Creating an Azure Storage container

Important: This procedure is optional and is required only if you want to use Azure Storage Container for storing the policy snapshot during static deployment.

To create an Azure Storage Container:

1. Login to the Azure environment.

2. Click the Portal menu icon.

   The Portal menu appears.

3. Click Storage accounts.

   The Storage accounts screen appears.

4. Click Create.

   The Create storage account screen appears. By default, the Basics tab appears.

5. In the Basics tab, enter the following mandatory details.

Note: Retain the default values for all the remaining tabs on the Create storage account screen.

6. Click Review + create to validate the entered information.

   Azure validates the information that you have entered.

7. Click Create to create the storage account.

   The storage account is created and the following screen appears.

8. Click Go to resource.

   The Overview screen appears, displaying the details of your storage account.

9. Perform the following steps to create a storage container.

   1. On the left pane, click Data storage > Containers.

      The Containers screen appears.

   2. Click Container.

      The New Container screen appears.

   3. Specify a name for the container in the Name field.

   4. Retain the default value for the Anonymous access level list.

      The default value is set to Private (no anonymous access).

   5. Click OK to create the container.