Deploy an Azure File Share and Blob Storage with Terraform

15 minutes
  • 2 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

In this lab, we deploy a blob storage container as well as a file share. File shares and blob storage are fundamental parts of any Azure environment. From archival storage for OS images to SMB file shares for on-premises servers and workstaions, Terraform allows for quick deployments of blob and file storage that can be preset to adhere to your department’s requirements and standards.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Log In to the Azure Portal and Set Up the Command Line Interface (CLI) for Use
  1. In the Azure portal, select the Command Line button at the top of the screen.
  2. Open the CLI. Here, select Bash when prompted.
  3. We then want to choose Show Advanced Settings.
  4. Choose the same location as the lab provided Resource Group.
  5. Leave both the Resource Group and Storage Account* as the provided defaults. If you are unable to select the existing storage account, choose to create one with a unique name.
  6. In the File share section, enter a name for the account (for this example, we are using Console) and click the Create Storage button. Once the command prompt completes, we can continue.
Deploy an Azure Storage Blob Container and File Share
  1. Use the code block found in the Additional Information and Resources section to create a lab.tf file and upload it to the CLI.
  2. In the resource "azurerm_storage_account" "lab" declaration, you’ll need to edit the resource_group_name value with the name generated by the lab. Use the same location as your lab-provided resource group. Additionally, you’ll need to enter a unique name for the storage account that will be used for the file share. The "provider" statement has been added to the code, so you won’t need to create a main.tf file to deploy the storage account.
  3. Once the file has been uploaded, run terraform init.
  4. Run terraform plan and review the output to confirm that Terraform will create the desired resource. Green plus signs will indicate the resources that need to be added.
  5. Run terraform apply, answering yes to the prompt to continue.
  6. Once Terraform completes the deployment, check the Azure Portal to confirm.

You’re done! Go ahead and shut down the lab.

Additional Resources

Note: Please use the updated code shown below or in the lab guide.

In this lab, you'll deploy a storage account, a container with a private blob, and a 50 GB file share. This builds on the previous lab, where we created the storage account. Use the code block below.

*** Code for lab.tf file follows:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    azurerm = {
      source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
      version = "2.93.0"
    }
    azuread = {
      source = "hashicorp/azuread"
    }
  }
}

provider "azurerm" {
  features {}
  skip_provider_registration = true
}

resource "azurerm_storage_account" "lab" {
  name                     = "newfileandblob4lab"
  resource_group_name      = "Enter Resource Group Name"
  location                 = "East US"
  account_tier             = "Standard"
  account_replication_type = "LRS"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "lab" {
  name                  = "blobcontainer4lab"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.lab.name
  container_access_type = "private"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_blob" "lab" {
  name                   = "TerraformBlob"
  storage_account_name   = azurerm_storage_account.lab.name
  storage_container_name = azurerm_storage_container.lab.name
  type                   = "Block"
}
resource "azurerm_storage_share" "lab" {
  name                 = "terraformshare"  
  storage_account_name = azurerm_storage_account.lab.name
  quota                = 50
}

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