A Storage Account is a key component of cloud computing services, especially within platforms like Microsoft Azure, AWS (S3), or Google Cloud Storage. It is a secure, scalable container in the cloud that provides access to various types of storage services for data—such as blobs, files, queues, tables, or disks.
Architecture diagram
Skilling tasks on how to create a storage account with high availability that has anonymous public access and a blob container with enabled soft delete and versioning.
Create a storage account to support the public website.
Steps on how to create the storage account to support the public website.
Step 1
Login to the Azure portal.
Step 2
In the portal, search for and select the grayed Storage accounts.
Step 3
Select + Create
Step 4
Click on create new **on the resource group. Give your resource group a **name and select OK.
Step 5
Set the Storage account name to be publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier. E.g publicwebsiteemmanuel
Step 6
Take the defaults for other settings. Select Review + create.
Step 7
Click on create Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.
Complete deployment
Enabling read access to the secondary region, making the storage account of high availability.
Step 1
In the storage account, go to the Data management section, select the** Redundancy** blade.
Step 2
Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected. Review the primary and secondary location information.
Configuring the public website to be accessible without requiring customers to login.
In the storage account, in the Settings section, select the Configuration blade. Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access **setting is Enabled*. Ensure to **Save* your changes
Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access
The public website has various images and documents. Create a blob storage container for the content.
Step 1
In your storage account, in the** Data storage** section, select the** Containers** blade. Select + Container.
Step 2
Ensure the Name of the container is public. Select Create.
Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs
Step 1
Select your** public** container.
Step 2
On the** Overview blade*, select **Change access level*.
Step 3
Ensure the Public access level is** Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only). Select OK**.
Practice uploading files and testing access
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 Public **container
**Step 1
Select Upload.
Step 2
Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice.
Step 3
Select** Upload**.
Step 4
Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded.
Determine the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL
Step 1
Select your uploaded file.
Step 2
On the Overview tab, copy the** URL**.
Step 3
Paste the URL into a new browser tab. If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser. Other file types should be downloaded.
Configure soft delete
It’s important that the website documents can be restored if they’re deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days.
Step 1
Go to the Overview blade of the storage account. On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section.
Select the Blob soft delete setting
Step 2
Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked.
Change the Keep deleted blobs for (in days setting is 21.
Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers.
Don’t forget to** Save** your changes.
If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files
Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file
Step 1
Select the file you uploaded
Step 2
Select Delete. Select** OK** to confirm deleting the file.
Step 3
On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. This toggle is to the right of the search box.
Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to Undelete the file
Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored
Configure blob versioning
Step 1
Go to the Overview blade of the** storage account*.
In the **Properties* section, locate the ** Blob service** section. Select the Versioning setting.
Step 2
Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked.
Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after. Don’t forget to ** Save** your changes.
To experiment restoring previous blob versions
Steps 1
Upload another version of your container file.
Step 2
This overwrites your existing file. Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page
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