CreateContainer

Frends Task for creating a container to Azure Data Lake.

Task version: 1.4.0

Required Frends version: 5.7+

Required .NET version: 8.0

Compatible Agents: Crossplatform

Source code: https://github.com/FrendsPlatform/Frends.AzureDataLake/tree/main/Frends.AzureDataLake.CreateContainer

Task Parameters

Input

Name	Description
ConnectionMethod : ConnectionMethod	Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake. Possible values: ConnectionString: Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake. OAuth2: Which connection method should be used for connecting to Azure Data Lake. Default: ConnectionString Example: ConnectionMethod.ConnectionString
🗝ConnectionString : String	Connection string to Azure Data Lake. Default: - Example: DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=accountname;AccountKey=Pdlrxyz==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net
StorageAccountName : String	Name of the Azure Data Lake account. Default: - Example: Storager
ApplicationID : String	Application (Client) ID of Azure AD Application. Default: - Example: Y6b1hf2a-80e2-xyz2-qwer3h-3a7c3a8as4b7f
TenantID : String	Tenant ID of Azure Tenant. Default: - Example: Y6b1hf2a-80e2-xyz2-qwer3h-3a7c3a8as4b7f
🗝ClientSecret : String	Client Secret of Azure AD Application. Default: - Example: Password!
ContainerName : String	Name of the Azure Data Lake container where the data will be uploaded. Naming: lowercase Valid chars: alphanumeric and dash, but cannot start or end with dash. Default: test-container Example: test-container

Options

Name	Description
ThrowErrorOnFailure : Boolean	True: Throw an exception on failure. False: Return Result with Success=false and Error with description of exception. Default: True Example: true
ErrorMessageOnFailure : String	Custom error message to use when ThrowErrorOnFailure is true or when returning an error result. If empty, the original exception message is used. Default: - Example: -

Task Result

Name	Description
Success : Boolean	Container created successfully. Example: true
Uri : String	URI string of newly created container. Example: https://test.lake.core.windows.net/test8f237ae0-ad33-b4b3-48d9-23b20a14c909
Error : Error	Error information when Success is false and ThrowErrorOnFailure is false.
Error.Message : String	Error message. Example: Container creation failed.
Error.AdditionalInfo : Exception	The exception that caused the failure.

Task Changelog

Changelog for Task Frends.AzureDataLake.CreateContainer.

[1.4.0] - 2026-08-07

Added

• Added Options parameter with ThrowErrorOnFailure (default: true) and ErrorMessageOnFailure settings, giving you control over whether errors are thrown as exceptions or returned as part of the result.
• The result now includes an Error property with a message and additional exception details when the task fails and ThrowErrorOnFailure is set to false.

Changed

• Updated target framework to .NET 8.

[1.3.0] - 2026-01-15

Changed

• Updated Azure packages to latest versions:
• Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake 12.25.0
• Azure.Identity 1.17.1

[1.2.0] - 2024-08-23

Changed

• Updated the Azure.Identity package to version 1.12.0

[1.1.0] - 2024-05-20

Added

• Added FrendsTaskMetadata.json

[1.0.0] - 2024-05-06

Added

• Initial implementation of Frends.AzureDataLake.CreateContainer.