# Azure Blob
This guide explains how to connect **Azure Storage** to the Weekerp API.
It includes the full process of creating credentials and registering them in Weekerp.
#### Required information for connection
To allow Weekerp to access your images, you need to provide the following:
* account key
* account name
* container name
#### Getting credentials (Azure)
1. Go to Azure Portal → **Storage accounts → Create** (create a Storage account)
2. Select the created Storage account **→ Security + networking → Access keys → key1 → Copy** (Account Key)
3. Select the created Storage account → **Data storage → Containers → Add container → Create** (Container Name)
4. Log in to Weekerp → **Sources → Add Source → Microsoft Azure Storage**
5. Enter Account Name / **Account Key / Container Name** in Weekerp → **Next → Enter Alias → Create**
#### Below is the same guide shown as step-by-step screenshots.
#### 1. In Azure Portal, search for “Storage accounts”
#### 2. Click “Create”
#### 3. Create a Storage account
1. Enter the account name
2. Click “Review + create” at the bottom
#### 4. Click “Create” at the bottom
#### 5. Issue an access key — search and open Storage accounts
1. Search for “Storage accounts”
2. Click the Storage accounts search result
#### 6. Click the Storage account you created
#### 7. Open Access keys
1. In the left navigation, click “Security + networking”
2. Click “Access keys”
#### 8. View the Access Key
1. Locate “key1”
2. Click the “Show” button
#### 9. Copy the Access Key
1. Confirm the key value
2. Copy it to clipboard
#### 10. Verify the key format
A copied key looks like this:
```
mu1L4j9LQL4uwoai20+fFD6dE6Z0JCU0KYmgpooyuEDz/1GJWwirCzrokVXjCqRBeFuoIPXsBgTH+AStC6O0qw==
```
#### 11. Create storage container — search for “Storage accounts” in Azure Portal
#### 12. Select the Storage account
#### 13. Open Containers
1. In the left navigation, click “Data storage”
2. Click “Containers”
#### 14. Click “Add container”
#### 15. Enter the container name and create it
1. Enter the container name
2. Click “Create” at the bottom
#### 16. Verify the container name — search for “Storage accounts” in Azure Portal
#### 17. Click the Storage Account you want to connect
#### 18. Open Containers
1. In the left navigation, click “Data storage”
2. Click “Containers”
#### 19. Confirm the target container name
#### 20. You should have the following information ready
1. Account Name (Step #6, Step #17)
2. Account Key : (Step #9)
3. Container Name (Step #19)
#### 21. In Weekerp, click “Add Source” at the top-right
1. [Log in to Weekerp](https://weekerp.com/space/callback)
2. Click the “Source” tab
3. Click “Add Source”
#### 22. Select “Microsoft Azure Storage”
#### 23. Enter credential information
1. Enter Account Name
2. Enter Account Key
3. Enter Container Name
4. Click “Next”
{% hint style="info" %}
BasePath sets the root directory for origin requests.
{% endhint %}
If files are stored like below, BasePath can be set to `/` or `/assets`.
* /dog.jpg
* /assets/cat.png
**Request example**
* `cdn.weekerp.com/image/{alias}/dog.jpg`
**Origin request**
* **With BasePath set:**
* **Without BasePath:**
For more details, please refer to [basepath](https://weekerp.gitbook.io/image/storage/basepath "mention").
#### 24. Enter the source alias (alias)
1. Enter the alias you want to use
2. Create the alias
#### 25. Verify the created data source
#### Use it like this:
cdn.weekerp.com/`image`/`weekerp-assets`/dog.jpg
cdn.weekerp.com/`image`/`weekerp-assets`/dog.jpg?ai=Rotate the image to the right
cdn.weekerp.com/`video`/`weekerp-assets`/test-video.mp4
All settings are complete.
Typically, it takes 5–10 minutes to propagate the connection across all global environments.
