Altien teaches Mike to live on Azure

The fork swaps a single-vendor file store for a pluggable one - and ships the Azure version alongside it.

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Mike originally assumed your files live in Cloudflare's object storage (a service called R2, similar to Amazon S3). Altien's fork splits that assumption out into a clean seam: storage is now a slot you fill, not a hard-wired choice. Existing deployments running on Cloudflare behave exactly as before.

The second move plugs Azure Blob Storage into that slot, with two ways to authenticate - a connection string for local development, or Azure's Managed Identity for production, which lets the app prove who it is without anyone handling a password. Because Azure handles file downloads a little differently, the fork routes them back through Mike's own server rather than handing out direct links.

Worth noting: the configuration is forgiving enough that a misconfigured server will start up happily and only complain the first time someone tries to open a file.

So what Matters for any firm or legal-tech buyer whose IT policy mandates Microsoft Azure - Mike is now a realistic option without leaving the Microsoft estate.

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SHA	Subject	Author	Date
`45310480`	refactor(storage): extract StorageProvider interface and R2Provider	Allen Morgan	2026-05-08	↗ GitHub
commit body Introduces a StorageProvider interface, an R2Provider class wrapping the existing R2/S3 logic, and a createProvider() factory that selects based on env vars. The four public functions (uploadFile, downloadFile, deleteFile, getSignedUrl) delegate to a singleton. Zero behaviour change for existing R2 deployments. Makes it straightforward for self-hosters to add other providers (GCS, S3, local filesystem, Azure Blob) without touching call sites.
`c3daf8fa`	feat(storage): Azure Blob Storage provider	Allen Morgan	2026-05-08	↗ GitHub
commit body Adds AzureBlobProvider implementing the StorageProvider interface, with auth via either AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING (local dev / Azurite) or AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_NAME + DefaultAzureCredential (Managed Identity in Container Apps). Container defaults to "documents". signedUrl() returns null - Azure deployments use the backend download proxy at GET /download/:token rather than direct storage URLs. The /url route already falls back to buildDownloadUrl() when this returns null. The factory now picks Azure when AZURE_STORAGE_* is set, falling back to R2 when R2_* is set. With neither, the server still starts and the first storage operation fails with a clear error. Adds @azure/storage-blob; @azure/identity is shared with lib/config.ts.

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