Azure Front Door
An Azure service that provides a cloud content delivery network with threat protection.
631 questions
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Front Door SSL termination - end-to-end encryption
We are using AKS and want to use AFD and Azure App Gateway, both of which support Http2. We are also using grpc to communicate with our pods. At this point, we can't use the AFD/AAG because for end-to-end encryption, AFD always terminates the SSL when…
asked 2021-01-17T20:50:00.183+00:00
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Larry Wa
26
Reputation points
commented 2021-01-19T11:55:31.373+00:00
SUNOJ KUMAR YELURU
14,016
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
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Does Azure Front Door cache request per region?
Hello Q&A, When caching request in Azure Front Door , is it cached by region? Meaning ,2 same requests from different regions. The first one was cached. Will the second request (before the cache is expired ) be cached hit or miss?
asked 2021-01-11T13:59:17.51+00:00
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Oleg Rakovshik
21
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2021-01-19T07:00:01.383+00:00
Oleg Rakovshik
21
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers
Azure Front Door - Caching, endpoints searchable
Hi Q&A, It seems that the azure end-points for the Azure Front Door "CDN" (caching) is searchable. Example: https://endpointXXXX.azureedge.net I have not found any doc.* on how to hide these. The Azure endpoints, when using a…
1 answer
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where to use Envoy proxy as api-gateway or AG services as api-gateway on microservices
Hi All, Microsoft recommended use Envoy-proxy as api-gateway(URL-rewriting) as below repo.(microservices patterns) https://github.com/dotnet-architecture/eShopOnContainers Also , we can use Azure front-door or application gateway( APP-GW) kind…
asked 2020-12-27T19:17:56.453+00:00
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Anirban Goswami
256
Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-29T17:32:17.38+00:00
Anirban Goswami
256
Reputation points
1 answer
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Deleting a front door backend by address, not index in the Azure CLI
Using the Azure CLI, I would like to remove a series of backends from a Front Door backend pool based on their address. But from what I can tell you need to know the position of the backends in the list (the index) rather than pick from the address. I…
asked 2020-12-21T03:01:14.447+00:00
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Brett McKenzie
51
Reputation points
commented 2020-12-21T10:36:55.387+00:00
Brett McKenzie
51
Reputation points
4 answers
Azure app service should allow only from Azure front door
How to restrict the access of Azure app service from public users. I don't want to use any VNET peering and all it cost me a lot .. i want simple and using PAAS service.
asked 2020-04-11T08:01:27.513+00:00
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Anshul Jain
1
Reputation point
commented 2020-12-17T17:50:46.363+00:00
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Leszek Pietrzak
6
Reputation points
3 answers
Does Front Door WAF Exclusions work with POST body arguments?
I'm trying to exclude a body post argument from triggering a default set rule - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/afds/waf-front-door-exclusion In the form, the input name is "content". I've setup an exclusion…
asked 2020-07-26T09:39:25.24+00:00
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Praemon
131
Reputation points
answered 2020-12-15T18:26:14.497+00:00
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Ruth, Jason
1
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2 answers
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Azure Front Door - HTTP 1.1 on front side
As per this article https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/frontdoor/front-door-http2, requests from clients to Front Door is over HTTP/2 protocol. Is it possible to change the front-side protocol to HTTP 1.1 for clients which don't work with…
asked 2020-11-19T02:19:51.557+00:00
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Vengatesh Sundararajan
46
Reputation points
accepted 2020-12-15T06:37:03.713+00:00
Vengatesh Sundararajan
46
Reputation points
2 answers
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Azure Front Door to allow public access to ASE sites
Hi, I have an ASE with ILB that is already running and has many websites/functions on it. I’m in need of creating a number of key websites that need to be accessed via the internet and Fromt Door seems the ideal candidate. Is AFD able to perform…
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Front Door Rules Engine variables
I have a routing rule that forwards a path to a root site with URL rewrite. www.site.com/site1/path -> backend.site.com/path www.site.com/site2/path -> backend.site.com/path At the backend I need to know the original path. I'm trying to use…
asked 2020-10-20T12:31:47.547+00:00
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Hallvard Korsgaard
21
Reputation points
answered 2020-12-09T19:11:23.397+00:00
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Leigh Dastey
1
Reputation point
1 answer
Azure Front Door is not detecting my application gateway
Hi, i am trying to configure my Frontdoor with application gateway as my backend. however when i select the backed type as application gateway, none of my existing gateways are detectable. is there any routing that i need to do?
asked 2020-06-30T17:48:52.387+00:00
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Sanjay Ramadugu
1
Reputation point
commented 2020-12-04T10:19:56.993+00:00
suvasara-MSFT
10,036
Reputation points
1 answer
Fearture differences of WAF in CDN, Frontdoor and Application gateway
I cannot find a good feature comparison between the WAF's that can be set up in Application Gateway (v1 and v2 AND its different states - 1, 2 and 3), Frontdoor and CDN. Features like, rate limiting, bot detection, geo blocking, etc. Also if I…
asked 2020-10-28T08:26:04.587+00:00
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Owin Gruters - iO
46
Reputation points
commented 2020-12-04T09:29:26.357+00:00
suvasara-MSFT
10,036
Reputation points
1 answer
Securing Single Web App.
I currently have a single Web App and Durable Functions, 2 VMs and 1 Azure SQL Database and 1 Cosmos DB. I wanted to know what is the best approach to secure the Web App. I have read WAF, or WAF with Application Gateway or Front Door. I would need…
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Azure Front Door Caching - etag
Hello Q&A, How do I ensure that the Front Door is using the headers for validation, like ETag and Last-Modified? The response header I get via the back-end URL seems get, using the etag, but when the one I get from the AFD does not...
asked 2020-11-16T09:34:58.277+00:00
Nibbler
616
Reputation points
commented 2020-11-19T13:40:24.417+00:00
GitaraniSharma-MSFT
49,401
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers
Front Door - Remove part of a URL path
Hi Q&A, I can one remove part of a path from an incoming URL, exsample "www.test.com/test/content/" > "www.test.com/content/" I have tried the Rule Engine, but without look.
1 answer
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Azure Front Door - Rename it
Hi Q&A, Is it possible to rename the Front Door from its initial name to another? Could this be done with Powershell?
2 answers
Front Door Caching - See performance gain
Hi Q&A, How can I check if content is getting served by the Azure Front Caching/Build-in CDN. I'm not seeing anything changed in the URL's ( like xxxx.cdn.xxx. Like one would if using CloudFlare CDN etc. I dont really find any detailed…
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Azure front door in a hub and spoke architecture
Hi, I am currently exploring using Azure Front door as a way of providing HA/DR for some web apps, we currently have a hub and spoke configuration and I am not sure of the best way to configure this. a) I configure one front door resource within the…
asked 2020-10-30T13:28:17.833+00:00
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Dan
176
Reputation points
commented 2020-11-03T17:59:58.993+00:00
TravisCragg-MSFT
5,681
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
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Move Azure Front Door to new/other Resource Group
Hi Q&A How can I move my Azure Front Door from one Resource Group to another. If not via the Portal, then via Powershell etc. If not possible, to move the Front Door, way is that?
1 answer
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Websocket support for front door.
Does azure front door support websocket? we are unable to find documentation online.
asked 2020-10-30T20:49:45.043+00:00
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oliver-jazz
56
Reputation points
accepted 2020-10-30T21:07:46.743+00:00
oliver-jazz
56
Reputation points