diff --git a/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf b/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
index 5ec6f85..3f9c8b7 100644
--- a/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/gitlab.tf
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 # create a kubernetes cluster for a given environment
 # and deploy a gitlab instance on it
 # The cluster is deployed in its own resource group
 # suffixed by the environment
 
 # module "gitlab-production" {
 #     source = "./modules/gitlab"
 #     name   = "euwest-gitlab-production"
 # }
 
 # output "gitlab-production_summary" {
 #   value = module.gitlab-production.summary
 # }
 
 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
index 02d1146..5ce67c3 100644
--- a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/main.tf
@@ -1,22 +1,51 @@
 resource "azurerm_resource_group" "gitlab_rg" {
   name     = var.name
   location = var.location
 
   tags = {
     environment = "gitlab"
   }
 }
 
+# kubernetes cluster for compute and storage
 module "gitlab_aks_cluster" {
   source         = "../kubernetes"
   cluster_name   = var.name
   resource_group = var.name
 
   minimal_pool_count = 1
   maximal_pool_count = 5
   node_type          = "Standard_B2ms"
 
   depends_on = [
     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
index 7a53952..0914fd4 100644
--- 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
index 99f2c8f..7b187d4 100644
--- a/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf
+++ b/azure/terraform/modules/gitlab/variables.tf
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 variable "name" {
   description = "Name of the gitlab environment"
   type        = string
 }
 
 variable "location" {
   description = "Name of the gitlab environment"
   type        = string
   default     = "westeurope"
 }
+
+variable "blob_storage_name" {
+  description = "Blob storage name. lower case, only letters and numbers"
+  type        = string
+}