Managing Azure Storage Accounts Across Resource Groups

Module 2: Assignment - 1

Tasks To Be Performed:

1. Create 2 resource groups rg-1 and rg-2
2. Add storage account to rg-1
3. Move storage account from rg-1 to rg-2

In the Azure Portal I navigate to the “Cloud Shell” Icon in the upper right corner

Step 1: Create Two Resource Groups §

In the command-line interface and run:

az group create --name rg-1 --location eastus
az group create --name rg-2 --location eastus

Verify:

az group list -o table

Step 2: Add a Storage Account to rg-1 §

I create a new storage account in resource group rg-1

az storage account create --name hectorstorage12345 --resource-group rg-1 --location eastus --sku Standard_LRS

Verity:

az storage account list --resource-group rg-1 --query "[].{Name:name, ResourceGroup:resourceGroup}" -o table

Step 3: Move Storage Account from rg-1 to rg-2 §

First, I get the resource ID of the storage account by running:

az storage account show --name hectorstorage12345 --resource-group rg-1 --query id --output tsv

The ID is pretty long so I’ll store in a variable:

storageid=$(az storage account show --name hectorstorage12345 --resource-group rg-1 --query id --output tsv)

Using variable, I move the storage account to rg-2 with the following.

az resource move --destination-group rg-2 --ids $storageid

Verity: §

The following command confirms storage account no longer in rg-1

az storage account list --resource-group rg-1 --query "[].{Name:name, ResourceGroup:resourceGroup}" -o table

The following confirms it is located in rg-2

az storage account list --resource-group rg-2 --query "[].{Name:name, ResourceGroup:resourceGroup}" -o table