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

# **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

# **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-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 |
azurebloburl | Blob URL for Azure |
blobaccesskey | Access key for Azure blob storage |
blobstorageaccount | 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. |
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
