Connecting to an Azure (Blob Storage and Data Lake) Location

Prerequisites:

• existing Azure Storage Account
• existing Azure Storage Container

Only Block Blobs with Access tier "Hot" or "Cool" are supported. New blobs will default to "Hot" access tier. Other limitations related to Azure Block Storage, and particularly to Block Blobs, can be found here.

MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) is not supported.

Define the following parameters:

Blob name	Blob name together with the path to blob, e.g., samples/BikerProducts.csv
Account name	Azure storage account name
Account key	Storage account access key used to authorize access to data in your storage account. The key can be found under "Access Keys" of an Azure Storage account
Container name	Container name created in Azure storage account specified by "Account Name"
Use token connection	Selecting this checkbox enables the connection to be authenticated with an OAuth2 token. The endpoint in OAuthToken connection should be configured this way: Token endpoint: https://login.windows.net/common/oauth2/token Access token scope: openid Request parameter name: resource Request parameter value: https://storage.microsoft.com Jedox supports OAuth tokens with oauth2PasswordCredential and oauth2RefreshToken authentication methods.

Updated November 4, 2024