Azure Storage

A custom storage system for Django using Windows Azure Storage backend.

Before you start configuration, you will need to install the Azure SDK for Python.

Install the package:

pip install azure

Add to your requirements file:

pip freeze > requirements.txt

Settings

To use AzureStorage set:

DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.azure_storage.AzureStorage'

The following settings are available:

AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME

This setting is the Windows Azure Storage Account name, which in many cases is also the first part of the url for instance: http://azure_account_name.blob.core.windows.net/ would mean:

AZURE_ACCOUNT_NAME = "azure_account_name"

AZURE_ACCOUNT_KEY

This is the private key that gives your Django app access to your Windows Azure Account.

AZURE_CONTAINER

This is where the files uploaded through your Django app will be uploaded. The container must be already created as the storage system will not attempt to create it.