Creating a private endpoint for a storage account in Azure is quite essential to enhance security, and organizations can use Azure Storage securely from their virtual networks.
How To Create Private Endpoint For Storage Account In Azure
To Create Private Endpoint For Storage Account In Azure, Follow the below steps.
1. Log in to the Azure Portal.
2. Search for Storage account and click on the search result Storage account.
3. Now, you will see your lists of Storage accounts. Click on the one you wish to create a private endpoint.
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4. Expand the Security + networking node from the left navigation and click on the Networking tab, as shown in the screenshot below.
5. Select the Private endpoint connections and click the + Private endpoint.
6. On the Create a private endpoint window, Provide the below details on the Basics tab.
- Subscription: Select a valid Azure subscription.
- Resource Group: Select an existing Resource Group, or you can click on the Create new link to create a new Resource Group.
- Name: Provide a name for your private endpoint.
- Network Interface Name: Provide a name for your Network Interface, or you can keep the default name.
- Region: Select the Region.
Click on the Next: Resource > button.
7. On the Resource tab, select the Target sub-resource as a blob or table based on your requirements. Then click on Next: Virtual Network >, as shown in the screenshot below.
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8. Select the Virtual network and subnet, then click the Next: DNS button.
On the DNS page, there is no need to change anything; click on the Next: Tags> button. On this page, you can specify the tag name and value or keep the default value.
9. Click the Next: Review + Create > button. The system will validate all the data you entered. If all the entries are OK, it will show that Validation has passed, and the Create button will be enabled, as shown in the screenshot below.
The deployment has been completed successfully. To access the private endpoint, click on the Go to resource button.
You can see the screenshot below for the Private endpoint for our storage account.
Conclusion
Creating a private endpoint for a storage account in Azure is essential to enhancing security. The above steps can help you do this.
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