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How to create Azure Storage Account using Python

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This post describes how to create Azure Storage Account using Python. Azure Storage Management package can be used to manage storage accounts using Python.

Prerequisite: Below are the prerequisites for following this post.

1. Azure CLI. Refer below articles to install Azure CLI.

[Windows]
Install Azure CLI on windows
[Ubuntu]
Install Azure CLI on Ubuntu
2. Python 3.6 or later

Create Azure Storage Account using Python

  • Login with Azure CLI
    •     

az login
  • Install required Python Libraries
    •     

pip install azure-identity
pip install azure-mgmt-storage
  • Import required modules 
    •     

from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from azure.mgmt.storage.models import StorageAccountCreateParameters, Sku
  • Define SubscriptionID, ResourceGroupName and StorageAccountName 
    •     

subscription_id = "REPLACE_WITH_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"    
RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME"
storage_account_name = "REPLACE_WITH_GLOBALLY_UNIQUE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME"
  • Get credentials and Obtain the management object for storage
    •     

credential = AzureCliCredential()
storage_client = StorageManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)
  • Create Azure Storage Account
    •     

response = storage_client.storage_accounts.begin_create(
resource_group_name,
storage_account_name,
StorageAccountCreateParameters(
    sku=Sku(name="Standard_LRS"),
    kind="Storage",
    location="westus",
    enable_https_traffic_only=True,
),
)

storage_account = response.result()

print(
f"Storage account {storage_account.name} provision state is {storage_account.provisioning_state}"
)
  • Complete Code Snippet
    •     

from azure.mgmt.storage import StorageManagementClient
from azure.identity import AzureCliCredential
from azure.mgmt.storage.models import StorageAccountCreateParameters, Sku

subscription_id = "REPLACE_WITH_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"    
RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME = "REPLACE_WITH_RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME"
storage_account_name = "REPLACE_WITH_GLOBALLY_UNIQUE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME"

credential = AzureCliCredential()
storage_client = StorageManagementClient(credential, subscription_id)


response = storage_client.storage_accounts.begin_create(
resource_group_name,
storage_account_name,
StorageAccountCreateParameters(
    sku=Sku(name="Standard_LRS"),
    kind="Storage",
    location="westus",
    enable_https_traffic_only=True,
),
)
storage_account = response.result()

print(
f"Storage account {storage_account.name} provision state is {storage_account.provisioning_state}"
)

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