azure - Getting "StorageConnectionString" from ServiceRuntime: FAIL

Question

I connect to a blob store programatically:

string connectionString = CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("StorageConnectionString");
CloudStorageAccount storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(connectionString);
CloudBlobClient blobClient = storageAccount.CreateCloudBlobClient();
...

My App.Config settings are:

<configuration>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="StorageConnectionString"
         value="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=http;AccountName=ACNAME;AccountKey=MYKEY==" />
  </appSettings>
...

The connection works. However I see the message "Getting "StorageConnectionString" from ServiceRuntime: FAIL" on my local unit tests:

What is the reason for this message and how I can fix it?

Answer 1

I had the same problem with Azure Table Storage, but everything works.

Add to your web.config :

<connectionStrings>
    <add name="ConnectionTableAzure" connectionString="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=[ACCOUNTNAMEHERE];AccountKey=[ACCOUNTKEYHERE];TableEndpoint=[ENDPOINTHERE]"/>
</connectionStrings>

Replace :

storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(CloudConfigurationManager.GetSetting("ConnectionTableAzure"));

By this :

storageAccount = CloudStorageAccount.Parse(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["ConnectionTableAzure"].ConnectionString);