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Version: 3.25.x

Serving files from Azure Blob Storage

imgproxy can process images from Azure Blob Storage containers. To use this feature, do the following:

  1. Set IMGPROXY_USE_ABS environment variable to true
  2. Set IMGPROXY_ABS_NAME to your Azure account name
  3. Set up the necessary credentials
  4. (optional) Specify the Azure Blob Storage endpoint with IMGPROXY_ABS_ENDPOINT
  5. Use abs://%bucket_name/%file_key as the source image URL

Set up credentials​

Leverage Azure Managed Identity or Service Principal​

Microsoft encourages the use of a Managed Identity or Service Principal when accessing resources on an Azure Storage Account. Both of these authentication pathways are supported out of the box.

Managed Identity​

There is no additional configuration required so long as the resource that imgproxy is running on has a Managed Identity assigned to it.

Service Principal​

Please, refer to the following documentation on the creation of a service principal before proceeding.

Once that step is completed, the following environment variables must be configured depending on which option was chosen.

For secret authentication:

  • AZURE_CLIENT_ID: the client ID for your application registration
  • AZURE_TENANT_ID: the tenant ID for your application registration
  • AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET: the client secret for your application registration

For certificate authentication:

  • AZURE_CLIENT_ID: the client ID for your application registration
  • AZURE_TENANT_ID: the tenant ID for your application registration
  • AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PATH: the path to a PFX or PEM-encoded certificate including private key
  • AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: (optional) the password protecting the certificate file (PFX (PKCS12))
  • AZURE_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_CHAIN: (optional) send certificate chain in x5c header to support subject name / issuer-based authentication

Using Storage Account Key​

Alternatively, you can set IMGPROXY_ABS_KEY to your Azure Blob Storage account key. See the Manage storage account access keys guide for more info.