Obtaining connection values for Microsoft Azure Blob Storage

About this task

This topic provides instructions for obtaining the connection values for the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connector.

Procedure

  1. To find the Tenant ID (BASIC and BASIC OAUTH), complete the following steps:
    1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
    2. Go to Azure Active Directory > Properties. Then, scroll down to the Tenant ID field.
    3. Click Copy to copy the Tenant ID.
      Figure 1. The Tenant ID
      Locating the Tenant ID in Microsoft Azure

      For more information about Tenant ID, see How to find your Microsoft Entra tenant ID on the Microsoft Documentation page.

  2. To register an application with Microsoft Azure, for use with App Connect:
    1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal, and then locate and click App registrations.
    2. If you have access to more than one tenant, switch to the tenant where you want to register the app by using the Directories + subscriptions filter in the banner and then click the Close icon (X) to return to the previous page.
    3. In the App registrations page, click New registration.
    4. In the Register an application page, specify a unique name for your app, select Accounts in any organizational directory (Any Azure AD directory - Multitenant) as the account type, and accept the default values for the remaining fields.
      Figure 2. Microsoft Azure registering an application window
      The image is described in the surrounding text.
    5. Click Register. The Overview page for the application is displayed.
      Overview page for the registered application
  3. To obtain the Client ID (BASIC and BASIC OAUTH), complete the following steps:
    1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
    2. Select Azure Active Directory. From App registrations, select your application. Click Copy to copy the Client ID of your application.
      Figure 3. The Client ID of your application
      Locating the Client ID of your application in Microsoft Azure

      For more information about Client ID, see Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal on the Microsoft Documentation page.

  4. To obtain the Client secret (BASIC and BASIC OAUTH), complete the following steps:
    1. Log in to the Microsoft Azure portal.
    2. Select Azure Active Directory. From App registrations, select your application.
    3. Go to Certificates & secrets > Client secrets. Click Copy to copy the existing Client secret or click New client secret to create a new Client secret and copy it.
      Figure 4. The Client secret of your application
      Locating the Client Secret of your application in Microsoft Azure

      For more information about Client secret, see Register a Microsoft Entra app and create a service principal on the Microsoft Documentation page.

  5. To obtain your Storage account name (API KEY, BASIC and BASIC OAUTH), see Storage account overview on the Microsoft Documentation page.
  6. To obtain your Storage account KEY (API KEY), complete the following steps:
    1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to your storage account.
    2. Go to Security + networking > Access keys. Your account access keys appear, as well as the complete connection string for each key.
    3. Select Show keys to show your access keys and connection strings, and to enable buttons to copy the values.
    4. Under key1, find the Key value. Click Copy to copy the Storage account key.
      Figure 5. The Storage account key
      Locating the Storage account key in Microsoft Azure

      For more information about Storage account key, see Manage storage account access keys on the Microsoft Documentation page.

  7. To generate an access token (BASIC OAUTH), see Access tokens in the Microsoft identity platform on the Microsoft Entra Docs page.
  8. To generate an refresh token (BASIC OAUTH), see Refresh tokens in the Microsoft identity platform on the Microsoft Entra Docs page.