Serverless computing in Azure with .NET

Getting the storage connection string

To trigger the function based on the file upload to storage, we will need the storage account connection string. The connection string is dependent on the account name and the account key. Azure storage generates two access keys by default to allow "rolling" the keys without interruption of access to storage. The keys are used to authenticate access, and should be stored securely.

Let's take a look at the following steps to get the storage connection string needed for the blob triggered function:

1. To get your storage account connection string, navigate to Storage account -> Storage account name -> Access keys.

2. Click on the ... button next to key1, and then click on View connection string. This is the ...