How To Create A Blob Storage Account On Azure

Step 1: Create an Azure Storage Account

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.

2. Navigate to Storage accounts → Click Create.

3. Choose a Subscription and Resource group.

4. Enter a unique Storage account name.

5. Select a Region and choose a Performance tier.

6. Set Redundancy based on your needs (e.g., LRS, GRS).

7. Click Review + Create → Create.

Step 2: Create a Blob Storage Container

1. Go to your Data Storage in the in the left panel.

2. Select Containers → Click + Container.

3. Enter a Container name.

4. Set “Anonymous access level to Container(anonymous read access for containers and blobs)”

5. Click Create

Step 3: Upload a Document to the Container

Using Azure Portal:

1. Open the created Container.

2. Click Upload.

3. Select the document you want to upload.

4. Click Upload.

Step 4: Secure Access with SAS (Optional)

1. In the Blob container, click on the 3 ellipses

2. Select Generate SAS

3. Navigate the Start and Expiry time and set it to 5minutes of your choice.

4. Scroll down and click on Generate SAS token and URL.

5. Copy the SAS URL and share it to an external user.

6. The SAS URL can be accessible when the Start time reached.

7. The SAS URL will be locked showing 403 Forbidden error when the Expiry time reached.

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