Prototyping different cloud storage scenarios
Tags: storage, azure, azurefunctions
Published: 2024-05-27 04:31:54

**Create a resource group and a storage account.**

**In Azure portal, select Resource groups**

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**Click "+ Create"**

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**Name Resource group**

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**Select Region**

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**Select "Review + create"**

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**Select "Create"**

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**Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training**

**In the portal, search for Storage account and select "+ Create"**

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**Select Resource group**

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**Name storage account**

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**Set Performance to Standard**

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**Select "Review and Create"**

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**Select "Create"**

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**Select "Go to Resource"**

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Configure simple settings in the storage account.

**In Data Management**

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**Select "Redundancy"**

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**Select Locally - redundant storage in Redundancy dropdown**

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**Click Save**

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**Refresh page and notice the content only exist in primary location**

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**The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections**

**In the Settings section**

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**Select Configuration blade**

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**Ensure Secure transfer required is enabled**

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**Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2.**

**Minimal TLS version should be 1.2**

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**Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account.**

**Disable "Allow storage account key access"**

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**Save your changes**

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**Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.**

**In Security + Networking, select "Networking"**

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**Ensure Public Network access is Enabled from all networks**

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**Save your changes**

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