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description: Explains how to use the Azure storage drivers
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keywords: registry, service, driver, images, storage,  azure
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title: Microsoft Azure storage driver
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An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) for object storage.
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## Parameters
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| Parameter     | Required | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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|:--------------|:---------|:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| `accountname` | yes      | Name of the Azure Storage Account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| `accountkey`  | yes      | Primary or Secondary Key for the Storage Account.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
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| `container`   | yes      | Name of the Azure root storage container in which all registry data is stored. Must comply the storage container name [requirements](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/storageservices/fileservices/naming-and-referencing-containers--blobs--and-metadata). For example, if your url is `https://myaccount.blob.core.windows.net/myblob` use the container value of `myblob`.|
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| `realm`       | no       | Domain name suffix for the Storage Service API endpoint. For example realm for "Azure in China" would be `core.chinacloudapi.cn` and realm for "Azure Government" would be `core.usgovcloudapi.net`. By default, this is `core.windows.net`.                        |
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## Related information
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* To get information about
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[azure-blob-storage](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/), visit
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the Microsoft website.
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* You can use Microsoft's [Blob Service REST API](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/Blob-Service-REST-API) to [create a storage container](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/storageservices/Create-Container).
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