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Azure Blob Storage

Note

Azure Blob Storage support is available from Infinity plugin version 2.1.0.

Query JSON, CSV, TSV, or XML files stored in Azure Blob Storage directly from Grafana.

Before you begin

You need the following Azure credentials:

  • Storage account name: Your Azure Blob Storage account name.
  • Storage account key: Either the primary or secondary access key for the storage account.

Configure authentication

To connect to Azure Blob Storage:

  1. Open the Infinity data source configuration page.

  2. In the Authentication section, select Azure Blob as the authentication type.

  3. Select your Azure cloud region:

    CloudDescription
    AzureDefault Azure public cloud (blob.core.windows.net)
    Azure US GovernmentAzure Government cloud (blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net)
    Azure ChinaAzure China cloud (blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn)

  4. Enter your Storage account name.

  5. Enter your Storage account key.

  6. Click Save & test to verify the connection.

Query Azure Blob Storage

In the query editor, configure the following settings:

SettingDescription
TypeData format of the blob: JSON, CSV, TSV, or XML
ParserBackend or UQL
SourceAzure Blob
Container nameName of the Azure Blob Storage container
Blob nameName of the blob (file) to retrieve

Tip

You can use Grafana variables in both the container name and blob name fields for dynamic queries.

Supported formats and parsers

Azure Blob Storage supports the following combinations:

FormatParsers available
JSONBackend, UQL, GROQ
CSVBackend, UQL
TSVBackend, UQL
XMLBackend, UQL

Refer to the individual data format documentation for details on configuring columns and selectors.