Create Azure Storage Account

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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 and must be between 3 and 24 characters.
For LOCATION_NAME, use az account list-locations --output table. It is default to a location of a resource group if not specify.
For STORAGE_ACCOUNT_SKU, accepted values are: Premium_LRS, Premium_ZRS, Standard_GRS, Standard_GZRS, Standard_LRS, Standard_RAGRS, Standard_RAGZRS and Standard_ZRS.
- LRS stands for locally redundant storage.
- ZRS stands for zone redundant storage.
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 code to create a 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>

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