In this section:

Ribbon provides a Share Access Signature (SAS) URL with Read permission to share the SBC image between regions in Azure. This section describes how to access and use the SBC images.

Note

Before you use the commands below, refer to Install Azure CLI.

Create a Storage Blob from the SAS URL

To create a storage blob from the SA URL:

  1. Create a storage account.
    Syntax

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


    Example

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

  2. Create a container to store the blob.
    Syntax

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


    Example

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

  3. Start creating the blob.
    Syntax

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

    Enclose SAS URL within double quotation marks "".


    Example

    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.

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


    Syntax

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


    Example

    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:

Note
  • Use the full "Storage Id" that is extracted from the Storage Account created.
  • The "source-storage-account-id" is not mandatory. Only use the option if required.


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


Note

Ensure that the blob URL follows the format, where the URL can be extracted from the .vhd of the blob created:

https://<account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container_name>/<blob_name>

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"


Note

Ensure that the blob URL follows the format, where the URL can be extracted from the .vhd of the blob created:

https://<account_name>.blob.core.windows.net/<container_name>/<blob_name>

Copy Images between Regions

To copy images between regions:

  1. Install the Azure image copy extension.

    az extension add --name image-copy-extension

  2. Copy image from one region to another.
    Syntax

    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

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

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