[Plugin: Windows Azure Storage for WordPress] plugin doesn't connect with blob storage

Hello,

I’ve got the same problem. Current stable version of wordpress and windows azure storage plugin.

Does anyone have a solution?

Hi,
It looks to issue permission settings.
The plugin will upload the file to Azure Storage after upload the file to wp-content on local storage.
Check permission to modify wp-content on local storage.

At Windows Azure environment, you can add permission at start-up.

Hideo

I solved my problem. Problem was the WordPress Tempdir. On Windows Azure, set upload and temp path to an local ressource.

/** Set UPLOADS path **/
define('BLOGUPLOADDIR', azure_getlocalresourcepath('<LocalStorageName>'));
define('WP_TEMP_DIR', BLOGUPLOADDIR);

I’m having this problem too.

in your BLOGUPLOADDIR, are you setting <LocalStorageName> to something? Or is that a literal that I would put in there. And this goes in the wp-config file?

<LocalStorageName> ist the name of your LocalRessource defined in your ServiceDefintion Configuration. My solution only works on an Windows Azure VM or in the Windows Azure Emulator.

I just set up a site on Azure, but I’m getting the same error whenever I try to upload an image to display in a post.

“start_example.png” has failed to upload due to an error
The uploaded file could not be moved to E:\sitesroot/wp-content/uploads/2012/04.

If the problem is a folder permission thing, then is there a way to fix it as a start up job when deploying?

There’s actually a discussion over at https://phpazure.codeplex.com/discussions/349701

It is a permissions issue as I sort-of resolved my issue after updating the permissions. Essentially, you’re going to change the install-php-impl.cmd file to say:

CALL icacls %RoleRoot% /grant “NETWORK SERVICE”:F /T

I haven’t yet confirmed this. I manually changed permissions using Remote Desktop to the azure instance. Once I changed permissions, I no longer got the error you’re showing. I started getting a different error which I’m working on now.

If you make that change and confirm it works, please let us know.

I fixed it with teamsavoy’s help. I added this line to the install-php-impl.cmd file as suggested.

CALL icacls %RoleRoot% /grant “NETWORK SERVICE”:F /T

After upgrading my deployment I was able to save my image file to my blob storage account. I can use azure storage explorer to view the wpsync container and my image is in there. I can now include it in my blog. Thanks for your help, teamsavoy.

The issue should be fixed with the port to the latest Windows Azure SDK for PHP.