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:

Here are some more details about these prerequisites:

• An Azure account. To create one, learn how.

• An Azure Storage account, and a container within that account. Create a storage account. Create a container.

• 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 named my-folder, the Azure Storage remote URL would be az://my-container/my-folder/.

• 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:

1. On the sidebar, click Sources.
2. Click New Source.
3. In the Type drop-down list, select Azure Blob Storage.
4. Fill in the fields as described later on this page.
5. Click Save and Test.
6. Click Close.

Fill in the following fields:

• Name (required): A unique name for this connector.

• 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 named my-folder, the Azure Storage remote URL would be az://my-container/my-folder/.

• Azure Account Name: The Azure Storage account name.

• Azure Account Key: The key for the Azure Storage account, or…

• Azure Connection String: The connection string for the Azure Storage account, or…

• SAS Token: The SAS token for the Azure Storage account.

• Recursive: Check this box to recursively access files from subfolders within the container.