Title: Default Container drop down empty
Last modified: October 12, 2017

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# Default Container drop down empty

 *  Resolved [chaj17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaj17/)
 * (@chaj17)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/)
 * I’ve installed and activated the plugin, now I’m trying to complete the settings.
   
   I’ve entered the storage account name and storage account key, but nothing appears
   in the list of containers. How do I specify what blob container to use? If I 
   save as is, I can create a post and upload content but the content isn’t actually
   uploaded and the url in the post doesn’t reference a real endpoint. It’s [https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/2017/10/myfile.pdf](https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/2017/10/myfile.pdf)
 * but shouldn’t it be
    [https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/2017/10/myfile.pdf](https://mystorageaccount.blob.core.windows.net/mycontainer/2017/10/myfile.pdf)?
 * I did notice that my settings page is different than what the [User Guide](https://github.com/10up/windows-azure-storage/blob/master/UserGuide.pdf).
   as my page doesn’t have a create new container option or fields for Http Proxy
   information.
 * Plugin version is Version 4.0.2
    WordPress version is 4.8.2

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 *  Plugin Support [Thorsten Ott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tott/)
 * (@tott)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/#post-9595102)
 * Hi there,
 * If you visit wp-admin/options-general.php?page=windows-azure-storage-plugin-options
   you should see a dropdown labeled “Default Storage Container”. Using this dropdown
   you should be able to select any existing container or create a new one.
 * If this does not work the credentials you entered likely do not have sufficient
   permissions.
 * Could you provide a screenshot of your settings screen with private data obfuscated?
 * Thanks
    Thorsten
 *  Thread Starter [chaj17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaj17/)
 * (@chaj17)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/#post-9623438)
 * I finally figured out what was wrong. the php-xml package was not installed on
   the server. I finally found an error in one of the log files that pointed me 
   in the right direction:
 * >  2017/10/16 22:14:07 [error] 14850#14850: *1090 FastCGI sent in stderr: “PHP
   > message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function simplexml_load_string()
   > in …
 * Some plugins check for all required dependencies and have strong error reporting
   if something is missing. This plugin does not do that 🙂
 *  Plugin Support [Thorsten Ott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tott/)
 * (@tott)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/#post-9623568)
 * Thanks, that’s a good find. We’ll add some test method to the plugin
 *  [jasoneades](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasoneades/)
 * (@jasoneades)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/#post-10041120)
 * FYI, I had the same issue with that drop down being empty during the initial 
   config. No option to create a new container either. I had to save, wait a few
   minutes and reopen the page using the url above before I could see the options.
   Saved again after.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/default-container-drop-down-empty/#post-10041120)
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