adlsgen2-configure-connection-profile
Note
In this release, an ADLS Gen2 connection profile can be used only to configure the staging area for Databricks Writer or Snowflake Writer.
Connection Profile Name: Enter a name that uniquely identifies the external resource.
Namespace:.Select the namespace where the profile will be stored. All users who will use this profile must have READ and SELECT permissions on the namespace.
Endpoint Name: Select ADLSGen2.
Authentication Type: Select the type of authentication you want to use, then set the properties for that type as described below.
Setting ADLS Access Key properties
In this release, an ADLS connection profile can be used only to set the external stage connection properties for Databricks Writer and Snowflake Writer.
Azure Account Access Key: Specify the account access key from Storage accounts > <account name> > Access keys. For more information see Azure / Learn / Storage / Manage storage account access keys.
Azure Account Name: Specify the name of the storage account.
Azure Container Name: Specify the name of the ADLS container (also called the "file system") to be used as the staging area. If it does not exist, it will be created automatically.
Setting ADLS Entra ID properties
Entra ID was formerly known as Azure Active Directory.
In this release, an ADLS connection profile can be used only to set the external stage connection properties for Databricks Writer and Snowflake Writer.
Azure Account Name: Specify the name of the storage account.
Azure Container Name: Specify the name of the ADLS container (also called the "file system") to be used as the staging area. If it does not exist, it will be created automatically.
After specifying the account and container names, click Sign in using Entra ID. Log in with an Entra ID organization (work) account that has the Storage Blob Data Contributor role on the storage account. This is the account Striim will use to access ADLS. Once you log in successfully, close the browser window, return to the connection profile page, and test the connection.
Setting ADLS manual OAuth (Entra ID) properties
This is supported only when using ADLS as a staging area for Azure Databricks or Snowflake. See Configuring Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) for Databricks Writer manually or Manually configuring OAuth for Snowflake Writer.
Setting ADLS SAS properties
In this release, an ADLS connection profile can be used only to set the external stage connection properties for Databricks Writer and Snowflake Writer.
Azure SAS: Specify the SAS token for a shared access signature for the storage account. If there is a
?at the beginning of the SAS token, remove it. For more information, see Learn / Azure / Storage / Grant limited access to Azure Storage resources using shared access signatures (SAS) and Best practices when using SAS.Allowed services must include Blob, allowed resource types must include Service, Container, and Object, allowed permissions must include Read, Write, Delete, List, Add, Create, Update, Process, and Permanent Delete, and "Immutable storage" must be deselected.
Note that SAS tokens have an expiration date. When you update this property with a new token, applications using this connection profile will automatically switch to the new token when the old one expires.
Azure Account Name: Specify the name of the storage account.
Azure Container Name: Specify the name of the ADLS container (also called the "file system") to be used as the staging area. If it does not exist, it will be created automatically.