Replicating Directory Structures Between Blob Containers

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Replicating Directory Structures Between Blob Containers

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Is there an easy way to replicate the directory structure from one Azure Blob Container to another with a recursive option enabled? Specifically, I want to copy the directory structure from BC1 hosted in RG1 to BC2 hosted in RG2.

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2023-11-15T03:30:55.8766667+00:00

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The following PowerShell script facilitates the selective copying of containers from one storage account to another, excluding the data.

https://github.com/Azure-Developer-Support/CodeRepository/blob/master/Storage/Powershell/CopyOnlyContainerFromOneStorageAccountToAnother.ps1

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Gordon Byers 7,165

You can use AZ Copy sync to replicate one container to the other, just make sure to set the recursive option.

Download and Install AZ copy tool from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-v10#download-azcopy

azcopy sync 'https://<source-storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container-name>/<SAS-token>' 'https://<destination-storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container-name>' --recursive

Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-use-azcopy-blobs-synchronize#update-a-container-with-changes-in-another-container

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2023-11-10T21:23:19.38+00:00

Thank you @Anonymous . I am looking to replicate the Directory structure only; I don't need any files with directories to move with it. Is there an option to do that?
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2023-11-14T04:25:41.5866667+00:00
PS

Thank you for your clarification, I understand that you want to copy the directory structure from one container to another.

This requires a custom script, unfortunately, there is no direct approach to do this.

Here are the steps:

Get the list of all the directories in the container:

Use a PowerShell script to get the names of all the directories and save them to a csv file. You can use the Azure PowerShell script from this article.

powershell - azure blob storage cli list directories - Stack Overflow

After you have saved all the directories, you can create them in the destination container using the Azure storage PUT rest API.

Path - Create - REST API (Azure Storage Services) | Microsoft Learn

I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you have any more questions and I will be happy to assist you further.
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2023-11-26T23:38:47.8033333+00:00

@Siva Villa , I appreciate your suggestion. I'll check out the links you've shared. Thank you!
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2023-11-27T22:18:21.9866667+00:00

Thank you @Siva Villa !

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