Read NetCDF File From Azure File Storage

I have uploaded a file to my Azure file storage account and created a SAS (shared access signature). Let's pretend the file in question is called fileA.nc Now, with Python3, I am a

Solution 1:

I have found a solution. It turns out that you cannot read directly from an Azure File share, even though when you paste the link to a file in the browser, the file begins to download.

What I needed to do was to mount the File Share on my OS. In my case, I was using Windows but this can be done with Linux, too. The following code should be modified accordingly and then put into Command Prompt:

net use <drive-letter>: \\<storage-account-name>.file.core.windows.net\<share-name>

example :
net use z: \\samples.file.core.windows.net\logs

Once the File Share is mounted, you can read from it as if it were an external HDD. You may need to add permission, but I didn't.

Here is the link to the documentation for mounting the File Share: Documentation