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Azure Writer task is used to write the data in the Azure Blob Container.
Please follow the below steps to configure the meta information of Azure Writer:
Write using: There are three(3) options available under this tab:
Shared Access Signature:
Secret Key
Principal Secret
Provide the following details:
Shared Access Signature: This is a URI that grants restricted access rights to Azure Storage resources.
Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.
Container: Provide the container name from where the blob is located. A container is a logical unit of storage in Azure Blob Storage that can hold blobs. It is similar to a directory or folder in a file system, and it can be used to organize and manage blobs.
Blob Name: Enter the Blob name. A blob is a type of object storage that is used to store unstructured data, such as text or binary data, like images or videos.
File Format: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it, select the file format in which the data has to be written:
CSV
JSON
PARQUET
AVRO
Save Mode: Select the Save mode from the drop down.
Append
Overwrite
Schema File Name: Upload spark schema file in JSON format.
Account Key: Enter the azure account key. In Azure, an account key is a security credential that is used to authenticate access to storage resources, such as blobs, files, queues, or tables, in an Azure storage account.
Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.
Container: Provide the container name from where the blob is located. A container is a logical unit of storage in Azure Blob Storage that can hold blobs. It is similar to a directory or folder in a file system, and it can be used to organize and manage blobs.
Blob Name: Enter the Blob name. A blob is a type of object storage that is used to store unstructured data, such as text or binary data, like images or videos.
File type: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it:
CSV
JSON
PARQUET
AVRO
Schema File Name: Upload spark schema file in JSON format.
Save Mode: Select the Save mode from the drop down.
Append
Overwrite
Provide the following details:
Client ID: Provide Azure Client ID. The client ID is the unique Application (client) ID assigned to your app by Azure AD when the app was registered.
Tenant ID: Provide the Azure Tenant ID. Tenant ID (also known as Directory ID) is a unique identifier that is assigned to an Azure AD tenant, which represents an organization or a developer account. It is used to identify the organization or developer account that the application is associated with.
Client Secret: Enter the Azure Client Secret. Client Secret (also known as Application Secret or App Secret) is a secure password or key that is used to authenticate an application to Azure AD.
Account Name: Provide the Azure account name.
Container: Provide the container name from where the blob is located. A container is a logical unit of storage in Azure Blob Storage that can hold blobs. It is similar to a directory or folder in a file system, and it can be used to organize and manage blobs.
Blob Name: Enter the Blob name. A blob is a type of object storage that is used to store unstructured data, such as text or binary data, like images or videos.
File type: There are four(4) types of file extensions are available under it:
CSV
JSON
PARQUET
AVRO
Save Mode: Select the Save mode from the drop down.
Append
Overwrite
Schema File Name: Upload spark schema file in JSON format.