Providing Storage for a Public Website: Important Things to Think About and Ideal Procedures

INTRODUCTION
Public website is a crucial tool for businesses in today's digital environment to present their brand, spread information, and interact with their audience. A solid and organized storage system is the foundation of any successful website. This article explores the value of storage for open websites, factors to consider when selecting a storage solution, and implementation best practices.

The Role of Storage on a Public Website

• Hosting Website Files
• Database Management
• Content Delivery
• Scalability for Traffic Spikes
• Data Security and Backup

Procedure on how to create storage for a public website

Step 1: Create a storage account with high availability.

1. Create a storage account to support the public website
2. 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.
• Set the Storage account name to publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier.
• Take the defaults for other settings.

• Select Review and then Create.

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

This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage.
So we take the steps 2 below

• 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.

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

Step 3

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

• Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled
• Be sure to Save your changes

Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access
Step 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.

• Select + Container.

• Ensure the Name of the container is public.

• Select Create.

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

• 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.

Task: 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:

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

• 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.

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

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

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

Conclusion
A well-thought-out storage solution is critical for the success of any public website. Organizations that prioritize performance can provide a dependable and compelling online presence. Businesses may ensure that their websites match the needs of today's digital-first environment by planning ahead of time and following best practices.