLAG=true
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [[ "${_DEP_FLAG}" == "true" ]]; then
+        echo -e "\nDependencies missing. Please fix that before proceeding"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}

walk-the-dog.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eou pipefail
+
 mkdir -p outputs
 export RG_NAME=$1
 export LOCATION=$2
@@ -189,14 +193,7 @@ az ad sp create-for-rbac \
         --cert $RG_NAME-cert \
         --keyvault $KV_NAME \
         --years 1
-
-az ad sp create-for-rbac \
-        --name "http://sp-briantest.microsoft.com" \
-        --only-show-errors \
-        --create-cert \
-        --cert reddog-aks-4475-test-cert \
-        --keyvault reddog358briar4475 \
-        --years 1        
+
 
 ## Get SP APP ID
 echo 'Getting SP_APPID ...'