Mount Azure Blob Storage As Drive

If we want to mange azure blob we can use microsoft azure storage explorer.

Mount azure blob storage as drive.

Azure blob storage doesn t support to be mapped as a network drive in the windows explorer currently. Blobfuse binaries are available on the microsoft software repositories for linux for ubuntu. For more information refer document. Unlike azure blob storage azure files offers smb access to azure file shares.

Select the drive letter to mount the share to. How to mount blob storage as a file system with blobfuse overview. Paste the script into a shell on the host you d like to mount the file share to and run it. If we want to map a network drive in windows explorer please use azure file storage more detail about azure file storage please refer to document.

Sign in to the azure portal. By using smb you can mount an azure file share directly on windows linux or macos either on premises or in cloud vms without writing any code or attaching any special. Train thousands of people up your skills and get that next awesome job by joining techsnips and becoming an it rockstar. Browse and open remote files with your favorite desktop applications including the microsoft office suite.

Mount azure blob storage as a local drive on windows and mac with simplified access from any device. There isn t support for azure blobs as a file system in windows but there is azure storage fuse which is linux compatible it allows you to mount your blob storage container to your linux machine you can read more about it here. Navigate to the storage account that contains the file share you d like to mount. Like azure blob storage azure files offers a rest interface and rest based client libraries.

Mount azure blob storage as a native desktop drive the azure storage drive enables users to mount and interact with azure blob storage as a local disk. Blobfuse allows you to access your existing. Select the file share you d like to mount. Install blobfuse on linux.

Use file explorer to copy move and rename objects as if they were files and folders.