[Microsoft Azure Storage](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) is another option for deep storage. This requires some additional druid configuration.
|Property|Possible Values|Description|Default|
|--------|---------------|-----------|-------|
|`druid.storage.type`|azure||Must be set.|
|`druid.azure.account`||Azure Storage account name.|Must be set.|
|`druid.azure.key`||Azure Storage account key.|Must be set.|
|`druid.azure.container`||Azure Storage container name.|Must be set.|
|`druid.azure.protocol`|http or https||https|
|`druid.azure.maxTries`||Number of tries before cancel an Azure operation.|3|
See [Azure Services](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-trial/) for more information.
## Firehose
#### StaticAzureBlobStoreFirehose
This firehose ingests events, similar to the StaticS3Firehose, but from an Azure Blob Store.
Data is newline delimited, with one JSON object per line and parsed as per the `InputRowParser` configuration.
The storage account is shared with the one used for Azure deep storage functionality, but blobs can be in a different container.
As with the S3 blobstore, it is assumed to be gzipped if the extension ends in .gz
Sample spec:
```json
"firehose" : {
"type" : "static-azure-blobstore",
"blobs": [
{
"container": "container",
"path": "/path/to/your/file.json"
},
{
"container": "anothercontainer",
"path": "/another/path.json"
}
]
}
```
|property|description|default|required?|
|--------|-----------|-------|---------|
|type|This should be "static-azure-blobstore".|N/A|yes|
|blobs|JSON array of [Azure blobs](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/ee691964.aspx).|N/A|yes|
Azure Blobs:
|property|description|default|required?|
|--------|-----------|-------|---------|
|container|Name of the azure [container](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-dotnet-how-to-use-blobs/#create-a-container)|N/A|yes|
