> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://notes.kodekloud.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Demo Containers
> This guide teaches how to create and manage Azure Blob Containers, including setting up a Storage Account and managing access and uploads.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to create and configure a Storage Account in Azure, set up a Blob Container, manage access, upload blobs, and view container properties. We’ll walk through each step with screenshots from the Azure portal and best practices for production environments.
## Prerequisites
* An active Azure subscription
* Contributor or Owner access to create resources
* Basic familiarity with Azure Portal navigation
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## 1. Create a Storage Account
1. Navigate to **Storage accounts** in the Azure portal and click **+ Create**.
2. On the **Basics** tab:
* Select your **Subscription**.
* Choose or create a **Resource group** (e.g., `EUS`).
* Enter a globally unique name (lowercase, no spaces), for example:
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phvissstorage
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3. Under **Performance**, select **Premium**. Then choose **Block blobs** for optimized object storage.
4. In **Replication**, Premium Block Blobs support only:
| Replication Option | Description |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
| Locally redundant storage (LRS) | Three copies within a single datacenter. |
| Zone-redundant storage (ZRS) | Copies spread across availability zones in the region. |
> Select **Locally redundant storage (LRS)** for single-region durability.
5. Switch to the **Advanced** tab to review settings like **Hierarchical namespace** (required for Data Lake Storage Gen2).
6. Under **Networking**, choose **Enable public access from all networks** to allow authenticated access from any location.
7. On **Data Protection**, note that Premium accounts have soft delete enabled by default (7-day retention). Point-in-time restore isn’t available for Premium. You can also enable versioning and immutability policies.
8. For **Encryption**, choose between Microsoft-managed keys or customer-managed keys in Azure Key Vault. The default is Microsoft-managed.
9. Click **Review + create**, validate your settings, and then **Create**. Wait for deployment to complete.
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## 2. Create a Blob Container
1. Open your newly created storage account and click **Containers** under **Data storage**.
2. Click **+ Container**, enter a lowercase name (e.g., `cs`), then **Create**.
Container names must be 3–63 characters, lowercase letters and numbers only, without special characters or spaces.
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## 3. Assign Access Roles
If you try to browse or upload without proper permissions, you’ll encounter a **403 Forbidden** error.
Error code 403 indicates you need the **Storage Blob Data Contributor** role (or higher) to modify container contents. Assign this role at the storage account or container scope.
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## 4. Upload a Blob
1. Inside your container, click **Upload**.
2. Select a local file (e.g., `Family.jpg`) and click **Upload**.
3. After uploading, you’ll see the blob listed along with its metadata:
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## 5. View Container Properties
To programmatically access your blobs, you need the container’s URL and metadata:
1. From the container menu, select **Properties**.
2. Copy the **URL**, review the **ETag**, lease status, and other details.
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## 6. Update Storage Account Configuration
At any time, you can revisit **Configuration** on the storage account to modify settings:
* **Secure transfer** requirement
* **Blob anonymous access** (allow read without authentication)
* Storage account key access
Enable **Allow Blob anonymous access** if you want public, read-only access to your blobs (subject to network rules), then click **Save**.
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## Next Steps & References
* Explore [Azure Storage documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/) for advanced scenarios.
* Learn about [RBAC roles for Azure Storage](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/storage/common/storage-auth-aad-rbac) to secure your data.
* Automate deployments with [Azure CLI](https://docs.microsoft.com/cli/azure/storage/account) or [Terraform](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/resources/storage_account).
That completes the walkthrough for creating a storage account, configuring blob containers, and managing blobs in Azure Storage.