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BLOB Storage In Azure

What Is A BLOB?

How To Create A BLOB?

1. Create a storage account
2. Inside the storage account, create a container
3. Inside the container, upload the blob

Steps

1. Go to the Storage Accounts and click on the + Add button

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2. In the details screen, enter the details as mentioned in the figure below

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3. Click on the Review + create button
4. Once the validation is passed, the Create button will appear. Click on the button to create the storage account
5. Once the storage account is created, click on the Containers button in the Overview section

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6. In the next screen, click on the + Container button to create the container

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7. A screen will appear where you can enter the Name and the Public access level

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8. Click on the Create button to create the container
9. Inside the container, you have the option to upload the data

Different Types Of BLOB

1. Block blobs → These are used to store text and binary data
2. Append blobs → These are used for logging data
3. Page blobs → These are used to store virtual hard disk files for virtual machines