# **Configuring SearchBlox**
Before using Azure File Data Source, install SearchBlox successfully and create a **Custom Collection**.

# **Getting Azure keys **
Login to Azure and get the Storage account name and Access keys (key1) for Azure File storage based on the storage that you are to index in SearchBlox

# **Configuration details of Azure File Data Source**
[Accessing Connector UI](🔗)
Column Title | Column Title |
data-directory | Data Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission. |
api-key | SearchBlox API Key. API key would be available in Admin Dashboard Menu -> Admin ->Licence page |
colname | The name of the custom collection in SearchBlox. |
url | SearchBlox URL |
azurefileurl | File URL for Azure |
fileaccesskey | Access key for Azure file storage |
filestorageaccount | Azure storage account name |
exclude-formats | File formats to be excluded |
max-folder-size | Maximum size of static folder after which it should be sweeped in MB. |
search url & delete-api-url: | Make sure that the port number is right. If your SearchBlox runs in 8443 port the URLs should be right by default. |