# Azure Blob Storage cache storage

> **Warning**
>
> This cache backend is unreleased. You can use it today, by using the
> `moby/buildkit:master` image in your Buildx driver.

The `azblob` cache store uploads your resulting build cache to
[Azure's blob storage service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/storage/blobs/).

> **Note**
>
> This cache storage backend requires using a different driver than the default
> `docker` driver - see more information on selecting a driver
> [here](../drivers/index.md). To create a new driver (which can act as a simple
> drop-in replacement):
>
> ```console
> docker buildx create --use --driver=docker-container
> ```

## Synopsis

```console
$ docker buildx build . --push -t <registry>/<image> \
  --cache-to type=azblob,name=<cache-image>[,parameters...] \
  --cache-from type=azblob,name=<cache-image>[,parameters...]
```

The following table describes the available CSV parameters that you can pass to
`--cache-to` and `--cache-from`.

| Parameter           | Option     | Value      | Default | Description                                        |
| ------------------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| `name`              | Both       | String     |         | Required. The name of the cache image.             |
| `account_url`       | Both       | String     |         | Base URL of the storage account.                   |
| `secret_access_key` | Both       | String     |         | Blob storage account key, see [authentication][1]. |
| `mode`              | `cache-to` | `min\|max` | `min`   | Cache layers to export, see [cache mode][2].       |

[1]: #authentication
[2]: index.md#cache-mode

## Authentication

The `secret_access_key`, if left unspecified, is read from environment variables
on the BuildKit server following the scheme for the
[Azure Go SDK](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/go/azure-sdk-authentication).
The environment variables are read from the server, not the Buildx client.

## Further reading

For an introduction to caching see
[Optimizing builds with cache management](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/cache).

For more information on the `azblob` cache backend, see the
[BuildKit README](https://github.com/moby/buildkit#azure-blob-storage-cache-experimental).