What is Microsoft Azure?
Azure is a platform and service for cloud computing. Through Microsoft's extensive global network of data centres, it offers a broad range of cloud services, such as computing, analytics, storage, and networking, enabling developers and companies to create, implement, and oversee applications. In this exercise, we will be using Azure to provide storage for files that can be used anywhere on the web! Here are the steps:
Create a storage account with high availability:
1. Create a storage account to support public website:
- In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
Select + Create.
For resource group select new. Give your resource group a name and select OK
Then, set the Storage account name to publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier
Leave all other settings on default, then select Review + Create
Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to 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.
Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected.
Review the primary and secondary location information
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.
- Save your changes.
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. Learn more about storage containers.
In your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade
Select + Container
Ensure the Name of the container is public
Select Create
2. Customers should be able to view the images without being authenticated. Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs. Learn more about configuring anonymous public access.
Select your public container
On the Overview blade, select Change access level
Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only)
Select OK
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.
Select Upload.
Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice.
Select Upload.
Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded.
2. Determine the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL.
Select your uploaded file
On the Overview tab, copy the URL.
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
1. It’s important that the website documents can be restored if they’re deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days
Go to storage accounts
Select your Storage Account
Navigate to Blob Service Selection
Select Blob Container Soft delete
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.
2. If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files.
Select Containers
Select the file you uploaded
Select delete
Go to storage accounts
Select your Storage Account
Select Containers and your container
On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. This toggle is to the right of the search box
Select the deleted blob
Select undelete
Refresh and the blob should be undeleted
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.
- In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section.
Navigate to Blob Service Selection
Select Versioning
Select the Versioning setting.
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.
Following these steps, you will be able to create storage for use anywhere on the web, and configure delete and version management
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