---
title: "Connect data through Azure Storage"
slug: "connect-data-through-azure-storage"
updated: 2025-05-06T11:13:55Z
published: 2025-05-06T11:13:55Z
canonical: "docs.hunters.ai/connect-data-through-azure-storage"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.hunters.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect data through Azure Storage

> [!NOTE]
> 📘Note
> 
> 1. This method is currently available for [NSG Flow logs](/v1/docs/azure-nsg-flow-logs) only.
> 2. This integration will skip all blobs with type `!=` block.

## Gather information from your Azure Storage account

1. Open your Azure Storage account and navigate to **Security + networking > Access keys** from the side menu. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(98).png)
2. Locate the **Connection string** and click **Show**.
3. Now click the copy icon (![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(107).png)) to copy the string to your clipboard, and paste it in a notepad. It should look like this:

```plaintext
DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=mdatplogs;AccountKey=+fekjh4598gkjdgkj45hglkj4h5gJ4coQE/MqAl6HFyFZ==;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net
```
4. From this string, locate the values of the following items:

In our example, we extract the following values:

Default endpoint protocol: **https** Account name: **mdatplogs** Account key: **+fekjh4598gkjdgkj45hglkj4h5gJ4coQE/MqAl6HFyFZ==** Endpoint suffix: **core.windows.net**
  1. Default endpoint protocol (can be either `http` or `https`)
  2. Account name
  3. Account key
  4. Endpoint suffix
5. Navigate to **Storage browser > Blob containers** and locate the name of the container you want to connect to Hunters. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(127).png)

## Set up the connection on Hunters

1. On Hunters, navigate to **Data > Data Sources**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(108).png)
2. Click **+ Connect Data Sources**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(110).png)
3. From the integration tiles, locate the product you want to connect.
4. After reading the guide, click **Connect** from the product tile to start the connection process. If the product is already connected, click **Edit Connection**.
5. From the left-side menu, click **+ More Integrations > Azure Block Storage List**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5f63f0e0-3c70-4d00-b623-82493be0bde5/Images/Documentation/image(111).png)
6. Fill in the fields with the information you acquired previously:

From the connection string:

From the storage browser:
  1. Default endpoint protocol
  2. Account name
  3. Account key
  4. Endpoint suffix
  1. Container name
7. In the **Prefix** field, enter the path to the files you want to include. For efficiency, add a date partition, using a format like `/{YYYY}/{MM}/{DD}` or `/y={YYYY}/m={MM}/d={DD}`. You can use `*` as a wildcard to match any character.

When using a date partition, you must specify all subdirectory levels before adding the date. For example: `my/static/prefix/{YYYY}/{MM}/{DD}/ *`
8. Click **Test Connection** to make sure you supplied the correct information.
9. Once the connection is established, click **Apply**.