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title: "Azure Blob Storage | Grafana Plugins documentation"
description: "Query data from Azure Blob Storage with the Infinity data source"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# 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:
   
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   | Cloud                   | Description                                            |
   |-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
   | **Azure**               | Default Azure public cloud (`blob.core.windows.net`)   |
   | **Azure US Government** | Azure Government cloud (`blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net`) |
   | **Azure China**         | Azure 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:

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| Setting            | Description                                     |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| **Type**           | Data format of the blob: JSON, CSV, TSV, or XML |
| **Parser**         | Backend or UQL                                  |
| **Source**         | Azure Blob                                      |
| **Container name** | Name of the Azure Blob Storage container        |
| **Blob name**      | Name 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:

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| Format | Parsers available  |
|--------|--------------------|
| JSON   | Backend, UQL, GROQ |
| CSV    | Backend, UQL       |
| TSV    | Backend, UQL       |
| XML    | Backend, UQL       |

Refer to the individual [data format](/docs/plugins/yesoreyeram-infinity-datasource/latest/data-formats/) documentation for details on configuring columns and selectors.