Provide storage for the IT department testing and training

Provide storage for the IT department testing and training

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Provide storage for the IT department testing and trainingokunola babatunde

what is an Azure storage? An Azure storage account is a container that holds all your...

what is an Azure storage?

An Azure storage account is a container that holds all your Azure Storage data objects, including blobs, files, queues, and tables. It however lets you store your data online instead of on your personal computer or physical server.

Objective:

The objective of this tutorial is to guide you on step by step processes involved in creating Storage account for IT department consisting of testing and training department. The steps are as follow:

Step1: Create and deploy a resource group to hold all your project resources

  • search for and select Resource groups
    image search for and select Resource groups

  • Select + Create.
    Image Select + Create

  • Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg
    Image resource group a name

  • Select a region
    Image Select a region

  • Select Review and create

Image Select Review and create

  • Select Create to deploy the resource group. Image Select Create to deploy the resource group

Step 2: Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training.

  • In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts
    Image search for and select Storage accounts

  • Select + Create.
    Image Select + Create

  • On the Basics tab, select your Resource group.

Image select your Resource group

  • Provide a Storage account name

Image Storage account name

  • Set the Performance to Standard.

Image Set the Performance to Standard

  • Select Review, and then Create.

Image Review, and then Create

  • Wait for the storage account to deploy and then Go to resource.

Image the storage account to deploy and then Go to resource

step 3:Configure simple settings in the storage account.

In other to configure simple settings on your storage account, follow the highlighted procedures

  • In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade

Image Data management section, select the Redundancy blade

  • Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down

Image Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down

  • Be sure to Save your changes.

Image Save your changes

-Refresh the page and notice the content only exists in the primary location.

Image content only exists in the primary location.

Step 3: The storage account has to be configured in such a way that it only accepts requests from secure connections and hence follow these procedures to ensure secure connections

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
    Image accepts requests from secure connections

  • Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled.

Image Secure transfer required is Enabled

step 4: Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration bladeImage TLS version 1.2

  • Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.
    Image Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.

step 5: Until the storage is needed again, disable requests to the storage account

  • In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade

Image disable requests to the storage account

  • Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.
    Image Ensure Allow storage account key access is Disabled.

  • Be sure to Save your changes.

Step 5:Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.

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

Image Security + networking section, select the Networking blade.

  • Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks

Image Public network access is set to Enabled

  • Be sure to Save your changes.

Image Save your changes