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Azure File Service

Mount Azure File Share

Windows

Connect to and mount an Azure File Share (Windows File Explorer)

  1. Right-click on This PC
  2. Click Map Network Drive option
  3. Specify drive letter to be used
  4. Specify folder: \\<storageAccount>.files.core.windows.net\<shareName>
  5. Click Finish
  6. In the dialog box that opens login with the username: AZURE\<storageName>
  7. Password should be access key for the storage account

net use x \\erstandard01.file.core.windows.net\logs /u:AZURE\erstandard01 <accessKey>
Automatically reconnect after reboot in Windows 
cmdkey /add:storageAccountName.file.core.windows.net /user:AZURE\storageAccountName /pass:storageAccountKey


$storageKey = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $g -Name $storageNAme).Value[0]
$acctKey = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $storageKey -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "Azure\$storageName", $acctKey
New-PSDrive -Name "Z" -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\\$storageName.file.core.windows.net\$shareName" -Credential $credential

Linux

Mounting to /logs 

sudo mount -t cifs //$storageAccount.file.core.windows.net/logs /logs -o "vers=3.0,username=$storageAccount,password=$storageAccountKey,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777,sec=ntlmssp"

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