Azure Blob Storage Credentials

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Azure Blob Storage Credentials

1.Enter the credentials to connect to a Microsoft Azure storage account.  General Purpose and Blob storage accounts are supported.

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Description

Enter a name for the credentials.

Account

Enter the name of the Azure storage account, which can be found in the Azure Portal.

Shared Key

Enter one of the shared keys for the Azure Storage account.  The shared keys can be found in the Azure Portal.

Endpoint Type

Select the type of data center endpoint.  The options are: Public, Germany, China, US Government, and Custom.

Endpoint

If you selected Custom for Endpoint Type, the Endpoint field appears.  Enter the IP address of the endpoint.

Use SSL

Select this if you want to use the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol to communicate with the destination rather than the standard (non-encrypted) HTTP protocol.

2.Click Validate to test the connection.

If you are using a proxy in your environment and you get an error while trying to validate, you may want to check the proxy configuration in Preferences.

3.Click Next.

The Container Details page appears.