How to compile the Azure C++ Storage library on Linux

Need to access Azure storage using Linux and C++. This will show you how to get the Azure C++ storage library installed and running. This uses Docker so you can have a known, re-creatable environment. There are lots of little small things that need to be right.

To get this running

1. Ensure you have Docker
2. Clone or download this repository
3. See the Dockerfile for instructions
4. Enjoy

References

• This documentation is here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-c-plus-plus-how-to-use-blobs
• To get this compiled on Linux you need
  • Casablanca: https://github.com/Microsoft/cpprestsdk/wiki/How-to-build-for-Linux
  • The C++ library: https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-cpp

New

I created a multi-stage build Docker process. See the Docker-Multi-Stage-Build folder. This will build the libraries, then copy to another image to run. This will keep your Docker image small.