Connecting to Azure Blob Storage

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Syniti Knowledge Platform (SKP) allows you to connect to Azure Blob Storage for the following usage types:

  • File Storage

  • Replication

Configuration Summary

The following table provides a high-level summary of the configurations you need to perform in Azure Blob Storage  if you want to maintain a separate folder to integrate with the SKP.

S.No

Configuration Steps

Reference Materials

1

Create a new Storage Account

* Create an Azure storage account

* Manage storage account access keys

* Shared Key and Shared Access Signature (SAS) authorization

* Use Azure Storage Explorer to manage blobs in Azure Blob Storage

* Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal

* Role-based access control (Azure RBAC)

* Create and manage blob containers

* Assign Azure roles for access to blob data

2

Create a Microsoft Entra app and a Service Principal (optional for Service Principal authentication)

3

Create a Blob Container

4

Assign role-based access control (RBAC) permissions (if using Service Principal)

5

Create a system datastore connection in the SKP using the SharePoint Online connection properties listed below

* Datastores

* Create a Connection

Connection Properties

You can choose one of the following authentication types:

  • Service Principal

  • Account Key

  • Shared Access Signature (SAS) Token

Field Name

Description

Storage Account Name

required

The name of your Azure Storage account.

Tenant ID

required

Enter the Directory (tenant) ID that uniquely identifies your organization in Microsoft Entra ID. This value is required to authenticate requests to your Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 tenant.

Client ID

required

Enter the Application (client) ID that uniquely identifies your registered application in Microsoft Entra ID. This ID is used during authentication and authorization.

Client Secret

required

Enter the client secret generated for your application in Microsoft Entra ID. This secret is used to authenticate the application when accessing Data Lake container resources securely.

Account Key

required for Account Key

The storage account access key. Copy the key value from Storage account > Access keys in the Azure portal.

Azure Endpoint

The Azure endpoint suffix for your cloud environment. The default is azuredatalakestore.net for Azure public cloud. Modify this only for sovereign/government cloud deployments.

Default Container

The default blob container to use. This value determines which container the SKP can interact with.

Default Prefix

The default directory path within the container. Use / for the container root, or specify a path like /path/2024 to scope operations to a subdirectory.

Extended Properties

Use the + Add Property button to add any additional connection properties.