Provisioning an Azure storage account
The first step in setting up a data lake is to create a storage account:
- Open the Azure portal at portal.azure.com and log in.
- Open the menu in the Azure portal and click on Create a resource.
- In the search box, type
storage account
and press Enter. - Click on the Storage Account tile.
- Click on Create.
The Basics tab of the Create storage account page opens as shown in Figure 10.6:
The initial settings are similar to the earlier services you created. The storage account name should be unique worldwide. It can contain only lowercase letters and numbers and can be a maximum of 24 characters in length.