What is a storage account in cloud computing?
A storage account in cloud computing is a container that holds all your storage resources in a cloud environment. It contains different types of storage services like blobs for unstructured data, files for shared access, queues for messaging, and tables for structured data. It provides a centralized, internet-accessible space to store, manage, and protect your data accessible anytime, from anywhere, with built-in security, reliability, and scalability.
Steps on how to create a storage account and Configure basic settings for security and networking.
Step 1: Log in to the Azure portal
Step 2: Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources.
-In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups.
-Select + Create.
-Give your resource group a name.
-Select a region.
-Select Review and create to validate the resource group.
-Select Create to deploy the resource group.
Step 3: Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training.
-In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
-Select + Create.
-On the Basics tab, select your Resource group.
-Provide a Storage account name.
-Set the Performance to Standard.
-Select Review and Create.
-Create and wait for the storage to deploy
Step 4: Configure simple settings in the storage account.
-In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.
-Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down.
-Be sure to Save your changes.
-Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location.
-In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
-Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.
-Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.
-Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.
-Be sure to Save your changes.
-In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade.
-Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks.
-Be sure to Save your changes.
Top comments (2)
Welldone!
Try creating an Azure blob using our Cloud learning platform. First add it to your architecture diagram then try to deploy. Interested in the feedback. Thanks.