This repository contains a simple sample project to help you getting started with Azure storage using Go as the development language.

To complete this tutorial:

• Install Go 1.8 or later

If you don't have an Azure subscription, create a free account before you begin.

First, create a new general-purpose storage account to use for this quickstart.

1. Go to the Azure portal account creation menu and log in using your Azure account.
2. Enter a unique name for your storage account. Keep these rules in mind for naming your storage account:
   • The name must be between 3 and 24 characters in length.
   • The name may contain numbers and lowercase letters only.
3. Select your subscription.
4. For Resource group, create a new one or use an existing resource group.
5. Select the Location to use for your storage account.
6. Check Pin to dashboard and click Create to create your storage account.

After your storage account is created, it's pinned to the dashboard. Select it to open it. Under Settings, select Access keys. Copy and paste the Storage account name and the Key under key1 into a text editor for later use.

This solution requires your storage account name and key to be stored in environment variables securely on the machine running the sample. Follow one of the examples below depending on your operating System to create the environment variables. If using Windows, close out of your open IDE or shell and restart to ensure that the environment variables are initialized.

export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="<youraccountname>"
export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY="<youraccountkey>"

setx AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT "<youracountname>"
setx AZURE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY "<youraccountkey>"

From your GOPATH, execute the following command:

go get github.com/Azure/azure-storage-blob-go/2016-05-31/azblob

At this point, you can run this application. It creates its own file to upload, and then cleans up after itself by deleting everything at the end.

Navigate to your application directory and run the application with the go run command.

go run storage-quickstart.go

The Azure storage documentation includes a rich set of tutorials and conceptual articles, which serve as a good complement to the samples. For more samples on the Azure Storage SDK for GO, check out the examples here.

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