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Create a Storage Account
To create a Storage Account in Azure, follow these steps:
1. On the Microsoft Azure Home Page click on Create a resource
2. Search for Storage Account and click Create
On the Storage Accounts page, select Create.
The following table describes the fields on the Basics tab.
Section |
Field |
Required or optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Project details |
Subscription |
Required |
Select the subscription for the new storage account. |
Project details |
Resource group |
Required |
Create a new resource group for this storage account, or select an existing one. For more information, see Resource groups. |
Instance details |
Storage account name |
Required |
Choose a unique name for your storage account. Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and may contain numbers and lowercase letters only. |
Instance details |
Region |
Required |
Select the appropriate region for your storage account. For German customers - Germany West Central |
Instance details |
Performance |
Required |
Standard |
Instance details |
Redundancy |
Required |
Read-access geo-redundant storage (RA-GRS) |
Click Next and again Next.
When you navigate to the Review + create tab, Azure runs validation on the storage account settings that you have chosen. If validation passes, you can proceed to create the storage account.
If validation fails, then the portal indicates which settings need to be modified.
The following image shows the Review tab data prior to the creation of a new storage account.
3. After the deployment, click Go to resource.
On the left menu click on Access Keys, click show on the first Key, copy and note down the Key in a text document - to be used in Salesforce.
Create a Container
In the navigation pane for the storage account, scroll to the Data Storage section and select Containers.
Within the Containers pane, select the + Container button to open the New container pane.
Within the New Container pane, provide a Name for your new container. The container name must be lowercase, must start with a letter or number, and can include only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character.
Set the Public access level for the container. The recommended level is Private (no anonymous access). BLOB public access must be public.
Select Create to create the container.
Please note down the following information, which are required in the Salesforce setup:
•Storage Account Access Key
•Storage Account Name
•Container Name
