Azure blobs and file storage for IT Testing and training Environment

In today fast evolving dynamics of information technology of modern data storage scenario like setting up a cloud file system, a cloud messaging store, Azure Blob and File Storage have become very essential because they provide scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions for storing and managing massive volumes of data in the cloud, supporting everything from app development to enterprise data sharing.

What is Azure blob storage? is a Microsoft object storage solution for the cloud. Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amount of unstructured data, such that data that does not adhere to a particular data model or definition, such as text or binary.
About Blob storage: Blob storage is designed for

1. serving images or documents directly to the browser
2. storing files for distributed access
3. Streaming video and audio
4. writing log files
5. Storing data for back-up and restore disaster, recovery and archiving.

what is file storage? is a way to store and manage files on remote servers accessed via the internet, offering scalability, reliability, and shared access.

Now let us learn the applied skills on how to create a resource group

1. In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups.

2.Select + Create

3.Give your resource group A Name and select region

4.Select Review and create to validate the resource group.

5.Select Create to deploy the resource group.

You have just created a resource group.

Now we are going to create and deploy a storage account

1. In the Azure portal, search for and select storage account

2.Select + Create it will bring you back to the basics tab

on the Azure portal tab select the resource group you created earlier and give your storage account a name (Take note the name of the storage account must be globally unique)

3.Create a storage account

4.set the performance to standard

5 select review and create

Wait for it to validate
6.Come down to the left side of your screen and click create

7.Wait for your storage account to deploy and then go to resources.

8.At this stage your storage account is displayed

Now let us configure simple settings in the storage account
9.Select locally redundant storage in the redundancy dropdown. note anything in locally redundant storage will not be highly available.

10 Do not forget to save it

11 Refresh the content to be sure the content only exists in primary location

12 The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections. Click overview to go back to the storage account

13 Scroll down settings click configuration and click enable

14 developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version1.2, in the settings section, select the configuration blade and set TLS Minimal version to 1.2.

15 Until the storage account is needed again disable request to the storage account in the settings sections, select the configuration blade and disable, allow storage account key access then save changes

16 the storage account must allow public access from all networks in security and networking, section, select the networking blade. Ensure the public is set to enable from all networks, then save your changes.

Public network access

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