Addons

Microsoft Azure Online Storage

Updated: October 10, 2024

The Microsoft Azure Online Storage addon is a Nuxeo Binary Manager that stores binaries in an Azure Storage container.

Prerequisites

  • You should be familiar with Azure and their Management Portal.
  • You have to create a dedicated Azure blob Container.
  • You must be in possession of your Storage access keys.

Configuration

Be sure to protect your access keys using the Configuration Data Encryption.

Configuration properties you have to set in your nuxeo.conf file.

Enabling Azure Blob Provider

Set up the default BinaryManager that stores all your blobs in Azure:

nuxeo.core.binarymanager=org.nuxeo.ecm.blob.azure.AzureBlobProvider

Enabling CDN Azure Blob Provider

If you want to use Azure CDN as a front instead of Azure Storage:

  1. Read the Microsoft Azure documentation page and create a CDN bound to your container.
  2. Define the Azure CDN URL with the following nuxeo.conf property: nuxeo.storage.azure.cdn.host=azure_cdn_url

Mandatory Parameters

Parameter Default Value Description
nuxeo.storage.azure.container The name of the Azure container
nuxeo.storage.azure.account.name Your Azure storage account name
nuxeo.storage.azure.account.key Your Azure storage access key. Do not forget to use data encryption

Optional Parameters

Parameter Default value ("|" separates possible values) Description
nuxeo.storage.azure.endpointProtocol HTTPS The URL protocol
nuxeo.storage.azure.cachesize 100MB The size of the local cache
nuxeo.storage.azure.directdownload false Enables direct download from Azure servers
nuxeo.storage.azure.cdn.host Your Azure CDN host where your blobs are available.
Note: Only if you enable direct download and use the Azure CDN.

Limitations

Maximum File Upload Size

  • Standard, 2 GB
  • V1 Medium WAF gateways, 100 MB
  • V1 Large WAF gateways, 500 MB
  • V2 WAF, 750 MB

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