Azure Storage Account
Prerequisite
- Create an Azure account.
- Setup Azure CLI.
- Log in with Azure CLI.
- Create a resource group.
- To learn how to create all requirements step by step, please check Azure CLI content.
Create Azure Storage Account
az storage account create \--name <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME> \--resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> \--location <LOCATION_NAME> \--sku <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_SKU> \--kind <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KIND> \--access-tier <ACCESS_TIER>
- For STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME, it can contain only lowercase letters and numbers. It must be between 3 and 24 characters.
- For LOCATION_NAME, use
az account list-locations --output table
. - For STORAGE_ACCOUNT_SKU, accepted values are: Premium_LRS, Premium_ZRS, Standard_GRS, Standard_GZRS, Standard_LRS, Standard_RAGRS, Standard_RAGZRS, Standard_ZRS
- For STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KIND, accepted values are: BlobStorage, BlockBlobStorage, FileStorage, Storage, StorageV2
- For ACCESS_TIER, accepted values for access tier: Cool, Hot
- To learn more how to create storage account with CLI, please refer to Create a storage account document
Example of creating standard general-purpose v2 storage account
az storage account create \--name csexamplestorageaccount \--resource-group codesanook-example-resource-group \--location southeastasia \--sku Standard_ZRS \--kind StorageV2 \--access-tier Hot
List all existing storage accounts
az storage account list \--resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME> \--output table
Delete a storage account
az storage account delete \--name <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME> \--resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME>
Get connection string
az storage account show-connection-string \--name <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME> \--resource-group <RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME>
Useful resources
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