microsoft / microsoft/AzureStorageExplorer

Start Azurite if already installed

Open
#3,229 6 comments 2 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
No language data
Stars
452
Forks
92
Avg merge
15h 20m
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
One of the things I forget to do when working with Storage, Queues, and Tables is starting the emulator. Most of the time I have to wait for the connection in the Storage Account > Emulator - Default Ports - Queues or Blobs to timeout before I realize that I did not start the emulator.

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like that if I am in the "Local & Attached\Storage Accounts" tree of the Explorer and the Explorer can not connect to the local emulator to either prompt me to start it, or better yet start it for me.

Describe alternatives you've considered
A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Additional context
Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the Explorer connects to the local emulator from the “Local & Attached\Storage Accounts” tree. Determine whether the connection failure can identify an unstarted Azurite instance and whether the intended behavior is to prompt the user or start it automatically. Done means the Explorer handles an unavailable local emulator with one of those flows for the relevant storage services.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
azure
Domain
cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.