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Alfresco
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Alfresco Federation Services
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3.2
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The Azure Blob Auth Connector allows three different methods of authentication on the same connection. The field descriptions will tell you which to leave blank for your particular method.

All of these keys generated in the Azure portal. Azure Key: Security + networking > Access Keys SAS Token: Security + networking > Shared access signature Application Credentials (Client ID/Secret): See Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal in Microsoft’s webpage

Configuration

  • Name: Name of the Azure Blob Auth Connector
  • Azure Account Name: Name of the account associated with your blob storage
  • Azure Key: Azure authentication key. This can be obtained within your Azure portal
  • Azure Container Name: Name of the container within your azure blob storage. Leave blank for root
  • Use SAS Token: Tells the connection to look for a configured SAS token
  • SAS Token: Hidden unless above is checked. Put your SAS token here
  • Use Application Credentials: Tells connection to look for application credentials
  • Azure Storage Client ID: Leave blank if using SAS or Azure Key Auth
  • Azure Storage Client Secret: Leave blank if using SAS or Azure Key Auth
  • Azure Storage Tenant Id: Leave blank if using SAS or Azure Key Auth
  • Number of seconds for each attempt to upload: Default is 60s. Multiplying by the average MB per file is recommended. Must be between 1 and 2147483647.
  • Url to use instead of https://[account].blob.core.windows.net.: Only used in cases where some custom url has been configured. Leave blank to use default url.

Proxy Information

  • ProxyURL: The URL of the proxy server
  • ProxyPort: The port of the proxy server
  • ProxyUsername: (Optional) The username to authenticate to the proxy server
  • ProxyPassword: (Optional) The password to authenticate to the proxy server