Configure Microsoft Azure for Lasernet Core Cloud Printing

Note

The instructions on this page apply only to Cloud printing.

You must set up the connections for the Microsoft Azure Service Bus and Storage Accounts. These must match with Lasernet Printer Service settings.

Complete these steps in the Microsoft Azure Portal.

Azure Service Bus

Locate the Azure Service Bus to be used by Lasernet Core and obtain the information mentioned in Shared Access Policies and Queues.

Shared Access Policies

1. Click Shared access policies in the navigation menu.

2. Click the RootManageSharedAccessKey LasernetServiceBus.

3. Note its Primary Connection String because you will use it when you later configure the Service Bus connection in Manage.

Queues

1. Click Queues in the navigation menu.

2. Note the Name of the queue that will be used. You will use this name (as the Entity Path) when you later configure the Service Bus connection in Manage.

Azure Storage Account

Locate the Azure Storage Account to be used by Lasernet Core and obtain the container name (and if using app-registration-based authentication, the storage account name and tenant ID). Print jobs are temporarily stored in this container.

Then, depending on the authentication type that Lasernet Core will use to access the storage, collect the information mentioned in Access Keys, Application Registration, or Shared Access Signature (SAS).

Container Name, Storage Account Name, and Tenant ID

In the Azure Portal, click Containers in the navigation menu, then locate the existing container that the Lasernet Core will use.

For Access Key, App-Registration-Based, and Shared Access Signature (SAS) Authentication

Note the container’s Name because you will use it when you later configure the Azure Storage connection in Manage (depending on the authentication type used, you will follow Connection String (Access Key), App Registration, or Shared Access Signature (SAS) Token in Configure Lasernet Core Print Servers and User Access).

Additionally For App-Registration-Based Authentication Only

Note the name of the storage account (displayed in the top-left corner).

Also note the tenant domain (which is used as the Tenant ID when you configure the Lasernet Printer Service).

Additionally For Shared Access Signature (SAS) Authentication Only

Note the name of the storage account (displayed in the top-left corner).

Access Keys

If Lasernet Core will use access key authentication to access the storage account, follow these steps:

1. In the Azure Portal, click Access keys in the navigation menu.

2. Locate the Storage account name to be used by Lasernet Core.

3. Copy the Connection string because you will use it later if (in Manage) you configure access key authentication for the Azure Storage connection.

Application Registration

If Lasernet Core will use app-registration-based authentication to access the storage account, an administrator of the relevant Microsoft Azure tenant must create an app registration to represent Lasernet Core, configure that app registration (including generating a client secret for it), and then configure the storage account to allow Lasernet Core to access it.

Request the app registration’s client ID and client secret from the Microsoft Azure administrator.

Note

Information for Microsoft Azure administrators to describe the specific configuration changes that they must make to the app registration and storage account is provided separately to this guide. See Configure Microsoft Azure to Support Lasernet Core Access to Azure Storage Through App-Registration-Based Authentication.

Shared Access Signature (SAS)

If Lasernet Core will use a SAS to access the storage account, an administrator of the relevant Azure Storage account must generate an appropriate SAS token for Lasernet Core to use.

The SAS token must be specified for Lasernet Core to use in one of these two ways:

• Directly specified in the print server’s SAS Token setting (in Manage).

• Provided by the PrinterServiceAzureStorageSASToken JobInfo in the jobs that Lasernet Core processes. This method applies if the Overridable checkbox is selected (when SAS Token is selected in the Storage area of the New Print Server window in Manage).

• You will implement one of these methods later when you configure the cloud print server.

If using the first method, request the SAS token from the Microsoft Azure administrator.

If using the second method, appropriately design the Lasernet Core configuration to set the value of the PrinterServiceAzureStorageSASToken JobInfo to the current SAS token value (when Lasernet Core processes a job).

The print server’s Storage account setting can be overridden by PrinterServiceAzureStorageAccountName JobInfo. The Container name setting can be overridden by PrinterServiceAzureStorageContainerName.

Note

Depending on organizational security policy, the SAS token might often change. For this reason, it might be more practical for Lasernet Core to retrieve the SAS token and then supply it in the PrinterServiceAzureStorageSASToken JobInfo, rather than require a Lasernet Core administrator to update the SAS token specified in a print server’s settings (in Manage) when the SAS token changes.

Next Steps

The next part of the process is to configure Lasernet Core print servers and user access.