Azure CLI Storage Documentation

Managing Azure Storage with Azure CLI

The Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) provides a powerful and flexible way to manage your Azure Storage resources. This documentation covers common commands for interacting with Blob storage, File storage, Queue storage, and Table storage.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the Azure CLI installed and are logged in to your Azure account:

az login

Blob Storage

Blob storage is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data, such as text or binary data. This includes anything that can be stored as an object or file.

Key Operations

• Create a storage account:

az storage account create --name <storage-account-name> --resource-group <resource-group-name> --location <location> --sku Standard_LRS

• List blobs in a container:

az storage blob list --container-name <container-name> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Upload a blob:

az storage blob upload --container-name <container-name> --file <local-file-path> --name <blob-name> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Download a blob:

az storage blob download --container-name <container-name> --name <blob-name> --file <local-file-path> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Delete a blob:

az storage blob delete --container-name <container-name> --name <blob-name> --account-name <storage-account-name>

File Storage

Azure Files offers fully managed cloud file shares that are accessible via the industry-standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol or Network File System (NFS) protocol. This allows you to lift and shift on-premises applications that rely on file shares to Azure.

Key Operations

• Create a file share:

az storage share create --name <share-name> --account-name <storage-account-name> [--quota <size-in-GB>]

• List directories and files in a share:

az storage file list --share-name <share-name> --account-name <storage-account-name> [--source-path <directory-path>]

• Upload a file to a share:

az storage file upload --share-name <share-name> --source <local-file-path> --path <destination-file-path> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Download a file from a share:

az storage file download --share-name <share-name> --path <file-path> --destination <local-directory-path> --account-name <storage-account-name>

Queue Storage

Queue storage is used to store large numbers of messages that can be accessed and processed by multiple clients. It's ideal for decoupling application components.

Key Operations

• Create a queue:

az storage queue create --name <queue-name> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• List messages in a queue:

az storage message list --queue-name <queue-name> --account-name <storage-account-name> [--num-messages <count>]

• Add a message to a queue:

az storage message put --queue-name <queue-name> --content <message-content> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Delete a message from a queue:

az storage message delete --queue-name <queue-name> --id <message-id> --pop-receipt <pop-receipt-value> --account-name <storage-account-name>

Table Storage

Table storage stores schemaless data in NoSQL key-value stores. It's suitable for flexible datasets like customer data, address books, or other kinds of metadata.

Key Operations

• Create a table:

az storage table create --name <table-name> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Insert an entity into a table:

az storage entity insert --table <table-name> --entity <entity-json> --account-name <storage-account-name>

• Query entities from a table:

az storage entity query --table <table-name> --account-name <storage-account-name> [--filter <odata-filter-expression>]

• Delete an entity from a table:

az storage entity delete --table <table-name> --partition-key <partition-key-value> --row-key <row-key-value> --account-name <storage-account-name>

Further Reading

• Azure CLI Storage Commands Reference
• Azure Blob Storage Overview
• Azure Files Overview