Get started with Pulumi and Azure

Deploy to Azure

Now run pulumi up to start deploying your new storage account:

$ pulumi up

This command first shows you a preview of the changes that will be made:

Previewing update (dev):

    Type                                              Name             Plan
 +   pulumi:pulumi:Stack                              quickstart-dev   create
 +   ├─ azure-native:resources:ResourceGroup          resourceGroup    create
 +   └─ azure-native:storage:StorageAccount           sa               create

Outputs:
    storageAccountName: [unknown]

Resources:
    + 3 to create

Do you want to perform this update?
> yes
  no
  details

No changes have been made yet. You may decline to proceed by selecting no or choose details to see more information about the proposed update like your storage account’s properties.

Performing the update

To proceed and deploy your new storage account, select yes. This begins an update:

Do you want to perform this update? yes
Updating (dev)

View in Browser (Ctrl+O): https://app.pulumi.com/your-org-name/quickstart/dev/updates/1

     Type                                     Name             Status
 +   pulumi:pulumi:Stack                      quickstart-dev  created (25s)
 +   ├─ azure-native:resources:ResourceGroup  resourceGroup    created (2s)
 +   └─ azure-native:storage:StorageAccount   sa               created (20s)

Outputs:
    storageAccountName: "sa8deefa78"

Resources:
    + 3 created

Duration: 27s

Updates can take some time since they wait for the cloud resources to finish being created. Storage accounts may take a bit longer, so the update could finish in 20-30 seconds.

Using stack outputs

The storage account name is available as a stack output. To view it:

$ pulumi stack output storageAccountName

$ pulumi stack output storage_account_name

Running that command will print out the storage account’s name.

View your update on Pulumi Cloud

If you are logged into Pulumi Cloud, you’ll see “View Live” hyperlinks in the CLI output during your update. These go to a page with detailed information about your stack including resources, configuration, a full history of updates, and more. Navigate to it to review the details of your update:

Now that the storage account has been provisioned, you’ll update it to host a static website.