Azure Storage - Create container

 

Declaration

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_container" CONTAINER="text" ACCESSLEVEL="text (options)" PROTOCOL="text (options)" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" TIMEOUT="number" PROXYTYPE="text (options)" PROXYSERVER="text" PROXYPORT="number" PROXYUSERNAME="text" PROXYPASSWORD="text (encrypted)"><METADATA NAME="text" VALUE="text" /><METADATA NAME="text" VALUE="text" /><METADATA NAME="text" VALUE="text" /></AMAZURESTORAGE>

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Description

Creates a new public or private blob container under the specified account and optionally sets user-defined metadata for the container .

Practical Usage

Commonly used to create a new container as a means to organize sets of blobs. Blob storage containers behave like a folder in which we store files.

Parameters

Connection

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Connection

        

Indicates where user credentials and preferences should originate from. This is a design mode parameter used only during task construction and configuration, thus, comprises no markup. The available options are:

  • Host (default) - Specifies that user credentials and/or advanced preferences are configured individually for this activity. This option is normally chosen if only a single activity is required to complete an operation.

  • Session - Specifies that user credentials and/or advanced preferences are obtained from a pre-configured session created in a prior step with the use of the Azure Storage - Create session activity. This option is normally chosen if a combination of related activities are required to complete an operation. Linking several activities to a single session eliminates redundancy. Additionally, a single task supports construction and simultaneous execution of multiple sessions, improving efficiency.

Session

Text

Yes if connection is session-based

AzureStorageSession1

SESSION="MyAzureSession"

The name of an existing session to associate this activity with. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Session. The default session name is 'AzureStorageSession1'.

Account name

Text

Yes if connection is host-based

(Empty)

ACCOUNTNAME="myaccount"

The globally unique name of the Windows Azure storage account. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host.

Access key

Text

Yes if connection is host-based

(Empty)

ACCESSKEY="[AccessKey]"

The primary or secondary access key (each composed of 88 ASCII characters) used to authorize access to Azure Storage. This parameter is active only if the Connection parameter is set to Host.

Protocol

Text (options)

No

HTTPS
  1. PROTOCOL="HTTPS"
  2. PROTOCOL="HTTP"

The type of protocol used to access Azure Storage. The available options are:

  • HTTPS (default) - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

  • HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol

Timeout (seconds)

Number

No

90

TIMEOUT="180"

The timeout interval (in seconds) for requests made to the storage service. If the timeout elapses before a server response is returned, the operation times out and the service returns an error. The default timeout value is 90 seconds.

Blob endpoint URI

Text

No

(Empty)

BLOBENDPOINT="http://accnt

.blob.core.windows.net"

The endpoint for the Blob service, as configured for the Azure Storage account. The default Blob service endpoint is '[http/https]://accountname.blob.core.windows.net', where 'accountname' is the name of the Azure Storage account.

Queue endpoint URI

Text

No

(Empty)

QUEUEENDPOINT="http://accnt

.queue.core.windows.net"

The endpoint for the Queue service, as configured for the Azure storage account. The default Queue service endpoint is'[http/https]://accountname.queue.core.windows.net', where 'accountname'is the name of the Azure Storage account.

Table endpoint URI

Text

No

(Empty)

TABLEENDPOINT="http://accnt

.table.core.windows.net"

The endpoint for the Table service, as configured for the Azure storage account. The default Table service endpoint is '[http|https]://accountname.table.core.windows.net', where 'accountname'is the name of the Azure Storage account.

Proxy type

Text (options)

No

System default

  1. PROXYTYPE="default"

  2. PROXYTYPE="none"

  3. PROXYTYPE="HTTP"

The type of proxy server to connect through (if required). The available options are:

  • System default (default) - Access always passes through a default proxy server.

  • None - No proxy server is required.

  • HTTP - Communication is through an HTTP proxy server.

Proxy server

Text

No

(Empty)

  1. PROXYSERVER="serv.domain.com"

  2. PROXYSERVER="197.264.334.21"

 The host name (server.domain.com) or IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) of the proxy server. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP.

Proxy port

Number

No

808

PROXYPORT="8080"

 The port that is used by the proxy server for client connections. The default value is 808. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP.

Use authentication

        

If enabled, specifies that the proxy requires authentication before granting access to resources. If disabled (default), no authentication is required. This parameter is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. This is a visual mode parameter only used during design time, therefore, contains no markup.

Proxy username

Text

No

(Empty)

PROXYUSERNAME="theUsername"

The username to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled.

Proxy password

Text

No

(Empty)

PROXYPASSWORD="[encrypted]"

 The password to authenticate with the proxy server. This parameter is active only if Use authentication parameter is enabled.

Container

Property

Type

Required

Default

Markup

Description

Container name

Text

Yes

 (Empty) CONTAINER="mynewcontainer"

The name of the new container to create. Within a given storage account, every container must have a unique name. Container names must conform to the following rules:

  • Container names must start with a letter or number, and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character

  • Every dash (-) character must be immediately preceded and followed by a letter or number; consecutive dashes are not permitted in container names.

  • All letters in a container name must be lowercase.

  • Container names must be from 3 through 63 characters long.

NOTE: If a container with the same name already exists, the operation fails.

Public access

Text (options)

Yes

Private

  1. ACCESSLEVEL="private"

  2. ACCESSLEVEL="publiccontainer"

  3. ACCESSLEVEL="publicblob"

Indicates the Access Control List (ACL) permissions level to set for the new container, which determine whether container data and blob resources are available for anonymous access. The available options are:

  • Private (default) - No public read access. Container and blob data can be read by the account owner only.

  • Public Container - Full public read access. Container and blob data can be read by way of anonymous request. Clients can enumerate blobs within the container by way of anonymous request, but cannot enumerate containers within the storage account.

  • Public Blob - Public read access for blobs only. Blob data within this container can be read by way of anonymous request, but container data is not available. Clients cannot enumerate blobs within the container by way of anonymous request.

[Metadata] Name

Text

No

(Empty)

NAME="mymetadataname"

The metadata name to specify for the new container. This activity supports entry of one or more user-defined name-value pairs to associate with the new container as metadata. To add a name-value pair in visual mode, select Click here to add new row... thenenter the metadata name in the Name field and its value in the Value field. To delete a name-value pair, click "X".

[Metadata] Value

Text

No

(Empty)

VALUE="mymetadatavalue"

The metadata value to associate with its associated name entered in the Name parameter. To add a name-value pair in visual mode, select Click here to add new row... thenenter the metadata name in the Name field and its value in the Value field. To delete a name-value pair, click "X".

 

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Example

NOTE:
  • The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps Panel of the Task Builder.
  • Parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, and/or other information specific to the task must be customized before the sample code can run successfully.

Description: This task creates an Azure Storage session, creates a container, updates the container, uploads a blob onto the container, and finally, ends the session.

 

<!-- Create session -->

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_session" ACCOUNTNAME="netauto" ACCESSKEY="AM2rpq73bKmXN7UmqHdyKZZ3qCaiN3apmzen5q83eWmU967mr7d7aZs3oma592opmjeiZqF3eymLN60mpTdg6YY2g==aME" PROTOCOL="http" SESSION="MySession" />

<!-- Create container -->

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_container" CONTAINER="mycontainer" ACCESSLEVEL="publiccontainer" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="MySession"><METADATA NAME="Data" VALUE="Documents" /></AMAZURESTORAGE>

<!-- Update container -->

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="update_container" CONTAINER="mycontainer" ACCESSLEVEL="publiccontainer" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="MySession"><SHAREDACCESSPOLICY NAME="mypolicy" READ="True" WRITE="True" DELETE="True" LIST="True" STARTTIME="11/13/2011 12:00:00 AM" EXPIRYTIME="11/15/2011 12:00:00 AM" /></AMAZURESTORAGE>

<!-- Upload blob -->

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="upload_blob" CONTAINER="mycontainer" FILE="C:\temp\sourceForm.pdf" PROVIDER="session_based" SESSION="MySession" />

<!-- End Session -->

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="end_session" SESSION="MySession" />