RobBlackwellAzureCommandLineTools
Simple command line tools for interacting with Windows Azure from a command prompt or batch file in Windows.
The tools compile to a subdirectory called "dist" - edit and run the setup.bat file in there to get started.
Setup.bat
Before running these commands you need to set an environment variable with your azure storage configuration details. Most people will need something like this:
SET AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING=DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=YOURACCOUNTNAME;AccountKey=YOURACCOUNTKEY
or for more advanced usage, see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/partlycloudy/archive/2009/12/08/configuring-the-storage-client-with-connection-strings.aspx, for example:
SET AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING=TableEndpoint=https://YOURACCOUNTNAME.TABLE.COM/;QueueEndpoint=https://YOURACCOUNTNAME.QUEUE.COM/;BlobEndpoint=https://YOURACCOUNTNAME.BLOB.COM/;AccountName=YOURACCOUNTNAME;AccountKey=YOURACCOUNTKEY
You can optionally set environment variables for TIMEOUT (in seconds) and RETRY_COUNT - particulalrly useful if you are on a slow connection.
I've also included a slightly modified version of TraceConsole, the program from the AppFabric samples that allows you to see debug output locally. This is used in AzureRunMe.
In order to use it, you can set environment vairables like this:
SET CLOUD_TRACE_SERVICE_PATH=YOURSERVICEPATH
SET CLOUD_TRACE_SERVICE_NAMESPACE=YOURNAMESPACE
SET CLOUD_TRACE_ISSUER_NAME=YOURISSUERNAME
SET CLOUD_TRACE_ISSUER_SECRET=YOURISSUERSECRET
These settings are used by trace.exe and traceconsole.exe.
It's convenient to put these in a batch file like setup.bat - I create a copy of setup.bat for each of my projects.
Examples
ListContainers
ListBlobs
ListBlobs mycontainer
PutBlob myfilename mycontainer
PutBlob myfilename mycontainer/myblob
GetBlob mycontainer/myblob
DeleteBlob mycontainer/myblob
CopyBlob mycontainer/myblob1 mycontainer/myblob2
ListQueues
ListTables
CreateTable table
DeleteTable table
TouchBlob mycontainer/myblob
TraceConsole
Trace "Hello World"
Rob Blackwell
May 2011