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Assignment – 2
Provision an Azure Storage account
The first step in using Azure Storage is to provision an Azure Storage account in your Azure
subscription.
1. If you haven't already done so, sign into the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com. Then
on

the Azure portal home page, select ＋ Create a resource from the upper left-hand corner

and search for Storage account. Then in the resulting Storage account page, select Create.
a. Enter the following values on the Create a storage account page:

• Subscription: If you're using a sandbox, select Concierge Subscription. Otherwise, select

your Azure subscription.

• Resource group: If you're using a sandbox, select the existing resource group (which will

have a name like learn-xxxx...). Otherwise, create a new resource group with a name of
your choice.

• Storage account name: Enter a unique name for your storage account using lower-case

letters and numbers.

• Region: Select any available location.

• Performance: Standard

• Redundancy: Locally-redundant storage (LRS)

2. Select Next: Advanced > and view the advanced configuration options. In particular, note
that this is where you can enable hierarchical namespace to support Azure Data Lake Storage
Gen2. Leave this option unselected (you'll enable it later), and then select Next: Networking
> to view the networking options for your storage account.
3. Select Next: Data protection > and then in the Recovery section, deselect all of the Enable
soft delete... options. These options retain deleted files for subsequent recovery, but can
cause issues later when you enable hierarchical namespace.
4. Continue through the remaining Next > pages without changing any of the default settings,
and then on the Review + Create page, wait for your selections to be validated and select
Create to create your Azure Storage account.
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5. Wait for deployment to complete. Then go to the resource that was deployed.

Explore blob storage

Now that you have an Azure Storage account, you can create a container for blob data.
1. Download the product1.json JSON file from https://aka.ms/product1.json and save it on
your
computer (you can save it in any folder - you'll upload it to blob storage later).
If the JSON file is displayed in your browser, save the page as product1.json.
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2. In the Azure portal page for your storage container, on the left side, in the Data storage
section, select Containers.

3. In the Containers page, select ＋ Container and add a new container named data with a
public access level of Private (no anonymous access).

4. When the data container has been created, verify that it's listed in the Containers page.
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5. In the pane on the left side, in the top section, select Storage browser (preview). This page
provides a browser-based interface that you can use to work with the data in your storage
account.
6. In the storage browser page, select Blob containers and verify that your data container is
listed.

7. Select the data container, and note that it's empty.

8. Select ＋ Add Directory and read the information about folders before creating a new
directory named products.
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9. In storage explorer, verify that the current view shows the contents of the products folder
you just created - observe that the "breadcrumbs" at the top of the page reflect the path Blob
containers > data > products.
10. In the breadcrumbs, select data to switch to the data container, and note that it does not
contain a folder named products.

Folders in blob storage are virtual, and only exist as part of the path of a blob. Since the
products folder contained no blobs, it isn't really there!
11. Use the Upload button to open the Upload blob panel.
12. In the Upload blob panel, select the product1.json file you saved on your local computer
previously. Then in the Advanced section, in the Upload to folder box, enter product_data
and select the Upload button.
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13. Close the Upload blob panel if it's still open, and verify that a product_data virtual folder
hasbeen created inthe data container.
14.Select the product_data folder and verify that it contains the product1.json blob you
uploaded.

15.On the leftside, in the Data storage section, select Containers.

16.Open the data container, and verify that the product_data folder you created is listed.

17. Select the ‧‧‧ icon at the right-end of the folder, and note that it doesn't display any
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options. Folders in a flat namespace blob container are virtual, and can’t be managed.
18.Use the X icon at the top right in the data page to close the page and return to the
Containers page.
Explore Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
Azure Data Lake Store Gen2 support enables you to use hierarchical folders to organize and
manage
access to blobs. It also enables you to use Azure blob storage to host distributed file systems
for
common big data analytics platforms.
1. Download the product2.json JSON file from https://aka.ms/product2.json and save it on
your
computer in the same folder where you downloaded product1.json previously - you'll upload
it to blobstorage later).
2. In the Azure portal page for your storage container, on the left side, scroll down to the
Settingssection, and selectData Lake Gen2 upgrade.
3. In the Data Lake Gen2 upgrade page, expand and complete each step to upgrade your
storage account to enable hierarchical namespace and support Azure Data Lake Storage Gen
2. This may take some time.
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4.When the upgrade is complete, in the pane on the left side, in the top section, select
Storagebrowser (preview) and navigate back to the root of your data blob container,
which still containsthe product_data folder.
5.Select the product_data folder, and verify it still contains the product1.json file you
uploaded previously.
6.Use the Upload button to open the Upload blob panel.
7.In the Upload blob panel, select the product2.json file you saved on your local
computer.Then selectthe Upload button
8.Close the Upload blob panel if it's still open, and verify that a product_data folder now
containsthe product2.json file.
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9.On the left side, in the Data storage section, select Containers.
10.Open the data container, and verify that the product_data folder you created is listed.

11.Select the ‧‧‧ icon at the right-end of the folder, and note that with hierarchical

namespace enabled, you can perform configuration tasks at the folder-level; including
renaming folders and setting permissions.

12. Use the X icon at the top right in the data page to close the page and return to
theContainers page
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Explore Azure Files

Azure Files provides away to create cloud-based file shares.
1. In the Azure portal page for your storage container, on the left side, in the Data
storage section, select File shares.

2. In the File shares page, select ＋ File share and add a new file share named files using

the Transaction optimized tier.

3. In the File shares, open your new files share.

4. At the top of the page, select Connect. Then in the Connect pane, note that there are tabs
for
common operating systems (Windows, Linux, and macOS) that contain scripts you can run to
connect to the shared folder from a client computer.
5. Close the Connect pane and then close the files page to return to the File shares page for
your
Azure storage account
Explore Azure Tables
Azure Tables provide a key/value store for applications that need to store data values,
butdon't
need the full functionality and structure of a relational database.
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1. In the Azure portal page for your storage container, on the left side, in the Data
storage section, select Tables.

2. On the Tables page, select ＋ Table and create a new table named products

3. After the products table has been created, in the pane on the left side, in the top section,
select Storage browser (preview).
4. In storage explorer, select Tables and verify that the products table is listed.
5. Select the products table.

6. In the product page, select ＋ Add entity.

7. In the Add entity panel, enter the following key values

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8. In storage browser, verify that a row has been added to the products table, and that a
Timestamp column has been created to indicate when the row was last modified.
You have manually entered data into the table using the storage browser interface. In a real
scenario, application developers can use the Azure Storage Table API to build applications
that read and write values to tables, making it a cost effective and scalable solution for NoSQL
storage.