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Azure Blob Storage Operations
Azure Blob Storage can provide a robust storage backend for applications, as well as archival storage. In this lab, you will have the opportunity to work with a command-line interface called Azure Cloud Shell to perform various blob operations using both Azure CLI and PowerShell. Experience with either or both languages is helpful but not required, as both the solution video and the lab guide provide hints, as well as full code solutions.
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Challenge
Set Up Your Coding Environment
Prepare your coding environment:
- Log into the Azure portal and create two blob containers in the pre-deployed Azure storage account with the name starting with pslab. You will use one container for the Azure CLI coding tasks and the other container for the PowerShell coding tasks.
- Set up Cloud Shell in Azure to use the pre-deployed storage account with the name that starts with labshell as your local file repository, including a new fileshare using any name you like.
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Challenge
Perform CRUD Operations Using Azure CLI
In the Cloud Shell, write Azure CLI code to perform four operations: create a simple local text file to use to upload a blob, update the blob, download the blob, delete the blob. For each step, verify successful completion, either in the portal, using code, or using the Editor feature in the Cloud Shell.
Tips:
- You will need the storage account name and the primary key for the storage account. Consider assigning them to environment variables to make it easier to write subsequent code for the operations.
- Make use of the storage that is local to the Cloud Shell for your text file used for the upload, update, and download tasks. You can create the file using code or using the Editor feature in the Cloud Shell.
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Challenge
Perform CRUD Operations Using PowerShell
In the Cloud Shell, write PowerShell code to perform four operations: create a simple local text file to use to upload a blob, update the blob, download the blob, delete the blob. For each step, verify successful completion, either in the portal, using code, or using the Editor feature in the Cloud Shell.
Tips:
- You will need the storage account name, the resource group name, and the primary key for the storage account. Consider assigning them to variables and/or a PowerShell context object, to make it easier to write subsequent code for the operations.
- Make use of the storage that is local to the Cloud Shell for your text file used for the upload, update, and download tasks. You can create the file using code or using the Editor feature in the Cloud Shell.
What's a lab?
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