[Windows Azure] Creating a CloudStorageAccount instance from cloud configuration

gistfile1.cs

// A sample in a ASP NET MVC's controller on how to initialise CloudStorageAccount instance through reading the config

public class HomeController : Controller
{
  static HomeController() {
    // Get cloud configuration setting & parse it as a CloudStorageAccount instance
    string cloudStorageConfigSetting = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("DataConnectionString"");
    CloudStorageAccount cloudStorageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(cloudStorageConfigSetting);
    
    // Do something with cloudStorageAccount instance such as prepareing Table, Blob, Queue storage clients
  }
    
  public ActionResult Index(string message = "")  {
        ViewBag.Message = message;
        return View();
  }
}

ServiceConfiguration.Cloud.cscfg

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceConfiguration serviceName="DemoApp" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="3" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2013-03.2.0">
  <Role name="DemoApp_WebRole">
    <Instances count="1" />
    <ConfigurationSettings>
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" />
      <!-- The new config setting -->
      <Setting name="DataConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" /> 
    </ConfigurationSettings>
  </Role>
</ServiceConfiguration>

ServiceConfiguration.Local.cscfg

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceConfiguration serviceName="DemoApp" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceConfiguration" osFamily="3" osVersion="*" schemaVersion="2013-03.2.0">
  <Role name="DemoApp_WebRole">
    <Instances count="1" />
    <ConfigurationSettings>
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.Diagnostics.ConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" />
      <!-- The new config setting -->
      <Setting name="DataConnectionString" value="UseDevelopmentStorage=true" /> 
    </ConfigurationSettings>
  </Role>
</ServiceConfiguration>

ServiceDefinition.csdef

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ServiceDefinition name="GuestBookDemo" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition" schemaVersion="2013-03.2.0">
  <WebRole name="GuestBook_WebRole" vmsize="Small">
    <Sites>
      <Site name="Web">
        <Bindings>
          <Binding name="Endpoint1" endpointName="Endpoint1" />
        </Bindings>
      </Site>
    </Sites>
    <Endpoints>
      <InputEndpoint name="Endpoint1" protocol="http" port="80" />
    </Endpoints>
    <Imports>
      <Import moduleName="Diagnostics" />
    </Imports>
    <!-- The new config setting -->
    <ConfigurationSettings>
      <Setting name="DataConnectionString" />
    </ConfigurationSettings>
  </WebRole>
</ServiceDefinition>