Introduction

In this blog, you will see how to create a container in Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.

Prerequisites

Install Azure PowerShell Module to run the script.

PowerShell Script

Open Notepad and paste the following script. Save the file as script.ps1.

  1. ################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################
  3. ## Input Parameters
  4. $resourceGroupName="azpractice"
  5. $storageAccName="azstorageacc1122020"
  6. $storageContainerName="container001"
  8. ## Connect to Azure Account
  9. Connect-AzAccount
  11. ## Function to create the storage container
  12. Function CreateStorageContainer
  13. {
  14. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating storage container.."
  15. ## Get the storage account in which container has to be created
  16. $storageAcc=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName
  17. ## Get the storage account context
  18. $ctx=$storageAcc.Context
  20. ## Check if the storage container exists
  21. if(Get-AzStorageContainer -Name $storageContainerName -Context $ctx -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
  22. {
  23. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageContainerName "- container already exists."
  24. }
  25. else
  26. {
  27. Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageContainerName "- container does not exist."
  28. ## Create a new Azure Storage Account
  29. New-AzStorageContainer -Name $storageContainerName -Context $ctx -Permission Container
  30. }
  31. }
  33. CreateStorageContainer
  35. ## Disconnect from Azure Account
  36. Disconnect-AzAccount

Open the Windows PowerShell window and navigate to the location where the script file was saved.

Run the following command.

.\script.ps1

Result:

Container created successfully.

Reference

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.storage/new-azstoragecontainer?view=azps-3.3.0

Summary

In this blog, you saw how to create a container in Azure Storage Account using PowerShell.