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.
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.