Get-AzStorageBlob: Could not get the storage context

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In this Azure PowerShell article, we will discuss how to fix the error “Could not get the storage context. Please pass in a storage context or set the current storage context.” which I came across while executing the Get-AzStorageBlob PowerShell command.

Get-AzStorageBlob: Could not get the storage context

Recently, while working on one of the requirements where I was trying to execute the Get-AzStorageBlob PowerShell command. I was executing the below Azure PowerShell command.

Get-AzStorageBlob -Container "azure-webjobs-hosts" -IncludeVersion

The moment I ran this command, I got this error. The complete error message was as below.

Get-AzStorageBlob : Could not get the storage context. Please pass in a storage
context or set the current storage context.
At line:2 char:1

Get-AzStorageBlob -Container "azure-webjobs-hosts" -IncludeVersion

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Get-AzStorageBlob], InvalidOperationEx
ception

FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperationException,Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Comman
ds.Storage.Blob.Cmdlet.GetAzureStorageBlobCommand

You can see the same output below

Get-AzStorageBlob: Could not get the storage context

Get-AzStorageBlob: Could not get the storage context [Solved]

So to fix this error, I had to pass in a storage context. So I ran the below PowerShell script.

$sARG = "DEMORG2"
$sAName = "demorg2913f"
$sAKey = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $sARG -AccountName $sAName).Value[0]
$myctx = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $sAName -StorageAccountKey $sAKey
Get-AzStorageBlob -Container "azure-webjobs-hosts" -Context $myctx

After executing the above PowerShell script, I got the below-expected output.

AccountName: demorg2913f, ContainerName: azure-webjobs-hosts

Name                 BlobType  Length          ContentType                    LastModi
                                                                              fied    
----                 --------  ------          -----------                    --------
locks/demotstest/... BlockBlob 0               application/octet-stream       2023-...

You can see the same output below

Could not get the storage context

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Wrapping Up

In this Azure PowerShell article, we discussed how to fix the error “Could not get the storage context. Please pass in a storage context or set the current storage context.” which I got while executing the Get-AzStorageBlob PowerShell command. Thanks for reading this article !!!