Azure Blob Storage
Most recent version: v0.0.1
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Onum provides immediate access to data you have stored or archived externally. If your organization relies on cloud infrastructure and services, we know you'll find this paramount to performance.
By integrating with Azure Storage, your organization leverages the advantages of Azure to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure the security and availability of data, all while being able to scale and innovate rapidly.
Select Azure Blob Storage from the list of Data sink types and click Configuration to start.
Now you need to specify how and where to send the data, and how to establish a connection with Azure Storage.
Enter the basic information for the new Data Sink.
Name*
Enter a name for the new Data Sink.
Description
Optionally, enter a description for the Data Sink.
Tags
Add tags to easily identify your Sink. Hit the Enter key after you define each tag.
Decide whether to include the events from this sink in the Home page metrics.
Now add the configuration to establish the connection.
Storage account name*
Enter the name of the storage account to connect to.
In the Azure Portal, search Storage accounts and click on it.
A list of your storage accounts will appear.
See the name in the list or click on the storage account you need and the Storage Account Name is displayed at the top of the page.
Access Key
In the storage account menu, click Access Keys under the Security + Networking section.
You will see Key1 and Key2 and their connection strings.
Connection string
To communicate with an event hub or a namespace, you need a connection string.
Click the Event Hub name in the list to open it.
In the left menu, go to Shared Access Policies.
If there is no policy created for an event hub, create one with Manage, Send, or Listen access.
Select the policy from the list.
Select the copy button next to the Connection string-primary key field.
It is possible that the name of this field may not correspond, so look for the example string format Endpoint=sb://.servicebus.windows.net/; SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey; SharedAccessKey=
After entering the general Azure Storage settings, you must specify a blob container to send to.
Container name*
Connect to the exact container in your storage unit.
Click your storage account (as previously shown) and go to Data Storage>Containers.
See the names of your existing containers.
The Azure Blob Storage Path Format follows a standard URL structure that depends on the storage account, container, and blob location.
In the left menu, click Data Storage>Containers.
Click the container where your blob is stored.
Click on the blob (file) you wish to connect to.
The URL represents the full path. Use it to find the prefix and decided how to partition.
Prefix*
The path prefix found in the URL field.
Partition by*
Choose between year, month, day or hour.
Click Finish when complete.
When you use this Sink in a Pipeline, you will need to add the output settings.
Event field*
Select the incoming field containing the event to send on.
Select or create containing these values.
