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How to create a storage account with high availability.

Create a storage account to support the public website.

  • In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.

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  • Select + Create.

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

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  • Set the Storage account name to publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier.
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  • Take the defaults for other settings.
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  • Select Review and then Create.

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

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.
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  • Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected.
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  • Review the primary and secondary location information.

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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.

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  • Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled.

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  • Be sure to Save your changes. Image description

Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access

  • In your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade.
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  • Select + Container.

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  • Ensure the Name of the container is public.

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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.

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  • Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only). Select OK.

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Practice uploading files and testing access.

  • Ensure you are viewing your container. Select Upload. Image description

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

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  • Select Upload.

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

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

  • Select your uploaded file.

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  • On the Overview tab, copy the URL.

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  • Paste the URL into a new browser tab.
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  • If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser. Other file types should be downloaded.
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Configure soft delete

  • Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
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  • On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section.

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  • Select the Blob soft delete setting.
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  • Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked.

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

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  • Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers.

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  • Don’t forget to Save your changes.

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

  • Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file.

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  • Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete. Image description

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  • Select OK to confirm deleting the file.
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  • On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. This toggle is to the right of the search box.
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  • Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to Undelete the file.
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  • Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored.
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Configure blob versioning

  • Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
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  • In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section.

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  • Select the Versioning setting.

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  • Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked.
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  • Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after.
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  • Don’t forget to Save your changes.

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As you have time experiment with restoring previous blob versions.

  • Upload another version of your container file. This overwrites your existing file. Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page.

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Beautiful