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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Create 16 storages and 1 container per storage
+
+# pre-requisite:
+# npm install azure-cli
+# (no debian package for now)
+
+
+resource_group=swh-resource
+container_name="contents"
+
+for name in {0..9} {a..f}; do
+    account_name="${name}euwestswh"
+    azure storage account create \
+          --resource-group $resource_group \
+          --kind BlobStorage \
+          --location westeurope \
+          --access-tier Hot \
+          --sku-name LRS \
+          $account_name
+
+    account_key=$(azure storage account keys list \
+                        --resource-group $resource_group \
+                        $account_name | grep 'key1' | awk '{print $3}')
+
+    azure storage container create \
+          --account-name $account_name \
+          --account-key $account_key \
+          --permission Off \
+          $container_name
+
+    echo $account_name $account_key $container_name
+done