azure cli command to create a resource group, storage account, and storage container

storage-account.cmd

az group create --name Terraform-Remote-State-Group --location "East US"
# the above command creates a resource group and displays the result in below format
{
  "id": "/subscriptions/$(SubscriptionNumber)/resourceGroups/Terraform-Remote-State-Group",
  "location": "eastus",
  "managedBy": null,
  "name": "Terraform-Remote-State-Group",
  "properties": {
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  },
  "tags": null,
  "type": "Microsoft.Resources/resourceGroups"
}

# Storage account name must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only.
# The below command creates a storage account with the name "terraformremoteskundu". The storage account name has to be globally unique
# else you get the message (StorageAccountAlreadyTaken) The storage account named terraform is already taken.
az storage account create --resource-group "Terraform-Remote-State-Group" --name "terraformremoteskundu" --sku Standard_LRS --encryption-services blob

# Once the storage account is created, list the access key with the below command. The output of the command is the access key
az storage account keys list --resource-group "Terraform-Remote-State-Group" --account-name "terraformremoteskundu" --query [0].value -o tsv

# The below command creates a storage container with the name "tfstate"
az storage container create --name "tfstate" --account-name "terraformremoteskundu" --account-key "$(copy_access_key_here)"