Section 5: Simple build distribution

Azure Cloud Build Section 5 Overview

We will use an Azure Blob Storage container to hold all our builds. Let’s set that up now.

1.In your Azure subscription, create a Storage account

Storage Account

  1. Enter your Subscription, resource group, storage account name, and region.

Create Storage Account 1

  1. For Performance and Redundancy, you can leave the default choices.

  2. At this point, you can click on Review + create, then Create, for the purposes of this demo. Feel free, however, to customize networking, security and other settings.

  3. Once the storage account is provisioned, go to the resource.

Create Storage Account 2

  1. Now, create a container within the new storage account. In the left settings menu, click on Containers, then +Container.

  2. In the New container blade:

    • Name: Enter the name of your new container
    • Public access level: select Container (anonymous read access for containers and blobs)

[!NOTE

This access level is for demo purposes only. Please do not store sensitive information in this container, alternatively secure your setup with information from here.

  1. Click Create.

📝 Save this info! 📝

  • Storage account name
  • Container name

Next steps

Next, go to Section 6: Azure DevOps Pipeline.

Or return to the Introduction.

Troubleshooting page is here.