Changing URL of Storage Account Static Website

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Changing URL of Storage Account Static Website

hawthorne91 240

How can I change the URL of my Azure Storage account's static website where my APIs are hosted? My company is looking for a more user-friendly URL since a large number of users will be accessing it. Are there any ways to do this? Thank you.

KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-19T06:56:40.6533333+00:00

@ehawthorne23

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

I understand that you would like to use a custom domain for your Storage Account Static Website.

As stated by Ravi Kanth Koppala, you will be required to use an AFD or CDN in front of the storage account should you require HTTPS Access.

How to : Map a custom domain with HTTPS enabled.

This approach involves more steps, but it enables HTTPS access. If you don't need users to access your blob or web content by using HTTPS, then see the Map a custom domain with only HTTP enabled section of this article. The approach involves using Azure Front Door (preferred) or Azure CDN which are Content Delivery Network services offered by Azure.

However, if you are fine with the users accessing the site via HTTP (Plain Text), you can follow Map a custom domain with only HTTP enabled

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-20T05:39:53.6666667+00:00

@ehawthorne23

May I know if you got a chance to review my previous comment?

Please let me know if you are facing any challenges or if there are any follow-up questions, I shall be glad to address them.

Thanks,

Kapil
hawthorne91 240 Reputation points

2023-12-20T14:03:51.8866667+00:00

Hi KapilAnanth-MSFT, sorry for the delay in my response. Thank you for your patience!

I would want HTTPS enabled, so I would either use Azure Front Door or Azure CDN. I see that you recommend Azure Front Door, but what are the trade offs with each service? For the sake of this project, the system needs to be as secure as possible. Also, what costs would each service accumulate? Thank you in advance for your response.
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-20T17:05:27.7266667+00:00
@ehawthorne23

You are most welcome.

This article : Comparison between Azure Front Door and Azure CDN services should give you an overall overview of the features and differences between the two services.

Since you mentioned security is a key factor, Web Application Firewall (WAF) is only supported on Azure Front Door (as of now).

See :

Azure Web Application Firewall on Azure Front Door

Some of the WAF features are :

Azure-managed rule sets

Custom-authored rules

Exclusion lists for your Office IPs

Rate limiting to detect and block abnormally high levels of traffic from any socket IP address

Geo-filtering to restrict access to your web application by countries or regions.

For Pricing, please refer:

CDN : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/cdn/

AFD : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/frontdoor/

Refer : WAF Best practices

I have converted the initial comment and posted it as a new answer.

I would highly appreciate if you could Accept the answer and close this thread

Original posters help the community find answers faster by identifying the correct answer.

Thanks,

Kapil
hawthorne91 240 Reputation points

2023-12-21T15:02:49.4733333+00:00

Hi KapilAnanth-MSFT,

Thank you for your response and linked resources, I will be sure to look over them. To clarify, do I accept the Microsoft Q&A AI Assist tool answer?
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-21T15:17:12.35+00:00

@ehawthorne23

You are welcome.

Yes, please go ahead and accept the Microsoft Q&A AI Assist tool answer.

Thanks for your continued contribution on Q&A and appreciate much for taking the time to share your feedback.

Cheers,

Kapil

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KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-19T06:56:40.6533333+00:00

@ehawthorne23

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

I understand that you would like to use a custom domain for your Storage Account Static Website.

As stated by Ravi Kanth Koppala, you will be required to use an AFD or CDN in front of the storage account should you require HTTPS Access.

How to : Map a custom domain with HTTPS enabled.

This approach involves more steps, but it enables HTTPS access. If you don't need users to access your blob or web content by using HTTPS, then see the Map a custom domain with only HTTP enabled section of this article. The approach involves using Azure Front Door (preferred) or Azure CDN which are Content Delivery Network services offered by Azure.

However, if you are fine with the users accessing the site via HTTP (Plain Text), you can follow Map a custom domain with only HTTP enabled

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-20T05:39:53.6666667+00:00

@ehawthorne23

May I know if you got a chance to review my previous comment?

Please let me know if you are facing any challenges or if there are any follow-up questions, I shall be glad to address them.

Thanks,

Kapil
hawthorne91 240 Reputation points

2023-12-20T14:03:51.8866667+00:00

Hi KapilAnanth-MSFT, sorry for the delay in my response. Thank you for your patience!

I would want HTTPS enabled, so I would either use Azure Front Door or Azure CDN. I see that you recommend Azure Front Door, but what are the trade offs with each service? For the sake of this project, the system needs to be as secure as possible. Also, what costs would each service accumulate? Thank you in advance for your response.
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-20T17:05:27.7266667+00:00

@ehawthorne23

You are most welcome.

This article : Comparison between Azure Front Door and Azure CDN services should give you an overall overview of the features and differences between the two services.

Since you mentioned security is a key factor, Web Application Firewall (WAF) is only supported on Azure Front Door (as of now).

See :

Azure Web Application Firewall on Azure Front Door

Some of the WAF features are :

Azure-managed rule sets

Custom-authored rules

Exclusion lists for your Office IPs

Rate limiting to detect and block abnormally high levels of traffic from any socket IP address

Geo-filtering to restrict access to your web application by countries or regions.

For Pricing, please refer:

CDN : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/cdn/

AFD : https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/frontdoor/

Refer : WAF Best practices

I have converted the initial comment and posted it as a new answer.

I would highly appreciate if you could Accept the answer and close this thread

Original posters help the community find answers faster by identifying the correct answer.

Thanks,

Kapil
hawthorne91 240 Reputation points

2023-12-21T15:02:49.4733333+00:00

Hi KapilAnanth-MSFT,

Thank you for your response and linked resources, I will be sure to look over them. To clarify, do I accept the Microsoft Q&A AI Assist tool answer?
KapilAnanth 49,846 Reputation points Moderator

2023-12-21T15:17:12.35+00:00

@ehawthorne23

You are welcome.

Yes, please go ahead and accept the Microsoft Q&A AI Assist tool answer.

Thanks for your continued contribution on Q&A and appreciate much for taking the time to share your feedback.

Cheers,

Kapil

Answer 1

@ehawthorne23

To change the URL of your Azure Storage account's static website, you would need to use a custom domain with Azure Content Delivery Network (Azure CDN). Azure CDN provides consistent low latencies to your website from anywhere in the world and allows you to configure a custom domain for your static website. You can find more information on how to configure a custom domain with Azure CDN in the "How do I use a custom domain with a static website?" section of the "Static website hosting in Azure Storage" FAQ article.

References:

Static website hosting in Azure Storage FAQ

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