This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by olaniyi akinkunmi
Skilling tasks
1 Create a storage account with high availability.
2 Ensure the storage account has anonymous public access.
3 Create a blob storage container for the website documents.
4 Enable soft delete so files can be easily restored.
5 Enable blob versioning
Create a storage account with high availability.
- Create a storage account to support the public website.
- In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts.
- Select + Create.
*For resource group select new. Give your resource group a name and select OK.
*Set the Storage account name to publicwebsite. Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier.
*Take the defaults for other settings.
*Select Review and then Create.
Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.
- This storage requires high availability if there’s a regional outage. Additionally, enable read access to the secondary region, Learn more about storage account redundancy.
*In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.
*Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected.
*Review the primary and secondary location information
-
Information on the public website should be accessible without requiring customers to login.
*In the storage account, in the Settings section, select the Configuration blade.
*Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled.
*Be sure to Save your changes.
Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access
1 The public website has various images and documents. Create a blob storage container for the content. Learn more about storage containers.
*in your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade.
*Select + Container.
*Ensure the Name of the container is public.
*Select Create.
2 Customers should be able to view the images without being authenticated. Configure anonymous read access for the public container blobs. Learn more about configuring anonymous public access.
*Select your public container.
*On the Overview blade, select Change access level.
*Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only).
*Select OK.
Practice uploading files and testing access.
1 For testing, upload a file to the public container. The type of file doesn’t matter. A small image or text file is a good choice
*Ensure you are viewing your container.
*Select Upload.
*Browse to files and select a file. Browse to a file of your choice.
*Select Upload.
*Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded.
2. Determine the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL.
*Select your uploaded file.
*On the Overview tab, copy the URL.
*Paste the URL into a new browser tab.
*If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser. Other file types should be downloaded.
Configure soft delete
- It’s important that the website documents can be restored if they’re deleted. Configure blob soft delete for 21 days. Learn more about soft delete for blobs.
*Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
*On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section.
*Select the Blob soft delete setting.
*Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked.
*Change the Keep deleted blobs for (in days setting is 21.
*Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers.
*Don’t forget to Save your changes.
2. If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files.
*Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file.
*Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete.
*Select OK to confirm deleting the file.
*On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs. This toggle is to the right of the search box.
*Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right, to Undelete the file.
*Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restored.
Configure blob versioning
- It’s important to keep track of the different website product document versions. Learn more about blob versioning.
*Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.
*In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section.
*Select the Versioning setting.
*Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked.
*Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after.
*Don’t forget to Save your changes.
- As you have time experiment with restoring previous blob versions.
*Upload another version of your container file. This overwrites your existing file.
*Your previous file version is listed on Show deleted blobs page.
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by olaniyi akinkunmi