Microsoft Azure Data Lake Gen2 network storage

The Microsoft Azure Data Lake Gen2 network storage option allows you to use existing Microsoft Azure Data Lake storage as additional storage space.

 

Adding the Microsoft Data Lake Gen2 network storage

 

In the desired domain, navigate to the ACCOUNTS > Network Storage module. Click on the Add button, or right click anywhere in the grid area and select Add from the pop-up menu. In the Add Network Storage dialog window, select Microsoft Azure Data Lake Gen2 as the Protocol, then click on OK. The Add "Microsoft Azure Data Lake Gen2" Network Storage dialog will appear as depicted in the image below.

 

 

Basic

 

Name - The unique name for this network storage.

 

Authentication

 

Replay credentials - Uses the current user's credentials instead of a static Client ID and Client Secret. Note: This feature will not work for users who authenticate to the SFTP service via public key authentication.

 

Use AMI role - If selected, the Azure Managed Identity role is used. Managed identities can be used to authenticate any Azure resource that supports AD authentication. See the following for more information. What are Managed Identities for Azure resources?

 

Use credentials - If selected, allows the administrator to specify a Storage account name and Access Key for all users.

 

  • Storage account name - The account name for the Azure Data Lake Gen2 network storage.

  • Access key - The access key for the Azure Data Lake Gen2 network storage.

  • DNS suffix - The DNS suffix for the Azure Data Lake Gen2 network storage.

 

Advanced

 

Remote directory - If selected, maps the local virtual path to a specific remote path on the target server.

 

Map current local directory to remote directory - If selected, maps the local virtual path to remote path having the same name as the local virtual path.  For example, if network storage is mapped to virtual path /path, then when connecting to the network storage, it will drop the user in /path directory on target server.

 

Debug log directory - If checked, this is the directory where debug logs will be stored for this network storage.

 

Tags

 

Tags - If specified, this is the one or more tags that are used to limit which administrators have access to the network storage.