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Using Azure Storage with PowerShell

#azure #powershell #devops

Create a Resource Group 

New-AzResourceGroup -Name storagePractice -Location eastus
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Create a Storage Account 

New-AzStorageAccount -Name storageaccountpractice -ResourceGroupName storagePractice -Location eastus -SkuName Standard_LRS
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Get Storage Account Key Value 

$key = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName storagepractice -Name storageaccountpractice)[0].value
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Create New Storage Content 

$context = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName storageaccountpractice -StorageAccountKey $key
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Create a Storage Blob Container 

New-AzStorageContainer -Name images -Context $context -Permission Blob
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Upload Image to Azure Storage Blob Container 

Set-AzStorageBlobContent -File ./books.png -Container images -Blob 'books.png' -Context $context
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List Contents of an Azure Blob Storage Container 

Get-AzStorageBlob -Container images -Context $context
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Download Contents of Azure Blob Storage Container 

Get-AzStorageBlobContent -Blob "books.png" `   
-Container images `        
-Destination "books2.png" `               
-Context $context
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Remove Azure Resource Group ( Cleanup ) 

Remove-AzResourceGroup -Name storagePractice -Force
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Sources

Quickstart: Upload, download, and list blobs by using Azure PowerShell

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