How to redirect users who try to hit App Service link directly to a domain

Question

Hi,

Currently we have an App Service with no inbound restrictions. We want to enforce inbound restriction so that users will have to use the domains setup and access will happen from AFD. If we do that we will get the below error for users who directly hit the App service URL. Instead, we want to redirect them to the domains we have setup. Users will see this error screen and get confused. Is there any possible way to accomplish this redirection?

Answer 1

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To enforce inbound restrictions on Azure App Service and redirect users who directly hit the App Service URL to the setup domains, you can follow these steps:

Set Up Access Restrictions: - Configure access restriction rules that allow or deny traffic based on IP addresses or Azure Virtual Network subnets. This can be done by setting up a priority-ordered allow/deny list that controls network access to your app. If a request does not match any rules, it will receive an HTTP 403 status code.

Implement URL Redirection: - You can implement URL redirection within your application code or use Azure Application Gateway. By configuring the Application Gateway to restrict access, you can ensure that only traffic from specific sources is allowed, effectively redirecting unwanted traffic.

References:

• Azure App Service access restrictions
• Set up Azure App Service access restrictions
• Configure App Service with Application Gateway

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