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     3  title = "Microsoft Azure storage driver"
     4  description = "Explains how to use the Azure storage drivers"
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    10  # Microsoft Azure storage driver
    11  
    12  An implementation of the `storagedriver.StorageDriver` interface which uses [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) for object storage.
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    14  ## Parameters
    15  
    16  <table>
    17    <tr>
    18      <th>Parameter</th>
    19      <th>Required</th>
    20      <th>Description</th>
    21    </tr>
    22    <tr>
    23      <td>
    24        <code>accountname</code>
    25      </td>
    26      <td>
    27        yes
    28      </td>
    29      <td>
    30        Name of the Azure Storage Account.
    31      </td>
    32    </tr>
    33    <tr>
    34      <td>
    35        <code>accountkey</code>
    36      </td>
    37      <td>
    38        yes
    39      </td>
    40      <td>
    41        Primary or Secondary Key for the Storage Account.
    42      </td>
    43    </tr>
    44    <tr>
    45      <td>
    46        <code>container</code>
    47      </td>
    48      <td>
    49        yes
    50      </td>
    51      <td>
    52        Name of the Azure root storage container in which all registry data will be stored. Must comply the storage container name [requirements][create-container-api].
    53      </td>
    54    </tr>
    55     <tr>
    56      <td>
    57        <code>realm</code>
    58      </td>
    59      <td>
    60        no
    61      </td>
    62      <td>
    63        Domain name suffix for the Storage Service API endpoint. For example realm for "Azure in China" would be `core.chinacloudapi.cn` and realm for "Azure Government" would be `core.usgovcloudapi.net`. By default, this
    64        is <code>core.windows.net</code>.
    65      </td>
    66    </tr>
    67  
    68  </table>
    69  
    70  
    71  ## Related Information
    72  
    73  * To get information about
    74  [azure-blob-storage](http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/) visit
    75  the Microsoft website.
    76  * You can use Microsoft's [Blob Service REST API](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd135733.aspx) to [create a container] (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dd179468.aspx).