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# **Configuring SearchBlox**

Before using Azure Blob Connector, install SearchBlox successfully and create a **Custom Collection**.

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# **Getting Azure keys for Connector**

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

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# **Configuring Azure Blob Connector**

  • All the files related to the connector should be available in the same folder that is, all files should be extracted into the same folder.

  • Create a data folder on your drive where the files would be temporarily stored and mention in yml file.

Contact [[email protected]](🔗) to request the download link for the SearchBlox Azure Blob connector. In Windows, the connector would be installed in the _C drive_.

## **Steps to Configure and Run the Azure Blob Connector**

  • Download the SearchBlox Azure Blob connector. Extract the downloaded zip to a folder.

  • Unzip the archive under *C:\*

  • Configure the azureBlobConnector.yml file which includes Azure Blob properties and SearchBlox properties as listed in the following:

Column Title
Column Title
data-directoryData Folder where the data needs to be stored. Make sure it has write permission.
api-keySearchBlox API Key. API key would be available in Admin Dashboard Menu -> Admin ->Licence page
colnameThe name of the custom collection in SearchBlox.
urlSearchBlox URL
azurebloburlBlob URL for Azure
blobaccesskeyAccess key for Azure blob storage
blobstorageaccountAzure storage account name
exclude-formatsFile formats to be excluded
max-folder-sizeMaximum size of static folder after which it should be sweeped in MB.
servlet url & delete-api-url:Make sure that the port number is right. If your SearchBlox runs in 8080 port the URLs should be right by default.

  • The content details of azureBlobConnector.yml are provided here: 


  • Start running the azureBlobConnector.exe file for Windows
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