Azure Storage - Create container

Declaration

<AMAZURESTORAGE ACTIVITY="create_container" SESSION="text" ACCOUNTNAME="text" ACCESSKEY="text (encrypted)" PROTOCOL="text (options)" TIMEOUT="number" BLOBENDPOINT="text" QUEUEENDPOINT="text" TABLEENDPOINT="text" PROXYTYPE="text (options)" PROXYSERVER="text" PROXYPORT="number" PROXYUSERNAME="text" PROXYPASSWORD="text (encrypted)" CONTAINER="text" ACCESSLEVEL="text (options)"><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. The available options are:
  • Host (default) - Specifies that user credentials and 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 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.
NOTE: This parameter does not contain markup and is only displayed in visual mode for task construction and configuration purposes.

Connection - Session

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Session Text Yes, if Connection is set to Session AzureStorageSession1 SESSION="MyAzureSession" The name of the Azure Storage session to create. The default value is AzureStorageSession1.
NOTE: Use the Azure Storage - End session activity to end an active Azure Storage session.

Connection - Host > Credentials

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Account name Text Yes, if Connection is set to Host (Empty) ACCOUNTNAME="myaccount" The globally unique name of the Windows Azure storage account.
Access key Text Yes, if Connection is set to Host (Empty) ACCESSKEY="[AccessKey]" The primary or secondary access key (each composed of 88 ASCII characters) used to authorize access to Azure Storage. 

Connection - Host > Advanced

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Protocol Text (options) No HTTPS
  • PROTOCOL="HTTPS"
  • 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) Yes System default
  • PROXYTYPE="none"
  • PROXYTYPE="http"
 The type of proxy required for SharePoint connections passing through a proxy server. The available options are:
  • System default (default) - Points to the default proxy used by the system.
  • None - No proxy authentication required.
  • HTTP - Proxy type is HTTP.
Use authentication --- No --- --- If enabled, specifies proxy authentication is required, enabling authentication-based parameters (disabled by default). It is active only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP.
NOTE: This parameter does not contain markup and is only displayed in visual mode for task construction and configuration purposes.
Proxy server Text Yes, if Proxy type is set to HTTP (Empty) PROXYSERVER="proxy.host.com" The hostname (server.domain.com) or IP address (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) of the proxy server. This parameter is available only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP.
Proxy username Text No (Empty) PROXYUSERNAME="username" The proxy username to authenticate with. This parameter is available only if Use authentication is enabled.
Proxy port Number No 808 PROXYPORT="8080" The port number to use to connect to the proxy server. This parameter is available only if the Proxy type parameter is set to HTTP. The default value is 808.
Proxy password Text No (Empty) PROXYPASSWORD="encrypted" The proxy password to authenticate with. This parameter is available only if Use authentication 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
  • ACCESSLEVEL="private"
  • ACCESSLEVEL="publiccontainer"
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Private (default) - No public read access. Container and blob data can be read by the account owner only.
[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, and then enter the metadata name in the Name box and its value in the Value box. To delete a name-value pair, select X.
[Metadata] Value Text No (Empty) VALUE="mymetadatavalue" The metadata value to associate with its associated name entered in the Name box. To add a name-value pair in visual mode, select Click here to add new row, and then enter the metadata name in the Name box and its value in the Value box. To delete a name-value pair, select X.

Description

Error Causes

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Example

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Description

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

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<!-- 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" />