Scripting with variables and loops in Azure - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Scripting with variables and loops

📖 Scenario: You are managing a small Azure environment. You want to automate the creation of multiple storage accounts with similar settings using a script. This will save time and reduce manual errors.

🎯 Goal: Create an Azure CLI script that uses variables and a loop to create three storage accounts with specific names and locations.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use a variable to store the base name for storage accounts

Use a variable to store the location for all storage accounts

Use a loop to create three storage accounts with names based on the base name and an index

Use the Azure CLI az storage account create command with the correct parameters

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Automating repetitive cloud resource creation saves time and reduces mistakes in managing Azure environments.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and DevOps professionals often write scripts like this to deploy and manage resources efficiently.

1

Set up base variables

Create two variables: baseName set to mystorage and location set to eastus.

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# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use simple variable assignment in bash style: variable=value.

2

Add a loop counter

Create a variable called count and set it to 3 to represent how many storage accounts to create.

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baseName=mystorage
location=eastus
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the same variable assignment style as before.

3

Write the loop to create storage accounts

Write a for loop using i from 1 to $count. Inside the loop, use az storage account create with --name set to ${baseName}${i} and --location set to $location. Use --resource-group myResourceGroup and --sku Standard_LRS as fixed parameters.

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baseName=mystorage
location=eastus
count=3
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use $(seq 1 $count) to generate numbers from 1 to count.

4

Add a final echo statement

Add a line after the loop that echoes "Storage accounts created successfully." to confirm completion.

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baseName=mystorage
location=eastus
count=3
for i in $(seq 1 $count)
do
  az storage account create --name ${baseName}${i} --resource-group myResourceGroup --location $location --sku Standard_LRS
 done
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the echo command to print the message.