azure_blob.md

Azure Blob Storage

Lithops with Azure Blob Storage as storage backend.

Installation

1. Install Microsoft Azure backend dependencies:

$ python3 -m pip install lithops[azure]

2. Create a Resource Group and a Storage Account:

   Option 1:

   1. Access to the Azure portal Resource Groups and create a new Resource group named LithopsResourceGroup in your preferred region. If you already have a resource group, omit this step.

   2. Access to the Azure portal Storage Accounts and create a new Storage Account with a unique name, for example: lithops0sa25s1. If you already have a storage account, omit this step.

   Option 2:

   1. Install Azure CLI

   2. Sign in with the Azure CLI:

     $ az login

   3. Create a Resource Group in your preferred region. If you already have a resource group, omit this step.

     $ az group create --name LithopsResourceGroup --location westeurope

   4. Create a Storage Account with a unique name. If you already have a storage account, omit this step.

     $ storage_account_name=lithops$(openssl rand -hex 3)
     $ echo $storage_account_name
     $ az storage account create --name $storage_account_name --location westeurope \
        --resource-group LithopsResourceGroup --sku Standard_LRS

Configuration

1. Access to the Storage Account

2. In the left menu, under the Security + networking section, click on Access Keys and copy the Key 1

3. Edit your lithops config and add the following keys:

  lithops:
      storage : azure_storage

  azure_storage:
      storage_account_name: <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME>
      storage_account_key: <STORAGE_ACCOUNT_KEY>

Summary of configuration keys for Azure Storage:

Group	Key	Default	Mandatory	Additional info
azure_storage	storage_account_name		yes	The storage account name
azure_storage	storage_account_key		yes	An Account Key, found in Storage Accounts > account_name > Security + networking > Access Keys
azure_storage	storage_bucket		no	The name of a container that exists in you account. This will be used by Lithops for intermediate data. Lithops will automatically create a new one if it is not provided