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Azure Blob Storage Receiver Connector

It can retrieve a specific blob in Azure Blob Storage or all blobs within a specific container. This is useful for accessing and manipulating stored data.

Required Connector Properties​

  • Azure Credential: Azure credentials refer to the authentication information used to perform data transfers using Azure Storage Blob Service. The name of a previously defined credential is provided.

  • Account Name: Azure account name to be used for authentication with azure blob services.

  • Blob Name: The blob name, to consume specific blob from a container.

  • Blob Type: Azure Blob Storage offers three basic types of blobs that serve different purposes:

    • Block Blob: Block blobs are suitable for storing large files or masses of data. This type of blob stores large data sets by dividing them into smaller blocks. These blocks are then connected to form a single blob. It is an effective solution especially when large files need to be uploaded or updated.
    • Page Blob: Page blobs are often used for OS disks of virtual machines or other scenarios with performance requirements. Page blobs are optimized to simulate hard disk page file systems. This type of blob is particularly suitable for scenarios that require random access.
    • Append Blob: Append blobs are suitable for appending and updating data to a blob. This type of blob is often used in scenarios such as log files or log data. Append blobs can only be appended, it is not possible to update existing data. These three blob types are optimized for different usage scenarios and performance requirements. The blob type selected may vary depending on your data storage and access needs.

  • Maximum Size of Each Block: The maximum size of each blob.

  • Content Encoding: Content encoding specified for the blob. By default, UTF-8 is used.