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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.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Log in to the Linux VM
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Open a new terminal.
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Copy the public IP address provided with this hands-on lab.
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Log in via SSH:
ssh cloud_user@<PUBLIC_IP_OF_THE_VM>
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Once logged in, start the PowerShell prompt:
pwsh
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Challenge
Install the Az Module and Connect to Azure
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Install the module:
Install-Module -Name Az -AllowClobber -Scope CurrentUser
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Enter
Y
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From the PowerShell prompt, connect to Azure:
Connect-AzAccount
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Go to
https://microsoft.com/devicelogin
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Enter the username and password provided with this hands-on lab.
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Challenge
Create the Storage Account and Container
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Create the variable
$location
and set it towestus
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Create the variable
$resourceGroup
and assign it to the resource group given with the lab ($resourceGroup = "<RESOURCE_GROUP_WITH_THE_LAB>"
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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
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Set the storage context (a reference to the correct storage account):
$ctx = $storageAccount.Context
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Create the storage container:
$containerName = "images"
New-AzStorageContainer -Name $containerName -Context $ctx -Permission blob
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Challenge
Copy the File into the Storage Container
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Download the file:
wget http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2019/12/16/16790924/badge-full.png
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Transfer the file to the newly created storage container:
Set-AzStorageBlobContent -File "./badge-full.png" ` -Container $containerName ` -Blob "badge-full.png" ` -Context $ctx
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