Automated Continuous Azure Blob Storage Replication to Amazon S3

Always-on applications rely on automatic failover capabilities and real-time data access. CData Sync integrates live Azure Blob Storage data into your Amazon S3 instance, allowing you to consolidate all of your data into a single location for archiving, reporting, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and more.

Configure Amazon S3 as a Replication Destination

Using CData Sync, you can replicate Azure Blob Storage data to Amazon S3. To add a replication destination, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select the Destinations tab and locate the Amazon S3 connector.
3. Click the Configure Connection icon at the end of that row to open the New Connection page. If the Configure Connection icon is not available, click the Download Connector icon to install the Amazon S3 connector. For more information about installing new connectors, see Connections in the Help documentation.

4. To connect to Amazon S3, provide the credentials for an administrator account or for an IAM user with custom permissions: Set AccessKey to the access key ID. Set SecretKey to the secret access key.

   Note: Though you can connect as the AWS account administrator, it is recommended to use IAM user credentials to access AWS services.

   To obtain the credentials for an IAM user, follow the steps below:

   1. Sign into the IAM console.
   2. In the navigation pane, select Users.
   3. To create or manage the access keys for a user, select the user and then select the Security Credentials tab.

   To obtain the credentials for your AWS root account, follow the steps below:

   1. Sign into the AWS Management console with the credentials for your root account.
   2. Select your account name or number and select My Security Credentials in the menu that is displayed.
   3. Click Continue to Security Credentials and expand the Access Keys section to manage or create root account access keys.

5. Once connected, click Create & Test to create, test and save the connection.

You are now connected to Amazon S3 and can use it as both a source and a destination.

NOTE: You can use the Label feature to add a label for a source or a destination.

In this article, we will demonstrate how to load Azure Blob Storage data into Amazon S3 and utilize it as a destination.

Configure the Azure Blob Storage Connection

You can configure a connection to Azure Blob Storage from the Connections tab. To add a connection to your Azure Blob Storage account, navigate to the Connections tab.

1. Click Add Connection.
2. Select a source (Azure Blob Storage).
3. Configure the connection properties.
   
   

   To connect with Azure Blog Storage, set the following connection properties:

   • Connection Name - Enter a connection name of your choice.
   • File Format - Select the file format that you want to use. Sync supports the CSV, PARQUET, and AVRO file formats.
   • Azure Storage Account - Enter the name of your Azure storage account.
   • URI - Enter the path of the file system and folder that contains your files. For example, azureblob://MyContainer/MyBlob

   CData Sync supports authenticating to Microsoft OneLake in several ways. For Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), please see the instructions below.

   Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

   To connect with an Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) user account, select "Entra ID" (formerly Azure AD) for Auth Scheme. CData Sync provides an embedded OAuth application with which to connect so no additional properties are required.

   For other authentication methods (see below), refer to the Help documentation.

   Other Supported Authentication Methods

   • Azure Service Principal
   • Azure Service Principal Certificate
   • Azure Managed Service Identity
   • Azure Access Key (default)
   • Azure Storage SAS
   
4. Click Connect to Azure Blob Storage to ensure that the connection is configured properly.
5. Click Save & Test to save the changes.

Configure Replication Queries

CData Sync enables you to control replication with a point-and-click interface and with SQL queries. For each replication you wish to configure, navigate to the Jobs tab and click Add Job. Select the Source and Destination for your replication.

Replicate Entire Tables

To replicate an entire table, navigate to the Task tab in the Job, click Add Tasks, choose the table(s) from the list of Azure Blob Storage tables you wish to replicate into Amazon S3, and click Add Tasks again.

Customize Your Replication

Schedule Your Replication

Select the Overview tab in the Job, and click Configure under Schedule. You can schedule a job to run automatically by configuring it to run at specified intervals, ranging from once every 10 minutes to once every month.

Once you have configured the replication job, click Save Changes. You can configure any number of jobs to manage the replication of your Azure Blob Storage data to Amazon S3.

Run the Replication Job

Once all the required configurations are made for the job, select the Azure Blob Storage table you wish to replicate and click Run. After the replication completes successfully, a notification appears, showing the time taken to run the job and the number of rows replicated.

Free Trial & More Information

Now that you have seen how to replicate Azure Blob Storage data into Amazon S3, visit our CData Sync page to explore more about CData Sync and download a free 30-day trial. Start consolidating your enterprise data today!

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