AzureStorage Blob Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature

Question

I'm trying to upload a image in Windows Azure Blob and I'm geting the following error which I can't handle.

Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature.

The error occurs when I try to create a container.

   container.CreateIfNotExists()

Here is my code

 try
            {
                Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Storage.CloudStorageAccount.Parse(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["StorageConnectionString"]);
                CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();


                // Retrieve a reference to a container. 
                CloudBlobContainer container = blobClient.GetContainerReference("samples");

                // Create the container if it doesn't already exist.
                //here is the error
                if (container.CreateIfNotExists())
                {
                    container.SetPermissions(
                        new BlobContainerPermissions
                        {
                            PublicAccess =
                                BlobContainerPublicAccessType.Blob
                        });
                }
                CloudBlockBlob blockBlob = container.GetBlockBlobReference("Image1");
                using (var fileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(@"Path"))
                {
                    blockBlob.UploadFromStream(fileStream);
                }
            }
            catch (StorageException ex1)
            {
                throw ex1;
            }

I have tryied a lot of options in my code but still getting the error.

Anyone can please help me? Thanks.

Answer 1

My PC's time was off by 1 hour as suggested by others in the comments. Correcting it solved the problem.

Answer 2

I got this message when I was trying to access BLOB Storage through REST API Endpoint.

Below is the response that I got when invoked list container operation with Authorization header

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Error>
    <Code>AuthenticationFailed</Code>
    <Message>Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature.
RequestId:096c6d73-f01e-0054-6816-e8eaed000000
Time:2019-03-31T23:08:43.6593937Z</Message>
    <AuthenticationErrorDetail>Authentication scheme Bearer is not supported in this version.</AuthenticationErrorDetail>
</Error>

solution was to include below header

x-ms-version: 2017-11-09

Answer 3

in my case it was actually the shared access signature (SAS) that expired. updating (actually making a new one) the shared access signature in portal.azure.com by adding a year (or more) for end date in the future. And all problems fixed.

Answer 4

Check the timezone of your computer or mobile phone.

Answer 5

In my case I was passing storage connection string with access signature as an argument to console application. '%' in command line is an special character 'command line parameters'. '%' appears in access signature (SAS). You have to escape percent %, double it %%.