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.