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Azure Blob Storage connections

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Prerequisites

• An Azure account with a Storage Account
• Access to the Azure Portal
• Your CloudQuant account credentials

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Retrieving access keys

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Step 1: Navigate to your storage account

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal
2. Navigate to Storage accounts
3. Select the storage account you want to connect

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Step 2: Find access keys

1. In the storage account menu, select Security + networking > Access keys
2. You will see two keys: key1 and key2
3. Select Show to reveal the key values

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Step 3: Copy required information

• Storage account name — The name of your Azure Storage Account
• Access key — Either key1 or key2
• Container name — The blob container holding your data

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Configuring the connection

Storage Account: your_storage_account_name
Access Key: your_access_key
Container: your_container_name

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Connection string format

DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=your_account;AccountKey=your_key;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net

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Key rotation

1. Update your applications to use key2
2. Regenerate key1
3. Update applications to use the new key1
4. Regenerate key2

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Troubleshooting