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Creating Azure Storage and Transferring Data Using PowerShell

There may be a time where you find yourself wanting to transfer data from your local workstation into an Azure Storage account. In those cases, there is a PowerShell command for that. PowerShell is a powerful tool, which helps you with a lot of administrative tasks — one of those being transferring files. In this hands-on lab, you will be tasked with using PowerShell to create a storage account and storage container, taking files that reside on a Linux VM, and transferring them to an Azure Storage container.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

45m

Published

Jan 24, 2020

Challenge

Log in to the Linux VM
1. Open a new terminal.
2. Copy the public IP address provided with this hands-on lab.
3. Log in via SSH:
```
ssh cloud_user@<PUBLIC_IP_OF_THE_VM>
```
4. Once logged in, start the PowerShell prompt:
```
pwsh 
```
Challenge

Install the Az Module and Connect to Azure
1. Install the module:
```
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser
```
2. Enter Y to continue installing from the PowerShell gallery.
3. From the PowerShell prompt, connect to Azure:
```
Connect-AzAccount
```
4. Go to https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code provided in the terminal.
5. Enter the username and password provided with this hands-on lab.
Challenge

Create the Storage Account and Container
1. Create the variable $location and set it to westus.
2. Create the variable $resourceGroup and assign it to the resource group given with the lab ($resourceGroup = "<RESOURCE_GROUP_WITH_THE_LAB>").
3. Create the storage account, replacing <UNIQUE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME> with a globally unique name:
```
$storageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
  -Name "<UNIQUE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>" `
  -SkuName Standard_LRS `
  -Location $location
```
4. Set the storage context (a reference to the correct storage account):
```
$ctx = $storageAccount.Context
```
5. Create the storage container:
```
$containerName = "images"
```
```
New-AzStorageContainer -Name $containerName -Context $ctx -Permission blob
```

Challenge

Copy the File into the Storage Container

Download the file:

wget http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2019/12/16/16790924/badge-full.png

Transfer the file to the newly created storage container:

Set-AzStorageBlobContent -File "./badge-full.png" `
  -Container $containerName `
  -Blob "badge-full.png" `
  -Context $ctx

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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