When and how blob storage will create?

Question

Hi Friends,

When blob storage will create? and how it will create?

Whether it create automatically or we must create it manually?

For this purpose i must use virtual machine and must make the deployment into it? is it?

Answer 1

Hi Basant,

Can you please specify the context of creating a blob storage ?

In either case storage account can be created either via the portal or using the management REST API:

1. REST Call: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/hh264518.aspx
2. Via the portal: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/gg433066.aspx

For creating a storage account you don't need any virtual machine to be created.

Hope it answer the questions.

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Answer 2

Thanks Shay,

I have reviewed more (windows azure getting started, training kit lab examples etc and lot of questions over in this portal).But every thing made me confused. I need a clear procedure to move to windows azure. 

These are the constraints.

I have an asp.net web application developed in VS2010.

i). My application must be deployed into windows azure.

ii). I will be able to access images from blob storage

iii). Cdn must be enabled for my hosted service and blob contents.

iv). My database should be restored into windows azure database.

v). I need a virtual machine to deploy my application.

To get these constraints what should i do? Please give me a step by step procedures to implement it and make my application works perfectly in windows azure. 

Answer 3

Sounds classic for Windows Azure.

Try the following links for using CDN to statically linking images in your application:

1. https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/common-tasks/cdn/
2. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wazplatformtrainingcourse_windowsazurecdn_topic2.aspx

For database migration to sql azure try this link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee730904.aspx

Regarding virtual machine well just create web role in visual studio. Basically you have 2 option:

1. Create a clean cloud project and add all the content from your previous asp.net application
   (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee405487.aspx)
2. Just use the exiting asp.net project you have and add a cloud project to it.

Run it first in the emulator than publish it to azure and you good to go.

Hope it helps
Shay.

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