The Azure PowerShell module is used to create and manage Azure resources from the PowerShell command line or in scripts. This guide details using PowerShell to create an Azure Storage account.
If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.
This quick start requires the Azure PowerShell module version 3.6 or later. Run Get-Module -ListAvailable AzureRM to find the version. If you need to install or upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module.
Log in to Azure
Log in to your Azure subscription with the Login-AzureRmAccount command and follow the on-screen directions.
Login-AzureRmAccount
If you don't know which location you want to use, you can list the available locations. After the list is displayed, find the one you want to use. This example will use eastus. Store this in a variable and use the variable so you can change it in one place.
Get-AzureRmLocation | select Location
$location = "eastus"
Create resource group
Create an Azure resource group with New-AzureRmResourceGroup. A resource group is a logical container into which Azure resources are deployed and managed.
# put resource group in a variable so you can use the same group name going forward
# without hardcoding it repeatedly
$resourceGroup = "contoso-storage-accounts"
New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup -Location $location
Create a general-purpose standard storage account
There are several types of storage accounts, depending on how it is going to be used, and for which service (blobs, files, tables, or queues). This table shows the possibilities.
| Type of storage account | General-purpose Standard | General-purpose Premium | Blob storage, hot and cool access tiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Services supported | Blob, File, Table, Queue services | Blob service | Blob service |
| Types of blobs supported | Block blobs, page blobs, append blobs | Page blobs | Block blobs and append blobs |
Use New-AzureRmStorageAccount to create a general-purpose standard storage account that you can use for all four services. Name the storage account contosomvcstandard, and configure it to have Locally Redundant Storage and blob encryption enabled.
New-AzureRmStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
-Name "contosomvcstandard" `
-Location $location `
-SkuName Standard_LRS `
-Kind Storage `
-EnableEncryptionService Blob
Clean up resources
When no longer needed, you can use the Remove-AzureRmResourceGroup command to remove the resource group and all related resources. In this case, it removes the storage account you created.
Remove-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroup
Next steps
In this quick start, you've created a general-purpose standard storage account. To learn how to upload and download blobs with your storage account, continue to the Blob storage quickstart.