Azure Azurite: A Local Development Emulator for Azure Storage

Azure Azurite is a local development emulator for Azure Storage, allowing you to test and develop Azure Storage applications on your local machine.

It's a free and open-source tool that provides a local emulation of Azure Blob Storage, File Storage, and Queue Storage.

Azure Azurite is designed to be a drop-in replacement for Azure Storage, making it easy to switch between local development and cloud-based testing.

With Azurite, you can run your Azure Storage applications locally without incurring cloud storage costs or waiting for data to sync with the cloud.

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You can install Azurite in various ways, including using Visual Studio 2022, which has Azurite automatically available. If you're running an earlier version of Visual Studio, you can install Azurite using Node Package Manager (npm), DockerHub, or by cloning the Azurite GitHub repository.

To install Azurite in Visual Studio Code, simply select the Extensions icon and search for Azurite, then click the Install button. You can also navigate to the Visual Studio Code extension market in your browser and install it from there.

Alternatively, you can install Azurite using Docker by pulling the latest image from Docker Hub with the command `docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite`, and then run the Azurite Docker container with the command `docker run -p 10000:10000 mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite`.

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Installing Azurite is a straightforward process, and you have several options to choose from.

If you're using Visual Studio 2022, Azurite is automatically available and updated with each new version release.

You can install Azurite using Node Package Manager (npm), DockerHub, or by cloning the Azurite GitHub repository if you're running an earlier version of Visual Studio.

In Visual Studio Code, you can install the Azurite extension by selecting the Extensions icon and searching for Azurite, then clicking the Install button.

Alternatively, you can navigate to the Visual Studio Code extension market in your browser, select the Install button, and it will open Visual Studio Code and take you directly to the Azurite extension page.

To run Azurite using Docker, you can pull the Azurite image from Docker Hub by running the command `docker pull mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite` in your terminal or command prompt.

Once the image is pulled, you can run the Azurite Docker container by executing the command `docker run -p 10000:10000 mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite`, which maps port 10000 on your host machine to port 10000 in the Docker container.

Here are the steps to install Azurite:

This will allow you to access Azurite's Blob service locally.

To find the Azurite executable file, you'll need to locate it in the extensions folder of your Visual Studio installation.

The location of the Azurite executable file varies depending on your Visual Studio version. For instance, in Visual Studio Community 2022, it's located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\Azure Storage Emulator.

Here's a breakdown of the executable file locations for different Visual Studio versions:

So, to summarize, the Azurite executable file can be found in the extensions folder of your Visual Studio installation, and the exact location depends on your Visual Studio version.

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To configure Azurite settings, you need to select the Extensions icon in Visual Studio Code, then click the Manage gear button for the Azurite entry, and finally select Extension Settings.

The default setting for the Blob service listening endpoint is 127.0.0.1, and the default port is 10000.

You can configure the Queue service listening endpoint and port by modifying the azurite.queueHost and azurite.queuePort settings, respectively.

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The Table service listening endpoint defaults to 127.0.0.1, and the default port is 10002.

You can enable HTTPS mode by setting the azurite.cert option to the path of a locally trusted PEM or PFX certificate file.

To output the debug log to the Azurite channel, set the azurite.debug option to true.

Here are the supported Azurite settings:

To run Azurite, you first need to launch the Azurite executable. Once it's running, Azurite listens for connection requests from your application.

You can choose to configure your project to start Azurite automatically during project setup, but this doesn't expose detailed Azurite configuration options. To customize these options, run the Azurite executable before launching Visual Studio.

For Azure Functions projects and ASP.NET projects, you can configure Azurite to start automatically. This can be done by marking the box labeled "Use Azurite for runtime storage account" while setting up the project options.

To launch Azurite from the command line, create a directory called c:\azurite, then use the following command: your command here. This tells Azurite to store all data in the specified directory.

You can also run Azurite from an Azure Functions project by marking the "Use Azurite for runtime storage account" box during project setup. Azurite starts automatically after you create the project.

In an ASP.NET project, you can run Azurite by adding a Storage Azurite emulator service dependency. This starts Azurite automatically after configuration completes.

If you're using Visual Studio Code, you can run Azurite using the command palette. To open the command palette, press F1 in Visual Studio Code. You can then use the following commands to control Azurite:

You can also run Azurite using the Docker image. To do this, use the following command: your command here. This redirects requests from the host machine's port 10000 to the Docker instance.

In the Docker command, you can specify the location of the persisted data by using the -v option. For example: your command here. This specifies c:/azurite as the persisted data location.

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