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A user delegation SAS for blob with the Azure CLI & azcopy

Sample of using A user delegation SAS for blob with the Azure CLI and copy the blob file via azcopy with the SAS token

MY_RG=11-11RG
SUB_ID=<SUBID>
MY_SCOPES="/subscriptions/$SUB_ID/resourceGroups/$MY_RG/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/m14storage"
RG_ID=$(az group create --name $MY_RG  --location southeastasia --query "id" --output tsv)
SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME=Exzilla-sp-14032022
PASSWORD=$(az ad sp create-for-rbac --name $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME --role "Storage Blob Data Contributor" --scopes $MY_SCOPES  --query "password" --output tsv)
USER_NAME=$(az ad sp list --display-name $SERVICE_PRINCIPAL_NAME --query "[].appId" --output tsv)

az login --service-principal -u $USER_NAME -p $PASSWORD --tenant <mytenant>.onmicrosoft.com

END=$(date -u -d "30 minutes" '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%MZ')
SAS4BLOB=$(az storage blob generate-sas \
    --account-name m14storage \
    --container-name data0314 \
    --name "kblob-file-001.txt" \
    --permissions acdrw \
    --expiry $END \
    --auth-mode login \
    --as-user \
    --full-uri )
	
azcopy copy $SAS4BLOB  . 

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Questions:

  • SP’s Password protection ?