Managing Azure Storage
This section provides comprehensive documentation and guidance on managing your Azure Storage resources, including best practices, common tasks, and advanced configurations.
Key Management Areas
- Account Management: Learn how to create, configure, and manage Azure Storage accounts.
- Access Control: Understand how to secure your storage data using Shared Access Signatures (SAS), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and access keys.
- Data Lifecycle Management: Implement policies for data archival, deletion, and tiering (Hot, Cool, Archive) to optimize costs.
- Monitoring and Logging: Utilize Azure Monitor and diagnostic logs to track performance, identify issues, and audit access.
- Networking: Configure network access to your storage accounts, including virtual networks and private endpoints.
- Replication and Disaster Recovery: Explore options for data redundancy and high availability.
Common Management Tasks
The following articles detail step-by-step instructions for performing essential management operations:
Creating and Configuring Storage Accounts
To create a new Azure Storage account, you can use the Azure portal, Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, or REST API.
Managing Access Keys
Access keys provide full administrative access to your storage account. It's recommended to regenerate keys periodically for security.
# Example using Azure CLI to list keys
az storage account keys list --account-name mystorageaccount --resource-group myresourcegroupConfiguring Blob Storage Lifecycle Management
Lifecycle management policies allow you to automatically transition blobs between tiers or delete them based on rules.
# Example of a lifecycle policy configuration (JSON)
{
"rules": [
{
"name": "move_to_cool",
"enabled": true,
"type": "Lifecycle",
"definition": {
"actions": {
"version": {
"tierArchiveAfterDays": 365,
"tierCoolAfterDays": 90
},
"baseBlob": {
"tierArchiveAfterDays": 365,
"tierCoolAfterDays": 90
}
},
"filters": {
"prefix": "logs/"
}
}
}
]
}Monitoring Storage Performance
Azure Monitor provides metrics for storage operations, latency, availability, and transaction counts.
- View storage metrics in the Azure portal.
- Configure diagnostic settings to send logs to Log Analytics.
- Set up alerts for critical performance thresholds.