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Emmanuel Cobham
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Provide storage for the public website

Create a storage account with high availability

1: Create a storage account to support the public website

  • In the portal, search for and select storage accounts

storage account

  • Select + Create

Select + Create

  • For resource group select new. Give your resource group a name and select OK

resource group name

  • Set the Storage account name to mypublicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier

mypublicwebsite

  • Take the defaults for other settings

  • Select Review and then Create

select review and create

create

  • Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource

resource

2: This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage. Additionally, enable read access to the secondary region

  • In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade

Redundancy

  • Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected

Read-access Geo-redundant storage

  • Review the primary and secondary location information

primary and secondary location

3: Information on the public website should be accessible without requiring customers to login

  • In the storage account, in the Settings section, select the Configuration blade

Configuration

  • Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled

Allow blob anonymous

  • Be sure to Save your changes

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Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access

1: The public website has various images and documents. Create a blob storage container for the content

  • In your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade

Containers

  • Select + Container

Select + Container

  • Ensure the Name of the container is public

Container name

  • Select Create

Create

2: Customers should be able to view the images without being authenticated. Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs

  • Select your public container

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  • On the Overview blade, select Change access level
  • Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only)
  • Select OK

change access level

Practice uploading files and testing access

1: For testing, upload a file to the public container. The type of file doesn’t matter. A small image or text file is a good choice

  • Ensure you are viewing your container

public container

  • Select Upload

Upload

  • Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice

Browse to files

  • Select Upload

Upload

  • Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded

Upload 2

2: Determine the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL

  • Select your uploaded file

uploaded file

  • On the Overview tab, copy the URL

copy url

  • Paste the URL into a new browser tab

url into browser

  • If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser. Other file types should be downloaded

Configure soft delete

1: It’s important that the website documents can be restored if they’re deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days

  • Go to the Overview blade of the storage account

Overview

  • On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section

Blob storage

  • Select the Blob soft delete setting

soft delete

  • Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked

Enable soft delete

  • Change the Keep deleted blobs for (in days setting is 21)

Keep deleted blobs

  • Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers

soft delete for containers

  • Don’t forget to Save your changes

Save

2: If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files

  • Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file

  • Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete

delete

  • Select Delete to confirm deleting the file

confirm delete

  • On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. This toggle is to the right of the search box

Show deleted blobs

  • Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to Undelete the file

Undelete the file

  • Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored

Restored

Configure blob versioning

1: It’s important to keep track of the different website product document versions

  • Go to the Overview blade of the storage account

Overview

  • In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section
  • Select the Versioning setting

Blob service

  • Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked

Enable versioning

  • Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after

keep all versions

  • Don’t forget to Save your changes

Save

2: As you have time experiment with restoring previous blob versions

  • Upload another version of your container file. This overwrites your existing file

overwrites

upload

upload 1

  • Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page.

previous file version

In summary, providing storage for a public website requires careful attention to detail and a deep comprehension of the essential platforms. Every step is essential to making sure your website is safe and accessible, from setting up your storage account to allowing public access. You may host your website's data in a dependable and manageable manner by carefully following these procedures, which will improve user experience and preserve data integrity. Now that you have this information, you may fully utilize your storage capacity and create a strong online presence.

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