Configuring a virtual folder with AZURE-BLOB

To set up the Virtual File System (VFS) with Azure storage, select AZURE-FILE or AZURE-BLOB from the list in the remote location configuration, as these are the currently supported options. AZURE-BLOB storage is a cloud-based object storage solution for unstructured data, enabling secure file storage and transfer with Managed File Transfer. By integrating a virtual folder in Managed File Transfer with Azure Blob, you can scale storage capacity as needed to handle massive amounts of data, protect against data loss with features like Geo-replication, and securely store and transfer files to and from Azure's object storage service.

1. Go to Virtual folders in the navigation tree. Select your virtual folder, go to the Location section and select Configure with a remote location.
2. Select AZURE-BLOB from the list.
3. Provide the authentication information that must be sent to the Azure storage for authorizing the access to resources. The AZURE-BLOB supports Shared Key, Shared Access Signature (SAS), and Anonymous public access authentication types. Choose one of the following ways to provide the authentication information.

   Shared Key

   The shared key type passes a header with each request that is signed by using the respective Storage Account Access Key. Specify the values for the following fields:

   • Account name The account name that corresponds to the Azure account for the blob location.
   • Account key The key that you create at the Azure portal for the corresponding account name.

   Shared Access Signature (SAS)

   The Shared Access Signature (SAS) type provides secure delegated access to resources in your storage account without compromising the security of the data. In addition, control what resources the client can access, what permissions they have on those resources, and how long the SAS is valid, among other parameters.

   • Account name The account name that corresponds to the Azure account for the blob location.
   • SAS token The SAS token is a string that you generate in the Azure portal for an account.

   Anonymous public read access

   The anonymous public read access type provides you with read access within a publicly accessible container without authorizing the request. Specify the values for the following fields.

   • Account name The account name that corresponds to the Azure account for the blob location.

   High availability download recovery

   Select the option to allow Managed File Transfer to resume a download that was not completed previously.

4. Select a storage sub-type.
   Following are the two storage sub-types.

   Block Blob

   It stores the unstructured data such as files, media, images, and documents in blocks.

   Append Blob

   It appends the unstructured data such as files, media, images, documents.

5. Specify the Azure container folder path for the Location field.
6. Specify the required advanced configuration options.

   Azure headers

   Add other header parameters to set the extra metadata for the blob container. Click  to add the Header key and Header value information. The following are the list of supported headers.

   • cacheControl
   • contentType
   • contentEncoding
   • contentLanguage
   • contentDisposition