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Create a Storage Blob from the SAS URL

To create a storage blob from the SA URL:

1. Create a storage account.
   Syntax

   Code Block
   az storage account create --name <account name> --resource-group <resource group name> --kind storageV2

   
   Example

   Code Block
   az storage account create --name ribbonsharedimages --resource-group resource-group-name --kind storageV2

   
   

2. Create a container to store the blob.
   Syntax

   Code Block
   az storage container create --name <container name> --account-name <account name> --public-access off

   
   Example

   Code Block
   az storage container create --name ribbon-sbc-container --account-name ribbonsharedimages --public-access off

   
   

3. Start creating the blob.
   Syntax

   Code Block
   az storage blob copy start --destination-blob <blob name> --destination-container <container name> --account-name <account name> --source-uri "<SAS URL>"

   
   

   Info
   title Note
   Enclose SAS URL within double quotation marks "".

   
   Example

   Code Block
   az storage blob copy start --destination-blob "rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.vhd" --destination-container "ribbon-sbc-container" --account-name "ribbonsharedimages" --source-uri "https://rbbncustomerimagestorage.blob.core.windows.net/swe-initial-image-share/example-sbc.vhd?sp=r&st=2020-09-15T08:08:34Z&se=2020-09-15T16:08:34Z&spr=https&sv=2019-12-12&sr=b&sig=CdK%2FYi3sWlU2ydLdMxrijrv%2FraQ1aGaOWf7FGk%3D"

   
   

4. Check the status of blob creation.

   Info
   This takes time due to the size of the file. Wait for the status to indicate "success" before you continue.

   
   Syntax

   Code Block
   az storage blob show --name <blob name> --container-name <container name> --account-name <account name> --query [properties.copy] -o table

   
   Example

   Code Block
   az storage blob show --name "rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.vhd" --container-name "ribbon-sbc-container" --account-name "ribbonsharedimages" --query [properties.copy] -o table

   
   

Create a Snapshot from the Storage Blob

To create a snapshot from the storage blob:

Syntax

az snapshot create --name <snapshot name>
                   --resource-group <resource group name>
                   --source <blob URL>
                   [--source-storage-account-id <full storage id> ]

Example

az snapshot create --name rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.snap
                   --resource-group example-resource-group
                   --source "https://ribbonsharedimages.blob.core.windows.net/ribbon-sbc-container/rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.vhd"
                   --source-storage-account-id /subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/RBBN-SBC-RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/rbbnsbcstore

Create an Image from the Storage Blob

To create an image from the storage blob:

Syntax

az image create --name <image name>
                --resource-group <resource group name>
                --os-type Linux
                --source <blob URL>

Example

az image create --name rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.img --resource-group example-resource-group --os-type Linux --source "https://ribbonsharedimages.blob.core.windows.net/ribbon-sbc-container/rbbn-sbc-v09.01.00.vhd"

Copy Images between Regions

To copy images between regions:

1. Install the Azure image copy extension.

   Code Block
   az extension add --name image-copy-extension

   
   

2. Copy image from one region to another.
   Syntax

   Code Block
   az image copy --source-resource-group <resource-group> --source-object-name <image name> --target-location <space separated list of regions> --target-resource-group <target resource group> --cleanup

   
   Example

   Code Block
   az image copy --source-resource-group mySources-rg --source-object-name myImage --target-location uksouth northeurope --target-resource-group "images-repo-rg" --cleanup

   
   

   Info
   title Note
   Ensure that the target location is a single word and in lowercase version. For example: "eastus", and not East US.