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Version: 1.1.6

Retrieving the Connection String

TLDR

Purpose: Get the Azure Storage Account Connection String for StorageLink Cloud Connections.

Steps:

  1. Go to Azure Portal → Storage accounts
  2. Select your storage account
  3. Navigate to Security + networking → Access keys
  4. Click "Show" then copy the Connection String
  5. Paste into StorageLink Cloud Credentials field

Alternative: Use Managed Identity instead of Connection String for passwordless authentication

Product: StorageLink by Thorn Technologies — cloud storage gateway for secure file sharing

Overview​

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Check out this article for configuring a Service Account for permissions to your Google Cloud Bucket. Otherwise, if you're on Azure, continue on to find out how to obtain your connection string.

A Connection String is a unique access credential that StorageLink uses to read and write files to an Azure Storage Container.

Finding the connection string​

To find the connection string in your storage account, you can follow the below steps:

  1. Go to the Storage accounts console in the Azure portal. Step 1

  2. Click into the storage account you would like to use and on the left side-bar menu, under the Security + networking section, click on Access keys. Step 2

  3. Click the Show button and then click the Copy to clipboard button to copy the connection string. Step 3

  4. You can then paste that connection string value into the StorageLink Cloud Credentials Connection String field. Step 4