Front Door Application Gateway

Application gateway build secure scalable and highly available web front ends in azure.

Front door application gateway.

That is within the scale unit. Azure front door offers a single secure global entry point for web applications apis content and cloud services. Front door is outside so the load balancer will have to accept public internet traffic. Application gateway build secure scalable and highly available web front ends in azure azure information protection better protect your sensitive information anytime anywhere vpn gateway establish secure cross premises connectivity.

Just like the azure application gateway front door can allow you to route traffic based on url paths of the request but it does allow for more complex route matching scenarios azure traffic manager enables you to control how traffic is distributed across your application endpoints. It keeps your service highly available for your users and helps you meet compliance requirements. Azure web application firewall waf on azure front door provides centralized protection for your web applications. We recommend you choose a solution based on your overall performance and security requirements.

Refer to front door s routing architecture details and traffic routing methods to learn more about the service. Waf defends your web services against common exploits and vulnerabilities. Azure information protection better protect your sensitive information anytime anywhere. While both front door and application gateway are layer 7 http https load balancers the primary difference is that front door is a global service whereas application gateway is a regional service.

App gateway sits in your vnet in a special subnet like a dmz. Vpn gateway establish secure cross premises connectivity. Azure front door enables you to define manage and monitor the global routing for your web traffic by optimizing for best performance and quick global failover for high availability. Application gateway provides application delivery controller adc as a service offering various layer 7 load balancing capabilities for your application.

For more information see load balancing with azure s application delivery suite. However i m also not happy with app gateway. While front door can load balance between your different scale units clusters stamp units across regions application gateway allows you to load balance between your vms containers etc. Waf with application gateway is a regional dedicated solution.

Waf with azure front door is a globally distributed edge security solution. Key vault safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets. Through a single pane of glass and global infrastructure azure front door enables azure customers to securely deliver and manage their global applications and content migrate to cloud and modern microservice architectures and improve their users experience.