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Before you begin

Before you create a catalog source, ensure that you have the information required to connect to the source system.
Perform the following tasks:

Verify permissions

To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.

Permissions for metadata extraction

To extract Microsoft Azure Blob Storage metadata, you need account access and permissions to the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage source system.
Verify that the administrator configures read permission for the user account that you use to access the source system.

Permissions to run data classification

You can perform data classification with the permissions required to perform metadata extraction.

Permissions to run glossary association

You can perform glossary association with the permissions required to perform metadata extraction.

Create a connection

Create a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage connection object in Administrator with the connection details of the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage source system.
    1In Administrator, select Connections.
    2Click New Connection.
    3In the Connection Details section, enter the following connection details:
    Connection property
    Description
    Connection Name
    Name of the connection.
    Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
    Maximum length is 255 characters.
    Description
    Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
    4Select the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage V3 connection type.
    5Enter the following connection details:
    Property
    Description
    Use Secret Vault
    Stores sensitive credentials for this connection in the secrets manager that is configured for your organization.
    This property appears only if secrets manager is set up for your organization.
    When you enable the secret vault in the connection, you can select which credentials that the Secure Agent retrieves from the secrets manager. If you don't enable this option, the credentials are stored in the repository or on a local Secure Agent, depending on how your organization is configured.
    For information about how to configure and use a secrets manager, see Secrets manager configuration.
    Runtime Environment
    The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
    Account Name
    Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account name.
    6Select the authentication type.
    7Enter the following connection details:
    Shared Key Authentication
    Property
    Description
    Account Key
    The account key for the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account.
    Container Name
    The name of the blob container in the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account.
    Endpoint Suffix
    Types of Microsoft Azure endpoints.
    Select one of the following options:
    • - core.windows.net. Connects to Azure endpoints.
    • - core.usgovcloudapi.net. Connects to Azure Government endpoints.
    • - core.chinacloudapi.cn.
    Default is core.windows.net.
    Shared Access Signature
    Property
    Description
    SAS Token
    The shared access signature token generated in the Azure portal to authenticate successfully and gain access to the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage resources.
    Container Name
    The name of the blob container in the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage account.
    Endpoint Suffix
    Types of Microsoft Azure endpoints.
    Select one of the following options:
    • - core.windows.net. Connects to Azure endpoints.
    • - core.usgovcloudapi.net. Connects to Azure Government endpoints.
    • - core.chinacloudapi.cn.
    Default is core.windows.net.
    8Click Test Connection.
    9Click Save.