/// <summary>
/// Used to create a storage account
/// </summary>
private bool CreateStorageAccount()
{
// Check to see whether the storage account details have been populated correctly
if (Manager.StorageAccountDescription == null || Manager.StorageAccountLocation == null)
{
Manager.WriteComplete(EventPoint.ExceptionOccurrence, "Description or location not specified");
return(false);
}
try
{
// issue the create storage account command
_client.CreateNewStorageAccount(Manager.StorageAccountName, Manager.StorageAccountLocation);
while (StorageStatus.Created != _client.GetStorageStatus(Manager.StorageAccountName))
{
Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
Manager.WriteComplete(EventPoint.StorageAccountCreated, "Storage account " + Manager.StorageAccountName + " created");
// get the storage account keys
var keys = _client.GetStorageAccountKeys(Manager.StorageAccountName);
Manager.WriteComplete(EventPoint.StorageKeyRequestSuccess, "Keys returned from storage request");
// populate the primary and secondary keys
Manager.StorageAccountPrimaryKey = keys[0];
Manager.StorageAccountSecondaryKey = keys[1];
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
// rollback the operation if it failed
Manager.WriteComplete(EventPoint.ExceptionOccurrence, exception.GetType() + ": " + exception.Message);
return(false);
}
return(true);
}