Azure Blob Storage#

To handle who can access Datasets, the necessary Azure resources/policies must be created. This includes

Setting up Storage Account and Container#

First, follow the instructions from the Azure documentation to create a storage account and container.

Once you are in the Azure portal, go to the storage account, on the left side bar, click on Data Storage > Containers.

When the Containers dashboard is loaded, click on the Add Container button.

In the storage account page, click on Security + Networking > Networking on the left side bar.

Click on Manage under Public network access.

In the Public network access section, set the following:

In the storage account page, click on Access Control (IAM) on the left side bar.

Click on Add > Add role assignment.

In the Role section, select Storage Blob Data Contributor.

In the Assign access to section, select User, group, or service principal.

Click on Select members, and select the users you want to give access to.

Click on Review + assign.

After the role assignment is created, the users will be able to create their credentials with a connection string to access the storage account.

URIs are constructed as follows with examples for container name my_container:

azure://<account>/<container>/<path>

# Example
azure://my_account/my_container

Follow Configure Data Storage to add the bucket to OSMO.