The type of authentication to use when connecting to Azure Data Lake Storage.

Possible Values

Data Type

string

Default Value

"Auto"

Remarks

• Auto: Lets the CData ODBC Driver for Azure Data Lake Storage determine what to do based on other connection properties.
• AzureAD: Set this to perform Azure Active Directory OAuth authentication.
• AzureServicePrincipal: Set this to authenticate as an Azure Service Principal.
• AzureMSI: Set this to automatically obtain Managed Service Identity credentials when running on an Azure VM.
• AccessKey: Set this to authenticate the calls to the API by setting the AccessKey to your Access Key. This is applicable only for the ADLSGen2 Schema.
• SAS: Set this to authenticate the calls to the API by setting the SharedAccessSignature to your Shared Access Signature (SAS). This is applicable only for the ADLSGen2 Schema.