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Host a Static Website with Azure Storage

A feature that was recently announced was the ability to run a static website using Azure Storage. I decided to take it for a quick test spin and show you the experience.

Begin by creating a new Azure Storage Account and provide a name and under the Account Kind make sure that you select StorageV2. Go ahead and configure the rest of the options and press Create.

After it creates the resouce then go to Settings and select Static website. You'll see a couple of options after selecting Enabled for Static Website.

Under the Index Document Name type index.html and under Error document path type 404.html.

Once you press Save, you'll see there is a $web folder that you can click on to upload your files. I simply dropped a single index.html file with some text to test. You'll also want to jot down the Primary endpoint location as you'll test your site with that URL.

Once you've uploaded your file to $web then go to your browser and paste in the URL provided in the previous step.