Get-AzStorageContainer

This Azure PowerShell article will discuss the syntax and usage of the Get-AzStorageContainer PowerShell cmdlet, along with a few examples.

Get-AzStorageContainer

The Get-AzStorageContainer is an excellent Azure PowerShell cmdlet that can help you list Azure Storage Containers.

Syntax

Below is the syntax of the Get-AzStorageContainer PowerShell command.

Get-AzStorageContainer

Get-AzStorageContainer
 [[-Name] <String>]

Examples

Let’s discuss a few get-azstoragecontainer examples.

Example-1:

You can run the PowerShell command below to retrieve the Azure storage container lists.

Get-AzStorageContainer

But, after executing the above command, I got the following error.

“Get-AzStorageContainer : Could not get the storage context. Please pass in a storage
context or set the current storage context.”

You can see the same error below

To resolve the error “Get-AzStorageContainer: Could not get the storage context,” I needed to pass the storage context as an argument to the Get-AzStorageContainer command. So, I ran the complete PowerShell script below.

$mysARG = "DEMORG2"
$mysAName = "demorg2913f"
$mysAKey = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $mysARG -AccountName $mysAName).Value[0]
$mystrgctx = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $mysAName -StorageAccountKey $mysAKey
Get-AzStorageContainer -Context $mystrgctx

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

Storage Account Name: demorg2913f

Name                 PublicAccess         LastModified                   IsDeleted  Ve
                                                                                    rs
                                                                                    io
                                                                                    nI
                                                                                    d 
----                 ------------         ------------                   ---------  --
azure-webjobs-hosts  Off                  1/19/2023 7:14:38 AM +00:00                 
azure-webjobs-sec... Off                  1/19/2023 7:14:44 AM +00:00       

You can check out the same output as below

Example-2:

You can also execute the PowerShell command below to retrieve the list of containers whose names start with “azure-webjobs”.

$mysARG = "DEMORG2"
$mysAName = "demorg2913f"
$mysAKey = (Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $mysARG -AccountName $mysAName).Value[0]
$mystrgctx = New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $mysAName -StorageAccountKey $mysAKey
Get-AzStorageContainer -Name azure-webjobs* -Context $mystrgctx

After executing the above script, I got the expected output as below

Example-3:

The below script, along with the storage context, will get you the storage container named “azure-web jobs-hosts.”

Get-AzStorageContainer -Name "azure-webjobs-hosts" -Context $mystrgctx

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

 Storage Account Name: demorg2913f

Name                 PublicAccess         LastModified                   IsDeleted  Ve
                                                                                    rs
                                                                                    io
                                                                                    nI
                                                                                    d 
----                 ------------         ------------                   ---------  --
azure-webjobs-hosts  Off                  1/19/2023 7:14:38 AM +00:00              

You can see the same output below

Video Tutorial

You can use the Remove-AzStorageContainer PowerShell command to delete an unused storage container.

Wrapping Up

In this article, we discuss the syntax and usage of the Get-AzStorageContainer PowerShell command, providing examples. Thanks for reading these examples !!!

Rajkishore

I am Rajkishore, and I am a Microsoft Certified IT Consultant. I have over 14 years of experience in Microsoft Azure and AWS, with good experience in Azure Functions, Storage, Virtual Machines, Logic Apps, PowerShell Commands, CLI Commands, Machine Learning, AI, Azure Cognitive Services, DevOps, etc. Not only that, I do have good real-time experience in designing and developing cloud-native data integrations on Azure or AWS, etc. I hope you will learn from these practical Azure tutorials. Read more.