(SM-2105) Azure Blob

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Last updated: May 13, 2021 by Marian Vidra

Azure Blob is designed to store files and small rows of data on a large scale without advanced query capabilities.

For more information, see the page Blob Storage.

Deployment

All Blob accounts used by Datavard products should be created using the reconfigured templates. Please see the chapter Azure Partner Registration GUID for details.


Setup

Azure storage configuration

You should perform these steps before the implementation.

SAS token

Value of SAS token can be generated from the Azure portal page.

You can find more information about SAS token under Using shared access signatures (SAS).

SAS token value alerts:

  • Remove a question mark '?' character at the beginning of the generated SAS token.
  • If a value ends with '%3D', replace it with the equals sign '='.

Datavard Storage Management

In the Datavard Storage Management Setup (/DVD/SM_SETUP), create new storage.

Storage type: AZURE_BLOB

Storage Parameters:

HTTP RFC Destination

Refers to RFC destination defined in transaction SM59.

Create RFC destination of the G type (HTTP) with the following parameters:

  • Target Host - custom domain in the format <storage-account-name>.blob.core.windows.net. For more information see the official MS documentation.
  • HTTP Version - use HTTP 1.1

Azure block size (in bytes)

You can select the size of a block that is uploaded to Azure Blob storage. The maximum size is 100 MB.

HTTP call repeat

Number of retries if the request to Azure is not successful, the default value is 1.

Repeat delay (seconds)

Seconds between repetitions, the default value is 3.