Connect Azure Blob Storage
How to grant Greenpixie access to your storage account and container.
Connect an Azure Blob Storage account and container you own so Greenpixie can read your input data and write the enriched file to output.
These steps set up a single storage account and container. If you want separate storage accounts or containers for input and output, follow them twice.
Create a storage account and container
Create or select an existing Azure Blob Storage account to use for input and output data. See the Azure guides to creating a storage account and creating a container.
Storage account name
Your storage account name should include your company or team name where possible.
For example, if your company name is ABC, abcbillingdata.
Container name
Your container name should include your company or team name where possible. If you use separate containers for input and output, include input or output in the container name as appropriate.
Storage account settings
Disable soft delete. This is counterintuitive, but it is required due to quirks of the Azure Blob Storage API. Under Storage account settings > Data protection:
- Uncheck Enable soft delete for blobs
- Uncheck Enable soft delete for containers
Grant Greenpixie access
Access is granted through a Local App Registration, which resides in your environment. You grant it roles on the storage account and container, and Greenpixie uses its client and secret for access.
In Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), register a new application. Then, on the container (Storage Account > Containers > [container name] > Access Control (IAM) > Role assignments), assign it the roles it needs:
- Storage Blob Data Reader
- Storage Blob Data Contributor
If the container holds input data only, you can omit the Storage Blob Data Contributor role.
Details to send Greenpixie
Provide the following to your Greenpixie contact:
- Storage account name
- Container name
- Local App Registration client ID
- Local App Registration client secret
- Tenant ID
Next steps
Once connected, Greenpixie enriches your data daily between 01:00 and 04:00 UTC, processing the month-to-date. Your Greenpixie contact will confirm the connection and the enrichment cadence.