Azure Blob Storage

Experimental

Creates:

Assets

Configure in the UI

This plugin can be configured directly in the Marmot UI with a step-by-step wizard.

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The Azure Blob Storage plugin discovers containers from Azure Storage accounts. It captures container metadata including access levels, lease status, and custom metadata.

Connection Examples

Required Permissions

The following Azure RBAC role is recommended:

• Storage Blob Data Reader - Read access to containers and blobs

Or use a custom role with these permissions:

• Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/read
• Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/blobServices/containers/blobs/read

Example Configuration

connection_string: "${AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING}"
include_metadata: true
include_blob_count: false
filter:
  include:
    - "^data-.*"
  exclude:
    - ".*-temp$"
tags:
  - "azure"
  - "storage"

Configuration

The following configuration options are available:

Property	Type	Required	Description
account_key	string	false	Azure Storage account key
account_name	string	false	Azure Storage account name
connection_string	string	false	Azure Storage connection string
endpoint	string	false	Custom endpoint URL (for Azurite or other emulators)
external_links	[]ExternalLink	false	External links to show on all assets
filter	Filter	false	Filter discovered assets by name (regex)
include_blob_count	bool	false	Count blobs in each container (can be slow for large containers)
include_metadata	bool	false	Include container metadata
tags	TagsConfig	false	Tags to apply to discovered assets

Available Metadata

The following metadata fields are available:

Field	Type	Description
blob_count	int64	Number of blobs in the container
container_name	string	Name of the container
etag	string	Entity tag for the container
has_immutability_policy	bool	Whether container has an immutability policy
has_legal_hold	bool	Whether container has a legal hold
last_modified	string	Last modification timestamp
lease_state	string	Lease state (available/leased/expired/breaking/broken)
lease_status	string	Lease status (locked/unlocked)
public_access	string	Public access level (none/blob/container)