If you’re looking for a simple, scalable, and cost-effective way to host a static website, Azure Blob Storage is one of the best solutions out there. Whether you’re showcasing a portfolio, hosting documentation, or building a small business website, Azure’s static hosting feature provides global reach, SSL support, and custom domain configuration — with minimal effort.

In this in-depth guide, you’ll learn everything you need to deploy your static website using Azure Blob Storage — from creating a storage account to enabling static site hosting, uploading files, and even adding a custom domain.

✅ What Is a Static Website?

A static website consists of pre-built HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files — served directly to the browser, without server-side processing. It’s ideal for:

Portfolios

Blogs (with static generators like Hugo or Jekyll)

Documentation websites

Marketing landing pages

🌐 Why Host on Azure Blob Storage?

Feature Benefit
Low Cost Pay only for the storage you use
Global Reach Served from Microsoft’s global CDN
HTTPS Support Built-in SSL certificates
Custom Domains Easily connect your own domain name
Zero Maintenance No servers or backend management needed

🚀 Step-by-Step: Deploy a Static Website on Azure Blob Storage

🔹 Step 1: Create a Storage Account

Log into the Azure Portal

Click “Create a resource” → Storage → Storage account

Fill in the required details (Name, Region, Performance, etc.)

Click “Review + Create”, then hit Create

🔹 Step 2: Enable Static Website Hosting

Go to the newly created Storage Account

Navigate to “Static website” in the left sidebar

Click “Enabled”

Set:

    Index document name: index.html

    Error document path: 404.html

Click Save

Copy the Primary endpoint URL — this is your live site URL

🔹 Step 3: Upload Website Files

Go to the Containers section in your storage account

Open the special container named $web

Upload your website files (HTML, CSS, JS, images, etc.)

🔹 Step 4: (Optional) Configure a Custom Domain

Purchase a domain from a registrar (e.g., Namecheap, GoDaddy)

In the Azure Portal, go to Custom domain under your storage account

Add your domain name and follow the DNS configuration instructions

Enable HTTPS (via Azure CDN or Front Door) if needed

💡 Bonus Tips for Production

Use Azure CDN to boost global performance

Compress images and minify CSS/JS

Use a static site generator like Hugo, Gatsby, or Jekyll

Consider version control using GitHub + GitHub Actions

🧠 Use Case: Hosting Documentation

If you’re hosting internal or external documentation, combine MkDocs or Docusaurus with Azure Blob for blazing-fast delivery — all you need is the exported static site uploaded to $web.
🧪 Azure CLI Alternative (for pros)

Prefer scripting? You can set everything up with Azure CLI:
bash

Create the storage account

az storage account create --name mystaticweb --resource-group mygroup --location eastus --sku Standard_LRS --kind StorageV2

Enable static website hosting

az storage blob service-properties update --account-name mystaticweb --static-website --index-document index.html --error-document 404.html

Upload files

az storage blob upload-batch --account-name mystaticweb --destination \$web --source ./website

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