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Using Azure as a file share backup

sudo yum install cifs-utils

Add the azure cli

echo -e "[azure-cli]
name=Azure CLI
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/azure-cli.repo

Install the azure-cli

sudo yum install azure-cli

Now prepare the connection

1. make a directory /opt/azure to hold things

mkdir /opt/azure

2. Open port 445 for the communication with azure

firewall-cmd --add-port=445/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

3. Login to get the codes needed to connect to azure

az login
>> that returns the following
To sign in, use a web browser to open the page https://microsoft.com/devicelogin and enter the code CZYF7NJ6F to authenticate.
after authentication it returns something similar to this:

[
  {
    "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
    "homeTenantId": "5e38b8a2-23af-4aa4-87eb-c167a72abb1e",
    "id": "616f2032-85c2-420b-b89e-10fae449f6ab",
    "isDefault": true,
    "managedByTenants": [],
    "name": "Free Trial",
    "state": "Enabled",
    "tenantId": "5e38b8a2-23af-4aa4-87eb-c167a72abb1e",
    "user": {
      "name": "[email protected]",
      "type": "user"
    }
  },
  {
    "cloudName": "AzureCloud",
    "homeTenantId": "5e38b8a2-23af-4aa4-87eb-c167a72abb1e",
    "id": "87a2017e-294a-47ea-8c02-1e99b157b3dc",
    "isDefault": false,
    "managedByTenants": [],
    "name": "Azure subscription 1",
    "state": "Enabled",
    "tenantId": "5e38b8a2-23af-4aa4-87eb-c167a72abb1e",
    "user": {
      "name": "[email protected]",
      "type": "user"
    }
  }
]

Prepare the file share in azure

1. Log in to Azure
2. Go to the Storage account, and create a new fileshare
3. Open the fileshare, and select the Connect option. Select Linux and copy the mount script
4. Paste the mount script in /opt/azure/mountAsure.sh, and run it. The file share will now be visibile.

Setup the rsync to copy from all the required locations