Enable storage of pending documents in your secure cloud storage. That way, the user’s computer does not need to be online to release print later and print anywhere documents. However, a Printix Client still needs to be online on the printer’s network to release the documents.
Create storage account
- Open a new browser window and sign in to Microsoft Azure (portal.azure.com), using your work account credentials.
- Select All Services, scroll to Storage and select Storage accounts.
- On the Storage accounts blade, select Create.
- In Create a storage account on the Basics tab:
- In the Project details section:
- In Subscription select the type of subscription.
- In Resource group select resource group or select Create new.
- In the Instance details section:
- In Storage account name enter the name of the storage account. For example: printixcloudstorage
- In Region select the data center closest to you. For example: (US) East US
- In Performance leave it at the default: Standard.
- In Redundancy select Locally-redudant storage (LRS) to get the lowest-cost option.
- In the Project details section:
- Select Next : Advanced.
- In Create a storage account on the Advanced tab:
- In the Security section:
- Leave Require secure transfer for REST API operations checked.
- Uncheck Allow enabling public access on containers.
- Leave Enable storage account key access checked.
- Leave Default to Azure Active Directory authorization in the Azure portal unchecked.
- In Minimum TLS version leave it on Version 1.2.
- In Permitted scope for copy operations select the scope or leave it on the default From any storage account.
- In the Data Lake Storage Gen2 section:
- Leave Enable hierarchical namespace unchecked.
- In the Blob storage section:
- In Access tier select Hot.
- In the Azure Files section:
- Leave Enable large file shares unchecked.
- In the Security section:
- Select Next : Networking.
- In Create a storage account on the Networking tab:
- In the Network connectivity section:
- In Network access select Enable public access from all networks. Both Printix Cloud and computers with Printix Client (even when on public network) must be allowed to acces the blob storage.
- In the Network routing section:
- In Routing preference select Microsoft network routing.
- In the Network connectivity section:
- Select Next : Data protection.
- In Create a storage account on the Data protection tab:
- In the Recovery section:
- Leave Enable point-in-time restore for containers unchecked.
- Uncheck Enable soft delete for blobs.
- Uncheck Enable soft delete for containers.
- Uncheck Enable soft delete for file shares.
- In the Tracking section:
- Leave Enable versioning for blobs unchecked.
- Leave Enable blob change feed unchecked.
- In the Access control section:
- Leave Enable version-level immutability support unchecked.
- In the Recovery section:
- Select Next : Encryption.
- In Create a storage account on the Encryption tab:
- In Encryption type select Microsoft-managed keys (MMK).
- In Enable support for customer-managed keys leave the selection on All service types (blobs, files, tables, and queues).
- Leave Enable infrastructure encryption unchecked.
- Select Next : Tags.
- In Create a storage account on the Tags tab:
- Optionally create tags for the resource.
- Select Next : Review.
- In Create storage account on the Review tab:
- Review the settings.
- Select Create. It may take a couple of minutes to create the account.
Get the key
- In Microsoft Azure, select All Services, scroll to Storage and select Storage accounts.
- Select the storage account you created (Example: printixcloudstorage).
- On the storage account blade select Access keys to see the access keys for the selected storage account.
- Copy the Key 1 value as you need to paste the value in step 27.
Add Azure Blob Storage
- Select Menu
, Settings
- Select the Cloud storage
tab.
- Select Add cloud storage.
- Select Azure Blob Storage.
- In Name enter the storage account name you entered in step 4 (Example: printixcloudstorage).
- In Key paste the Key 1 value you copied in step 21.
- Select Add cloud storage.
- Optionally check type of pending documents you want to store.
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