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:

  • 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 Connectors.
  2. Click Sources.
  3. Click Add new.
  4. Give the connector some unique Name.
  5. In the Provider area, click Azure Blob Storage.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. Follow the on-screen instructions to fill in the fields as described later on this page.
  8. Click Save and Test.

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.

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