How to Read Data from GCS Google Cloud Storage Bucket to Azure Blob Storage

Topic: How to Read Data from GCS  Google Cloud Storage Bucket to Azure Blob Storage.

Introduction

Google Cloud Storage (GCS) and Azure Blob Storage are two of the most popular cloud storage solutions available today. While both platforms offer similar functionality, there may be times when you need to transfer data from GCS to Azure Blob Storage. In this blog post, we’ll explore how to do just that using Azure Data Factory.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

  • A Google Cloud Storage bucket with data you want to transfer.
  • An Azure Blob Storage account where you want to transfer the data.
  • An Azure Data Factory instance.

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Create a Linked Service for GCS: In the Azure Data Factory portal, create a new linked service for GCS. You’ll need to provide your GCP project ID, service account email, and private key.

  2. Create a Linked Service for Azure Blob Storage: Next, create a linked service for Azure Blob Storage. You’ll need to provide your storage account name and access key.

  3. Create a Dataset for GCS: Create a new dataset for GCS by specifying the path to your bucket and any other relevant details.

  4. Create a Dataset for Azure Blob Storage: Similarly, create a new dataset for Azure Blob Storage by specifying the path to your container and any other relevant details.

  5. Create a Pipeline: Create a new pipeline in your Azure Data Factory instance. Add two activities: one for copying data from GCS to Azure Blob Storage and another for deleting the data from GCS after it has been copied.

  6. Configure the Copy Activity: In the copy activity, specify the source dataset (GCS) and destination dataset (Azure Blob Storage). You can also configure other settings such as compression and encryption.

  7. Configure the Delete Activity: In the delete activity, specify the dataset (GCS) that contains the data you want to delete.

  8. Run the Pipeline: Finally, run the pipeline to transfer data from GCS to Azure Blob Storage.

And that’s it! With these simple steps, you can easily transfer data from Google Cloud Storage to Azure Blob Storage using Azure Data Factory.

Conclusion

In this blog post, we explored how to transfer data from Google Cloud Storage to Azure Blob Storage using Azure Data Factory. We hope this guide has been helpful in getting you started with transferring data between these two cloud storage solutions.


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