Create a connection for the DSP Azure Event Hubs Connector with an SAS key

Use the Azure Event Hubs Connector using SAS keys to get data from an Event Hub namespace.

Before you can use any connector, you must create a connection.

1. From the Data Management page, click on the Connections tab.
2. Click Create New Connection.
3. Choose the Azure Event Hubs Connector using SAS key connector.
4. Click Next.
5. Complete the following fields:

   Field	Description
   Name	The connection name
   Description	(Optional) A description of your connection
   Namespace name	The name of the Azure Event Hubs namespace to read events
   SAS name	The name of your shared access key
   SAS key	The shared access signature key. Your shared access key must have listening privileges to the namespace

   Any credentials that you upload are transmitted securely by HTTPs, encrypted, and securely stored in a secrets manager.

6. Click Save.
7. (Optional) If you are editing a connection that's being used by an active pipeline, you must reactivate that pipeline after making your changes.

You can use your connection in a data pipeline.

See also

Data streams from the Azure Event Hubs Connector in a specific schema. For information on what this schema looks like or how to process Azure Event Hubs data in your data pipeline, see Azure Event Hubs Using SAS key in the DSP Function Reference manual and Configure an Azure Event Hubs pipeline in the User Manual.