Microsoft Azure Blob storage

Microsoft Azure Blob storage is a cloud object storage solution that is optimized for storing massive amounts of unstructured data for cloud-native workloads, archives, data lakes, high-performance computing, and machine learning. This document describes how to connect IBM watsonx Orchestrate to Microsoft Azure Blob storage and use its skills on watsonx Orchestrate.

Connecting to Microsoft Azure Blob storage

Important:
- A credential type must be set for apps that are a part of team skill sets and AI assistants. Skill-based actions in AI assistants support only shared credentials.
- If a credential type of an app is not specified, an error message is displayed when users attempt to run the skills of the app. To resolve the error, an admin must set the credential type for the app. For more information, see Managing connections.

An app can be connected either through the skill catalog or through the watsonx Orchestrate chat. Use the method that suits you to connect to an app.

Connect to the app through the skill catalog when you add that skill to your skill set:

  1. On the watsonx Orchestrate chat page, click Add skills from the catalog.
  2. Search and click the app tile.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Otherwise, connect to that app through the watsonx Orchestrate chat when you use the skill:

  1. Open the watsonx Orchestrate chat.
  2. On the chat, start the skill.
  3. Click Connect app.
  4. Configure the connection. For more information, see Configuring the connection.
  5. Click Connect app.

Configuring the connection

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Microsoft Azure Blob storage, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Connect app.

  2. Specify the following connection details.

    • Storage account name: Your Microsoft Azure Blob storage account name. For more information, see Storage account overview on the Microsoft documentation page.

    • Tenant ID: The unique directory (tenant) ID of the Microsoft Azure Active Directory instance. To get your tenant ID, see Retrieving the Tenant ID.

    • Client ID: The application (client) ID of your application that is registered through the App registrations in the Azure portal. For more information on how to get Client ID, see Retrieving the Client ID.

    • Client secret: The client secret of your application that is generated through the App registrations in the Azure portal. For more information on how to get your Client secret, see Retrieving the Client secret.

  3. Click Connect app.

Note: The icon A green check icon appears to show that the app is connected. indicates that the connection was successfully established.

Retrieving the Tenant ID

To get your Tenant ID:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to your storage account.
  2. Go to Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
  3. Click Properties on the side panel. Then, scroll down to the Tenant ID field.
  4. Click Copy icon to copy the tenant ID.

Retrieving the Client ID

To get your Client ID:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to your storage account.
  2. Go to Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
  3. From App registrations, select your application. You can find your Application (Client) ID under the Essentials.
  4. Click Copy icon to copy the Client ID of your application.

Retrieving the Client secret

To get your Client secret:

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal and go to your storage account.
  2. Go to Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
  3. From App registrations, select your application.
  4. Click Certificates & secrets on the side panel.
  5. Click Client secrets tab.
  6. Click Copy icon to copy the existing Client secret or click New client secret to create a new Client secret.

What to do next

After you connect to the app, you can use the app’s skills. For more information see, Using the chat. To know what skill you can use, see the skills and skill flow column of List of prebuilt apps, skills and skill flows.

Parent topic:

→ Prebuilt apps