Azure Front Door and CDN documentation

Azure Front Door is a scalable and secure entry point for fast delivery of your global web applications.

Learn about Azure Front Door

Overview

• What is Azure Front Door?

Training

• Introduction to Azure Front Door

Deploy

• Secure your web app with Web Application Firewall

Create a Front Door

Quickstart

• Create a Front Door

Learn about Front Door and CDN architecture

Architecture

• CDN guidance
• AFD best practices
• WAF best practices
• Use AFD in a multitenant solution
• Understand AFD billing
• FAQ

Configure Endpoint Manager

Concept

• Endpoint Manager

How-To Guide

• Configure Front Door manager

Add a custom domain

How-To Guide

• Add a custom domain

Manage your Origin Groups

Concept

• Origin
• Health probes

How-To Guide

• Configure an Origin Group

Configure a Rule Set

Concept

• What is Rule Set?
• Rule Set Match Conditions
• Rule Set Actions

How-To Guide

• Configure a Rule Set

Secure your application

Concept

• Private Link
• WAF on Azure Front Door
• DDoS protection

How-To Guide

• Enable Private Link
• Configure WAF policy
• Use Firewall Manager
• Use Microsoft Sentinel

Service integration

How-To Guide

• Azure Storage
• Azure API Management
• Azure OpenAI
• Azure Static Web Apps

Architecture

• Azure Spring Apps
• Scalable and secure WordPress on Azure

Configure reports, metrics, and logs

How-To Guide

• Reports
• Monitoring Metrics and Alerts
• Logging
• Content Delivery Network analytics

Configure caching and optimization

Concept

• Caching

How-To Guide

• Cache purge
• Compression

Troubleshoot Azure Front Door

Concept

• Common routing issues