Unable to locate Blob Storage in local Development using Azure Storage Explorer

Question

I installed azure storage emulator in devBox as an service and it runs under system. I also replaced IP address of blob storage from 127.0.0.1:10000 to devBox IP address. Everything is running perfect. But I am unable to find blob file location in my devBox. I installed Azure Storage Explorer as well. Using developent Account Name and Key,I tried to connect my blob storage but it doesn't work. Even in other field as custom End point, I provided devBox IP address but not getting blob storage folder. Can anyone please help me to find file location of blob storage?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

As far as I know, the storage emulator uses a local Microsoft SQL Server instance and the local file system to emulate the Azure storage services. By default, the storage emulator uses a database in Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Express LocalDB.

I suggest you could install SQL Server Management Studio Express to manage your LocalDB installation. The storage emulator connects to SQL Server or LocalDB using Windows authentication.

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29062

You could find the AzureStorageEmulatorDb as below image shows:

Then you could select the BlockData table(If you store the file as blockblob).

In the result's FilePath column you will find the file location.