Introduction
In this article, I will explain about creating a Data Lake Store with default storage using Windows PowerShell.
Prerequisite
- An active Azure subscription.
- Windows PowerShell.
Steps for creating data lake store using PowerShell
Step 1
Run Windows PowerShell as administrator.
Step 2
I have provided the commands for creating the data lake store in Azure. Open Windows PowerShell and enter the following command.
Login-AzureRmAccount
Step 3
You will be redirected to the Azure portal for sign-in process. Enter your login id and password.
Step 4
After logging in to the Azure portal, you will get a reply from it. Now, you need to register for data lake store, followed by executing the following command.
Register-AzureRmResourceProvider -ProviderNamespace "Microsoft.DataLakeStore"
Create a resource group for the data lake store account using the provided command, replace the resource group name and location with your desired ones.
$resourceGroupName = "<your new resource group name>"
New-AzureRmResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location "<your desire location>"
Step 5
Now, we need to create a Data lake store account and provide the name in lowercase and numbers. I have provided the command below.
$dataLakeStoreName = "<your new Data Lake Store name>"
New-AzureRmDataLakeStoreAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $dataLakeStoreName -Location "<your desire location>"
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Step 6
This article explains about creating a default storage account and for that, we need to specify a root directory for the data lake store. For creating a root directory, use the following command.
$myrootdir = "/"
Create a new directory with a desired name using the following command.
New-AzureRmDataLakeStoreItem -Folder -AccountName $dataLakeStoreName -Path $myrootdir/<your directory name>
And now, we need to verify whether the directory Is created or not, followed by the command -
Get-AzureRmDataLakeStoreChildItem -AccountName $dataLakeStoreName -Path $myrootdir
Step 7
Finally, we have created a data lake store. When we do not need it, we can delete the store using the following command - (when prompted, press Y to delete the account).
Remove-AzureRmDataLakeStoreAccount -Name $dataLakeStoreName