Mount Azure Blob Storage As Drive

Select the drive letter to mount the share to.

Mount azure blob storage as drive.

Paste the script into a shell on the host you d like to mount the file share to and run it. Mount azure blob storage as a native desktop drive the azure storage drive enables users to mount and interact with azure blob storage as a local disk. If we want to mange azure blob we can use microsoft azure storage explorer. Sign in to the azure portal.

Blobfuse is a virtual file system driver for azure blob storage. Azure blob storage doesn t support to be mapped as a network drive in the windows explorer currently. Mount azure blob storage as a local drive on windows and mac with simplified access from any device. For more information refer document.

Select the file share you d like to mount. Unlike azure blob storage azure files offers smb access to azure file shares. By using smb you can mount an azure file share directly on windows linux or macos either on premises or in cloud vms without writing any code or attaching any special. Blobfuse allows you to access your existing.

How to mount blob storage as a file system with blobfuse overview. If we want to map a network drive in windows explorer please use azure file storage more detail about azure file storage please refer to document. Copy the provided script. Like azure blob storage azure files offers a rest interface and rest based client libraries.

Browse and open remote files with your favorite desktop applications including the microsoft office suite. Use file explorer to copy move and rename objects as if they were files and folders. There isn t support for azure blobs as a file system in windows but there is azure storage fuse which is linux compatible it allows you to mount your blob storage container to your linux machine you can read more about it here. Install blobfuse on linux.

Navigate to the storage account that contains the file share you d like to mount.