Storage tier optimization in Azure - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Storage tier optimization

📖 Scenario: You work for a company that stores large amounts of data in Azure Blob Storage. To save costs, you want to organize your blobs into different storage tiers based on how often they are accessed.Azure Blob Storage offers three main tiers: Hot (frequently accessed), Cool (infrequently accessed), and Archive (rarely accessed). Your task is to create a configuration that assigns blobs to the correct tier.

🎯 Goal: Create an Azure Storage account configuration that defines three containers named hot-container, cool-container, and archive-container. Then, set the access tier for each container accordingly to optimize storage costs.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create three containers named hot-container, cool-container, and archive-container

Set the access tier of hot-container to Hot

Set the access tier of cool-container to Cool

Set the access tier of archive-container to Archive

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Many companies store large amounts of data in the cloud and want to reduce costs by using storage tiers that match how often data is accessed.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and DevOps professionals often configure storage accounts and containers with appropriate tiers to optimize costs and performance.

1

Create Azure Blob Storage containers

Create three Azure Blob Storage containers named hot-container, cool-container, and archive-container inside your storage account configuration.

Azure

# Create containers named hot-container, cool-container, and archive-container
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use azurerm_storage_container resource to create each container with the exact names.

2

Add storage account resource

Add an Azure Storage Account resource named example with Standard_LRS sku and StorageV2 kind. This will be the parent for your containers.

Azure

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "hot_container" {
  name                  = "hot-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "cool_container" {
  name                  = "cool-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "archive_container" {
  name                  = "archive-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
}

# Add storage account resource named example below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use azurerm_storage_account resource with the exact name example and set the sku and kind as specified.

3

Set access tiers for containers

Set the access tier for hot-container to Hot, for cool-container to Cool, and for archive-container to Archive using the default_access_tier property in each container resource.

Azure

resource "azurerm_storage_account" "example" {
  name                     = "examplestorageacct"
  resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  location                 = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  account_tier             = "Standard"
  account_replication_type = "LRS"
  account_kind             = "StorageV2"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "hot_container" {
  name                  = "hot-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  # Set default_access_tier to Hot
  # Your code here
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "cool_container" {
  name                  = "cool-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  # Set default_access_tier to Cool
  # Your code here
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "archive_container" {
  name                  = "archive-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  # Set default_access_tier to Archive
  # Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Add the default_access_tier property with the exact tier names to each container resource.

4

Add resource group configuration

Add an Azure Resource Group resource named example with location eastus. This resource group will contain your storage account.

Azure

resource "azurerm_storage_account" "example" {
  name                     = "examplestorageacct"
  resource_group_name      = azurerm_resource_group.example.name
  location                 = azurerm_resource_group.example.location
  account_tier             = "Standard"
  account_replication_type = "LRS"
  account_kind             = "StorageV2"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "hot_container" {
  name                  = "hot-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  default_access_tier   = "Hot"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "cool_container" {
  name                  = "cool-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  default_access_tier   = "Cool"
}

resource "azurerm_storage_container" "archive_container" {
  name                  = "archive-container"
  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.example.name
  container_access_type = "private"
  default_access_tier   = "Archive"
}

# Add resource group named example with location eastus below
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use azurerm_resource_group resource with the exact name example and location eastus.