Configure access to cloud object storage for Databricks

Note

The articles in this section describe legacy patterns for configuring access to cloud object storage. Databricks recommends using Unity Catalog to manage connections to storage. See Connect to cloud object storage using Unity Catalog.

Databricks uses cloud object storage to store data files and tables. During workspace deployment, Databricks configures a cloud object storage location known as the DBFS root. You can configure connections to other cloud object storage locations in your account.

The following articles describe configuration options when you are not using Unity Catalog.

• Connect to Amazon S3
• Tutorial: Configure S3 access with an instance profile
• Connect to Google Cloud Storage
• Connect to Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Blob Storage
• Access storage with Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) using a service principal