# File upload to Azure

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [3 May 2021 12:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109 "2021-05-03T12:25:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jochen1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@Jochen1980](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jochen1980)\
**Post date:** [3 May 2021 12:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/1 "2021-05-03T12:25:42Z")

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Hello,

I'm trying to use this [flow](https://flows.nodered.org/flow/5805a1141b1212d2c55c1781b9dbd15b) to upload a file to node-red server (Azure) but I always get the answer "Error: only files are allowed".  
I checked the node-red folder for the uploaded file - nothing. I created an upload folder but also no success.

Anybody an idea what I'm doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [3 May 2021 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/2 "2021-05-03T16:59:53Z")

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What are you trying to upload?

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**Author:** ![Jochen1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@Jochen1980](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jochen1980)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2021 05:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/3 "2021-05-04T05:06:03Z")

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I'm trying to upload an image and a textfile.

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2021 10:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/4 "2021-05-04T10:23:20Z")

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Are you trying to upload both at once?  
Have you made any changes to the sample flow?  
is NR running on theAzure machine?

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**Author:** ![Jochen1980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@Jochen1980](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Jochen1980)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2021 10:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/5 "2021-05-04T10:51:55Z")

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I'm not trying to upload both at once. I just tried both filetypes.  
I didn't change the flow.  
NR is running on an Azure VM, is that a problem?

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [4 May 2021 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/6 "2021-05-04T14:51:19Z")

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So are you trying to send a file from your local machine to be stored on the Azure VM?  
Remember NR is running on the Azure VM so it will have access to the files in it’s on device, not the machine you are accessing NR from.

If you want to store files from your local machine, R will have to have network access to the location of those files or you could try the FTP node.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [3 June 2021 14:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/file-upload-to-azure/45109/7 "2021-06-03T14:52:10Z")

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