External Replication is a feature on the Egnyte Platform that allows users to easily replicate their Egnyte data to a third-party cloud. Egnyte now introduces the ability to add Microsoft Azure as a destination for external replication.
External Replication is available as a standalone add-on for Enterprise Lite, Enterprise, Essentials, Elite, and Ultimate plans. Contact your account manager or Egnyte Sales team to add this feature.
Prerequisites
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Azure Storage account must allow all networks, or have public network access enabled.
Disabling public access will break the connection (which can lead to an authentication failure).
Steps to Configure Azure Blob Storage for External Replication
- In the Azure portal, navigate to Storage Accounts.
- Select the Storage account, and ensure that it has at least one container.
- Then, scroll down to Settings → Configuration in the left panel and ensure that the Allow storage account key access setting is Enabled.
- Now scroll to Security + networking → Access keys on the left hand menu and copy one of the 2 keys as highlighted in the image below by clicking Show → Copy to clipboard
- In Egnyte, go to Secure & Govern → Migrate & Replicate → Replicate tab → Add destination → Microsoft Azure Storage
- On the pop-up, select the Access key option, add the storage Account name, and the Account key copied above and then Register
The Azure storage account will be ready for external replication.
Limitation
- Egnyte cannot overwrite into Azure archived blob storage.