Azure
Ingest your files into Unstructured from Azure Blob Storage.
You’ll need:
The Azure Storage account prerequisites.
The following video shows how to fulfill the minimum set of Azure Storage account prerequisites:
If you are generating an SAS token as shown in the preceding video, be sure to set the following permissions:
- Read and List for reading from the container only.
- Write and List for writing to the container only.
- Read, Write, and List for both reading from and writing to the container.
Here are some more details about these prerequisites:
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An Azure account. To create one, learn how.
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An Azure Storage account, and a container within that account. Create a storage account. Create a container.
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The Azure Storage remote URL, using the format
az://<container-name>/<path/to/file/or/folder/in/container/as/needed>
For example, if your container is named
my-container
, and there is a folder in the container namedmy-folder
, the Azure Storage remote URL would beaz://my-container/my-folder/
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An SAS token (recommended), access key, or connection string for the Azure Storage account. Create an SAS token (recommended). Get an access key. Get a connection string.
Create an SAS token (recommended):
Get an access key or connection string:
To create the source connector:
- On the sidebar, click Sources.
- Click New Source.
- In the Type drop-down list, select Azure Blob Storage.
- Fill in the fields as described later on this page.
- Click Save and Test.
- Click Close.
Fill in the following fields:
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Name (required): A unique name for this connector.
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Remote URL (required): The Azure Storage remote URL, with the format
az://<container-name>/<path/to/file/or/folder/in/container/as/needed>
For example, if your container is named
my-container
, and there is a folder in the container namedmy-folder
, the Azure Storage remote URL would beaz://my-container/my-folder/
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Azure Account Name: The Azure Storage account name.
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Azure Account Key: The key for the Azure Storage account, or…
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Azure Connection String: The connection string for the Azure Storage account, or…
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SAS Token: The SAS token for the Azure Storage account.
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Recursive: Check this box to recursively access files from subfolders within the container.