How to Create a Container in an Azure Storage Account using PowerShell

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

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.

################# Azure Blob Storage - PowerShell ####################

## Input Parameters
$resourceGroupName="azpractice"
$storageAccName="azstorageacc1122020"
$storageContainerName="container001"

## Connect to Azure Account
Connect-AzAccount

## Function to create the storage container
Function CreateStorageContainer
{
    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green "Creating storage container.."
    ## Get the storage account in which container has to be created
    $storageAcc=Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $storageAccName
    ## Get the storage account context
    $ctx=$storageAcc.Context

    ## Check if the storage container exists
    if(Get-AzStorageContainer -Name $storageContainerName -Context $ctx -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
        Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageContainerName "- container already exists."
    }
    else
    {
       Write-Host -ForegroundColor Magenta $storageContainerName "- container does not exist."
       ## Create a new Azure Storage Account
       New-AzStorageContainer -Name $storageContainerName -Context $ctx -Permission Container
    }
}

CreateStorageContainer

## Disconnect from Azure Account
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.