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Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Service

Self-Hosted Only

Available for 7.4+ and 7.3 FP2+

Microsoft Azure Blob Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that DXP’s Azure Blob Storage Store uses to seamlessly store files to the cloud. Under the hood, it uses the Microsoft’s Blob Storage API, optimized to handle huge amounts of unstructured data.

Before enabling this connection, you must have an active Azure Blob Store account, a configured Connection String, and an Azure Blob Container.

Next, do the following to enable the connection to your Liferay instance,

warning

If a database transaction rollback occurs in a Document Library, the transaction’s file system changes are not reversed. Inconsistencies between Document Library files and those in the file system store can occur and may require manual synchronization. All of the DXP stores except for DBStore are vulnerable to this limitation.

Configuring the Store

Follow these steps to configure the store:

  1. Open the Global Menu (Global Menu) → Control Panel → System Settings → File Storage → Azure Blob Storage.

    Fill in the blanks with the Connection String and Container Name.

  2. Enter a Connection String for your Azure Blob Storage Store.

  3. Enter the name of the Azure Blob Container you want to use for storing your files.

  4. Optionally, enter an Encryption Scope for storing files.

  5. Optionally, determine whether to enable HTTP Logging. When enabled, HTTP requests and responses made by the Azure client are printed in the server logs.

Once you’ve configured the Azure Blob Storage Store, you can set it as your default file storage system.

Setting Azure Blob Storage as Default Store

Follow these steps to use Azure Blob Storage as the default Store for the Liferay instance:

  1. Add the following property to the instance’s portal-ext.properties file:

    dl.store.impl=com.liferay.portal.store.azure.AzureStore

    If a portal-ext.properties file doesn’t exist, create a new one with the above value and add it to the instance’s [LIFERAY_HOME] or [USER_HOME] folder.

    This overrides the default value for dl.store.impl in the portal.properties file.

  2. Restart the Liferay server.

Once finished restarting, the configured Azure Blob Storage container is your instance’s default store.

important

If you’re using Azure Blob Storage store in a clustered environment, the configuration on all nodes must be identical. In particular, make sure the portal-ext.properties file and the Azure Blob Storage store settings in System Settings are the same.

Capability:
Content Management System
Platform
Deployment Approach:
Liferay Self-Hosted
Feature:
DXP Configuration