diff --git a/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf b/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
--- a/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@
 # }
 
 module "gitlab-staging" {
-  source = "./modules/gitlab"
-  name   = "euwest-gitlab-staging"
+  source            = "./modules/gitlab"
+  name              = "euwest-gitlab-staging"
+  blob_storage_name = "swheuwestgitlabstaging"
 }
 
-output "gitlab-staging_summary" {
-  value = module.gitlab-staging.summary
+output "gitlab-staging_aks_summary" {
+  value = module.gitlab-staging.aks_summary
+}
+
+output "gitlab-staging_storage_summary" {
+  value     = module.gitlab-staging.blob_storage_summary
+  sensitive = true
 }
diff --git a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf
--- a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   }
 }
 
+# kubernetes cluster for compute and storage
 module "gitlab_aks_cluster" {
   source         = "../kubernetes"
   cluster_name   = var.name
@@ -20,3 +21,31 @@
     azurerm_resource_group.gitlab_rg
   ]
 }
+
+# Storage account for the assets
+# git lfs / backups / artifacts / pages 
+# terraform states / registry / ...
+resource "azurerm_storage_account" "gitlab_storage" {
+  name                     = var.blob_storage_name
+  resource_group_name      = var.name
+  location                 = var.location
+  account_tier             = "Standard"
+  account_replication_type = "LRS"
+
+  blob_properties {
+    delete_retention_policy {
+      days = 7
+    }
+  }
+
+  tags = {
+    environment = "gitlab"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "azurerm_storage_container" "gitlab_storage_container" {
+  name                  = "gitlab-content"
+  storage_account_name  = azurerm_storage_account.gitlab_storage.name
+  container_access_type = "private"
+}
+
diff --git a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/outputs.tf b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/outputs.tf
--- a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/outputs.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/outputs.tf
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
-output "summary" {
+output "aks_summary" {
   value = module.gitlab_aks_cluster.summary
 }
+
+output "blob_storage_summary" {
+  value = <<EOF
+
+name: ${azurerm_storage_account.gitlab_storage.name}
+principal_connection_string: ${azurerm_storage_account.gitlab_storage.primary_connection_string}
+principal_access_key: ${azurerm_storage_account.gitlab_storage.primary_access_key}
+principal_secret: ${azurerm_storage_account.gitlab_storage.primary_connection_string}
+
+EOF
+}
diff --git a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf
--- a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
   type        = string
   default     = "westeurope"
 }
+
+variable "blob_storage_name" {
+  description = "Blob storage name. lower case, only letters and numbers"
+  type        = string
+}