This is the full example of how to remove an Azure Container using PowerShell.
Read the full post on using PowerShell on Azure Containers here.
## Get Parameters
Param(
[string] $ResourceGroupName,
[string] $StorageAccountName,
[string] $StorageContainerNames
)
## Static Parameters
#Login-AzureRmAccount
#Set-AzureRmContext -SubscriptionID 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
#$ResourceGroupName = "GroupName"
#$StorageAccountName = "AccountName"
#$StorageContainerNames = "ContainerName1, ContainerName2, ContainerName3"
try{
## Get Storage Details
Write-Output ("Get Storage Account $StorageAccountName Keys")
$Keys = Get-AzureRmStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $StorageAccountName;
Write-Output ("Get Storage Account $StorageAccountName Context")
$StorageContext = New-AzureStorageContext -StorageAccountName $StorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $Keys[0].Value;
## Proccess Each Container
$StorageContainerNames.Split(",") | ForEach {
$currentContainer = $_
Write-Output ("Start Remove for Container $currentContainer")
## Remove Container
if ((Get-AzureStorageContainer -Context $StorageContext | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq $currentContainer })){
## Remove a Blob Container in the Storage Account
Write-Output ("Removing Container: $currentContainer")
Remove-AzureStorageContainer -Context $StorageContext -Name $currentContainer -Force;
Write-Output ("Container $currentContainer Removed")
}
else {
Write-Warning "Container $currentContainer doesn't exists."
}
}
}catch {
Write-Error "$_.Exception.Message"
}
