# Manage Azure Blob storage

Before you proceed to this article, make sure you understand [data storage management basics](/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/managing_data_storage/manage_data_storages.md).

## Update Azure Blob Storage Credentials

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In [Settings](/emedgene/emedgene-analyze-manual/settings.md) > Management Tab, add or edit the required credentials: `CLIENT_ID`, `CLIENT_SECRET`, `TENANT_ID`, and `ACCOUNT_URL`.

See the table below to learn where to look for them in your Azure account.

<table><thead><tr><th width="207">Emedgene setting</th><th width="514">Corresponidng client (Azure) setting</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>CLIENT_ID</code></td><td><p>application_id.</p><p>Format: ########-####-####-####-############</p><p>(letters/numbers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>CLIENT_SECRET</code></td><td><p>Value of the client_secret tuple (Value, Secret ID).</p><p>Format: #####-#######-######-######</p><p>(letters/digits/special chars)</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>TENANT_ID</code></td><td><p>ID of the tenant.</p><p>Format: ########-####-####-####-############</p><p>(letters/numbers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>ACCOUNT_NAME</code></td><td><p>An arbitrary name that the customer must supply to define the ACCOUNT_URL.</p><p>Format: string</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>CONTAINER_NAME</code></td><td><p>An arbitrary name that the customer must supply to define the ACCOUNT_URL.</p><p>Format: string</p></td></tr><tr><td><code>ACCOUNT_URL</code></td><td><p>The account_url of the Azure account.</p><p>Format: https://<strong>account_name</strong>.blob.core.windows.net/<strong>container_name</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Blob Integration Setup

### Create an App registration

1. In Microsoft Entra ID, click on App registrations.

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2. Select New registration.
3. Fill the name of the application & press "register."
4. You got to the registered app page: (`CLIENT_ID` / `TENANT_ID`) From this you can retrieve: Application ID and Tenant ID. Both are marked in the screenshot.

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5. Press "Certificates & secrets"
6. Press on "New Client secret"

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7. Fill the "Description" and change expires to 12 months. (or according to your organization policy), than press "Add"

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8\. Get the `CLIENT_SECRET` from this page.

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9. Give this App registration roles and read access to the relevant Blob.

### Azure Blob configuration

1. Go to Azure Storage accounts

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2. Get into the relevant Storage account

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3. Press on "containers"

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4. Press on the relevant container
5. Press on "Properties"
6. Copy the `ACCOUNT_URL`

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## For Internal support:

Errors for bad connections can be found in CloudWatch on particular FRY log stream

Search for: BlobApi, BlobFs, azure.


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