Configuring the Azure Blob Storage Listener

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The Azure Blob Storage Listener monitors Blob containers for files and will execute a pre-defined Job Configuration (config-id) when triggered.

Notes:

• Make sure you have already completed Authorize the File Folder Listener Service.

• After making any configuration changes to the application.properties or file-folder-listener-listeners.yml file, you must restart the File Folder Listener Service for those changes to take effect.

application.properties:

Add the appropriate Blob Storage Access Key to the <ProgramDataDirectory>\Actian\FileFolderListener\conf\application.properties file.

For more information about how to create/obtain this key, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-account-keys-manage?toc=%2Fazure%2Fstorage%2Fblobs%2Ftoc.json&tabs=azure-portal&view-account-access-keys

Property	Default Value	Description
azure.blob.accesskey	—	required

Example:

# Azure Connection Info
azure.blob.accesskey=EXAMPLEKEYVALUENefMtV50Sp7o7dW2GhKeZQWUce6z6mTb/gylpzsq5m5UEGcgB2QqxlDgEXAMPLEKEYVALUE==

file-folder-listener-listeners.yml:

Configure these properties in <ProgramDataDirectory>\Actian\FileFolderListener\conf\file-folder-listener-listeners.yml.

Property	Default Value	Description
id	—	A unique identifier for the listener
listener-type	—	Available listener types: local, aws, gcp, azure
config-id	—	The Job Configuration ID to run in Integration Manager
active	true	Whether the listener is active
storage- account-name	—	The Azure storage account name
source- container- name	—	The Azure blob container name to monitor for new files
include- pattern		Includes files if the file name matches the regular expression pattern you specify (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions/Cheatsheet)
exclude- pattern		Excludes files if the file name matches the regular expression pattern you specify (see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions/Cheatsheet)
filename- override		This value will override the filename passed to Integration Manager, regardless of the original source file name. The original source file name will always be used for backup and error files.

Example:

Note: Indentation is critical for YAML syntax!

listeners:
  - id: azure-container-listener-accounts
    config-id: 90378
    listener-type: azure
    active: true
    storage-account-name: my-azure-storage-account
    source-container-name: my-accounts-container
    include-pattern: ^Accounts.txt
    exclude-pattern: ^skipme.txt
- id: aws-bucket-listener-contacts
    config-id: 90379
    listener-type: azure
    active: true
    storage-account-name: my-azure-storage-account
    source-container-name: my-contacts-container
    include-pattern: ^Contacts.txt
    exclude-pattern: ^skipme.txt

Last modified date: 03/14/2022