Azure cloudflare DNS/CDN alternative

Michail 26 Reputation points
2023-02-23T16:29:17.15+00:00

Hi all,

I've been looking around, but couldn't really find the answer I wanted. So, maybe someone in the community can help me.

I have a website hosted outside azuree. We have customers in China that need to access that website, but the host blocks Chinese traffic to avoid DDOS attacks. As a solution I host the DNS records on Cloudflare and use their proxy function to grand Chinese users access to the website with the added benefit of optimized speed because of the added CDN. However, we now have two platforms. My question is: Is there a comparable solution within Azure such that I can host the Records in azure DNS and also add a proxy for Chinese traffic and ideally with an added CDN. I tried to use the CDN of Azure but I always end up with the "Our services aren't available right now" error. So I definitely am misunderstanding some things.

Thanks in advance!

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  1. Vasileios Dionysopoulos 641 Reputation points
    2023-03-03T12:14:10.7566667+00:00

    Hello

    Yes, you can use Azure services in order to achieve the same result. Azure Front Door and Azure CDN will help you improve the performance and delivery of your website content to your customers.

    Azure Front Door is a global service that enables you to optimize the delivery of your web applications. It provides features such as load balancing, SSL offloading, and application acceleration to enhance your website's performance. You can create routing rules with Azure Front Door to direct traffic to specific backends based on factors like geolocation.

    To handle Chinese traffic, you can set up a backend with a specific configuration that allows traffic from China. This backend can be hosted in a different location with a firewall configured to allow traffic from China.

    Azure CDN helps you improve the delivery of your website content by caching it on edge servers located closer to your customers. This reduces latency and improves the overall performance of your website.

    To use Azure CDN, you need to create an Azure CDN profile that specifies the pricing and caching policies for you. You can then create a CDN endpoint associated with a specific Azure resource.

    Once you have set up your Azure Front Door and Azure CDN resources, you can configure your DNS records to point to your Front Door endpoint. This allows Azure Front Door to direct traffic from China to the nearest Azure CDN edge server where your website content is cached and delivered with optimized speed.

    I hope I help you.

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