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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.
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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
.
![](/AzureTipsAndTricks/files/azurestoragestaticsite2.png)
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.
![](/AzureTipsAndTricks/files/azurestoragestaticsite3.png)
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Once you've uploaded your file to $web
then go to your browser and paste in the URL provided in the previous step.
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