Lesson 1: Configure Services

Lesson 1: Configure Services

Create Azure blob storage

Create Azure blob storage

You need to create Azure blob storage on your Azure account. Then, create two containers:

• First, name it imgix - it will be used as assets source for the imgIX service.
• Name the second one source - it will be required only for local testing purposes to simulate AEM Assets cloud storage.

Configure imgIX

On your imgIX account, you need to create a source pointing to the Azure blob storage.

• During the setup, define the name of the imgIX subdomain serving transformed images. Write down that domain, since we
• During the setup, define the name of the imgIX subdomain serving transformed images. Write down that domain, since we will need it later.
• In the Security section, check Secure URLs checkbox
• Once the source provisioning is finished, open it and click on the Show Token button in the Security section. Write down that token, too.

To test your configuration:

1. Upload any asset, e.g. image.png, to the imgix blob storage container
2. Go to https://dashboard.imgix.com/tools and sign the image URL using the URL https://<your-subdomain>.imgix.net/image.png
3. Open the signed URL in the browser to verify the image is loaded

Configure Adobe I/O

Configure Adobe I/O

1. Go to the https://console.adobe.io and create a new project using App Builder template.

2. Add the following services to your project workspace:

   • Asset Compute
   • I/O Management API
   • I/O Events

3. When adding the first service, you will be asked to generate keys pair or upload your own. Pick Generate keys pair and your keys will be downloaded as a zip file.

4. Unzip the file and write down the location to the private.key.