Azure Front Door

Overview

Azure Front Door is a modern cloud content delivery network (CDN) service that delivers high performance, scalability, and secure user experiences for your content and applications. It provides global load balancing, application acceleration, and security features to ensure your applications are fast, reliable, and secure.

Core Functionality

1. Front Door Creation: Create an Azure Front Door profile in the Azure portal. Configure the frontend hosts, backend pools, and routing rules. The frontend hosts represent your application’s public endpoints, while the backend pools contain the servers or services that handle the traffic.
2. Global Load Balancing: Use Azure Front Door’s global load balancing capabilities to distribute traffic across multiple regions. This ensures low latency and high availability by directing users to the nearest or most appropriate backend.
3. SSL Termination: Configure SSL termination to offload SSL processing to Azure Front Door. This reduces the load on your backend servers and simplifies certificate management.
4. Web Application Firewall (WAF): Enable WAF to protect your application from common web vulnerabilities and attacks, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS). Configure WAF rules to meet your security requirements.
5. Caching and Acceleration: Use Azure Front Door’s caching and acceleration features to improve the performance of your web application. This includes caching static content at edge locations and optimizing the delivery of dynamic content.
6. Monitoring and Diagnostics: Use Azure Monitor and Front Door diagnostics to track the performance and health of your Front Door profile. Set up alerts to notify you of any issues, ensuring proactive management.

Pricing

Azure Front Door offers a cost-effective solution for global content delivery, with a pay-as-you-go pricing model. You only pay for the resources you use, making it a budget-friendly option.

References

• Azure Front Door Overview
• Azure Front Door Features