# How to Use it?

Install *cifs-utils* on the Kubernetes host. For example, on Fedora based Linux

    # yum -y install cifs-utils

Note, as explained in [Azure File Storage for Linux](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-how-to-use-files-linux/), the Linux hosts and the file share must be in the same Azure region.

Obtain an Microsoft Azure storage account and create a [secret](secret/azure-secret.yaml) that contains the base64 encoded Azure Storage account name and key. In the secret file, base64-encode Azure Storage account name and pair it with name *azurestorageaccountname*, and base64-encode Azure Storage access key and pair it with name *azurestorageaccountkey*.

Then create a Pod using the volume spec based on [azure](azure.yaml).

In the pod, you need to provide the following information:

- *secretName*:  the name of the secret that contains both Azure storage account name and key.
- *shareName*: The share name to be used.
- *readOnly*: Whether the filesystem is used as readOnly.

Create the secret:

```console
    # kubectl create -f examples/volumes/azure_file/secret/azure-secret.yaml
```

You should see the account name and key from `kubectl get secret`

Then create the Pod:

```console
    # kubectl create -f examples/volumes/azure_file/azure.yaml
```

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