Day 20: Backup and Delete Azure Storage Blob Container

Task: The Nautilus DevOps team is currently engaged in a cleanup process, focusing on removing unnecessary data and services from their Azure environment. As part of the migration process, several resources were created for one-time use only, necessitating a cleanup effort to optimize their Azure environment.

A private blob container named xfusion-blob-23970 already exists in the East US region under storage account xfusionst16246.

1) Copy the contents of xfusion-blob-23970 blob container to the /opt directory on the azure-client host (the landing host once you load this lab).

2) Delete the blob container xfusion-blob-23970 from the storage account.

Use below given Azure Credentials: (You can run the showcreds command on the azure-client host to retrieve credentials)

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1. Type st in the search box and choose Storage accounts.

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2. Choose the existing storage account and expand the Data storage tab.

3. Copy the data from existing storage private container into the jump host by using this command.

   • az storage blob download \

     --account-name xfusionst16246 \

     --container-name xfusion-blob-23970 \

     --name xfusion.txt \

     --file /opt/xfusion.txt \

     --auth-mode login

4. Choose the existing blob container xfusion-blob-23970 and delete button to delete the container from existing storage account.