Azure - Unstructured (original) (raw)

Ingest your files into Unstructured from Azure Blob Storage.

The requirements are as follows.

The following video shows how to fulfill the minimum set of Azure Storage account requirements:

Here are some more details about these requirements:

• 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. Cick New or Create Connector.
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.
• Recursive: Check this box to recursively access files from subfolders within the container.
• 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/.
• Account Name: For SAS token authentication and account key authentication, the Azure Storage account name.
• SAS Token: For SAS token authentication, the SAS token for the Azure Storage account.
• Account Key: For account key authentication, the key for the Azure Storage account.
• Connection String: For connection string authentication, the connection string for the Azure Storage account.