Creating Storage Accounts in Azure
Tags: cloud, azure, cloudcomputing, beginners
Published: 2024-05-21 17:19:36

Creating a storage acoount can be done easily with just a few simple steps. Today, we will be creating a storage account with simple configuration that can be easily changed and the lowest- cost redundancy option (LRS). Locally Redundant Storage(LRS) is used when content of storage isn’t important enough to be backed up and doesn’t need to be restored if the data is overwritten or removed.

We are going to:
1. Create a resource group and a storage account.
2. Configure simple settings in the storage account.

Create resource group and a storage account.
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Go to Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups.

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Select **Create**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/mmt0eka6papfr4zpdfvx.png)

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Give your resource group a name and select a region. For the purpose of this exercise I will be naming our resource group- storagerg, and we will be selecting East US region

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/mtrtwzfnmtf3v44sm4km.png)

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Select **Review + create**
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/24vuee1eer4c5ljcpw75.png)


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Select **Create**
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/sbnlma896anzay28tewg.png)

Now that resource group is created, move on to create a storage account.

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In the Azure portal, search for and select **Storage accounts**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/z5j0zqo61w3v16db8vwq.png)

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Select **+ Create.**
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ofr1zw7jca1743dxo7gf.png)

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On the **Basics** tab, select your **Resource group** and give your storage account a name. The storage account name must be unique in Azure, as no two storage accounts have the same name

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8suanwsbrj1mqaxco2fp.png)

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Set the **Performance** to **Standard** and select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/lkg3kvj8rnji54nfben8.png)

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Select **Review + Create** to validate and then **Create**
Wait for the storage account to deploy and then **Go to resource.**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9cldbpa4fmyiy42wc326.png)

**Now configure simple settings in the storage account.**

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Go to the **Settings** section, select the **Configuration** blade.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ubyfoob3n2ulh6rppq5f.png)

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Ensure **Secure transfer** required is **Enabled**, so that the storage account only accept requests from secure connections.

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Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account. Ensure **Allow storage account key access** is **Disabled**.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/8qpylktjkmdjb32qkmz2.png)

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Ensure the **Minimal TLS version** is set to **Version 1.2.**

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/cahoa2l02xfdsh3keb77.png)
Save changes.

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In the **Security + networking** section, select the **Networking** blade.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/uggravo12dlxed7tsr4h.png)

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Ensure **Public network access** is set to **Enabled from all networks**.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/7ahce3gr0yr66e19gv6u.png)Save changes.

This is it! A storage account has been successfully created.
![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/xe1kp8u2nv7t1wdo85nj.png)