Azure Blob Service as file system

[fabich]

Hi

Did you ever consider using Azure Blob Service as file system?
Azure Blob is missing this feature and there are many people who would appreciate accessing the Blobs via SFTP.
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/217298-storage/suggestions/33001027-sftp-and-ftps-protocol-support-for-azure-files

fabich

[fubar-coder]

Um, do you mean SFTP or FTPS? This project only supports FTPS, because SFTP is a completely different protocol (AFAIK).

[fabich]

Ahh yes, sorry.
I was talking about FTPS

[fabich]

@fubar-coder is that something you were looking into before?

[fubar-coder]

No, because Azure is too expensive for me 😭

[fabich]

No, because Azure is too expensive for me 😭

haha ok :)
If we would provide you access to an Azure Blob Storage would you be willing to create the file system for the community? ;)

[fubar-coder]

Sure, I'd like to try it. I guess that it's OK to test with the Azure Storage Emulator first.

[fubar-coder]

@fabich I experimented a little bit with Azure Blob Storage, but it's not that easy.

• Support for different blob types
  • FTP extension to switch between the types of blobs that should be created
• Different levels for a "root"
  • Root container
  • Container
  • Some kind of "root" blob path
• Directories are virtual (i.e. only files really exist)

My assumption is, that a working version would require 10-20 hours of work, depending on the required feature set.

[fabich]

My assumption is, that a working version would require 10-20 hours of work, depending on the required feature set.

Could you send me your email address so we can talk details?

[fubar-coder]

@fabich You can contact me through the contact form of my web site.

EDIT: I couldn't find your email address and I don't want to post it publicly.

[zmarty]

Isn't there a project that already does this? Maybe it just needs to be updated to be usable in production: https://github.com/adhurwit/AzureBlobFtp

[fubar-coder]

I saw this project. It all depends on the customers needs. This file system might not be as flexible as it needs to be.