I wanted to create a post to show how to setup a Cloud Shell for the first time, and also a few considerations about doing so because you normally only do this process once for your account.
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You can access the Cloud Shell in two ways:
Direct link: Open a browser to https://shell.azure.com.
Azure portal: Select the Cloud Shell icon on the Azure portal.
When creating a Cloud Shell you’ll only need to do this once per account (usually)
Create your Cloud Shell in a management resource group
Create a storage account specifically for Cloud Shells
Open a Cloud Shell
Select PowerShell to get started (you can change it later)
You will be told you have no storage selected. Click “Show advanced Settings”
Populate the fields
Subscription
The Azure subscription you’re creating the Cloud Shell resource under
If you have more than one; select a subscription which will contain other centralised management resources
Cloud Shell Region
The region you’d like to deploy the Cloud Shell resources to
Pick one closest to you as an example
Show vNet isolation settings
Allows the cloud shell to access virtual machines and other resources behind a firewall or using private addresses within Azure.
Leave unchecked
Resource Group
The resource group the Cloud Shell will be associated with
If you have more than one, select a resource group that is used for management (or create a new one one)
Storage Account
The storage account the Shell will store any files generated
I create a new Storage Account specifically for Shells to group them all together
Remember the name has to the lower case, between 3 and 24 chars and be globally unique
File Share
This will be the file share where the Cloud Shell data will be stored, within an IMG file
I often call the name of the fileshare my username (in case I wanted to use this storage account for more than one user in the future)
You will then be presented with a Cloud Shell running in PowerShell. You can easily flick between the BASH shell by changing shells in the top left corner
