Azure Storage Shared Access Signature restrict to a specific container

Question

Hello,

I created an Azure Storage Container with several containers.

How can I create a Shared Access Signature with access to just one of the containers (not all of them)?

Thank You,

Michael

Answer 1

@Anonymous Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Q&A.

You can create a Shared Access Signature (SAS) token for a specific container by following these steps:

1. Open the Azure Storage Explorer app on your local machine and navigate to your connected Storage Accounts.
2. Expand the Storage Accounts node and select Blob Containers.
3. Expand the Blob Containers node and right-click the container node you want to create a SAS token for.
4. Select Get Shared Access Signature from the options menu.
5. In the Shared Access Signature window, select your Access policy (the default is none).
6. Specify the signed key Start and Expiry date and time. Select the Time zone for the Start and Expiry date and time (default is Local)
7. Define your container Permissions by selecting the Read, Write, List, and Delete checkboxes.
8. Review and select Create.
9. A new window will appear with the Container name, SAS URL, and Query string for your container.
10. Copy and paste the SAS URL and query string values in a secure location. They'll only be displayed once and can't be retrieved once the window is closed.

You can also generate a SAS URI using Azure Portal, Azure PowerShell, or Azure CLI.

Reference documentation:

• Create SAS tokens for storage containers
• Create a user delegation SAS for a container or blob with the Azure CLI
• Grant limited access to Azure Storage resources using shared access signatures (SAS)
• Get the SAS for a blob container using Storage Explorer
• Download and install Storage Explorer

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