Waf with azure front door is a globally distributed edge security solution.
Front door application gateway.
Azure web application firewall waf on azure front door provides centralized protection for your web applications.
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.
However i m also not happy with app gateway.
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.
Waf on front door is a global and centralized solution.
That is within the scale unit.
Vpn gateway establish secure cross premises connectivity.
Application gateway provides application delivery controller adc as a service offering various layer 7 load balancing capabilities for your application.
Application gateway build secure scalable and highly available web front ends in azure.
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.
We recommend you choose a solution based on your overall performance and security requirements.
For more information see load balancing with azure s application delivery suite.
Waf with application gateway is a regional dedicated solution.
With front door you can transform your global multi region consumer and enterprise applications into robust high performance personalized modern applications apis and content that reaches a global audience with azure.
It keeps your service highly available for your users and helps you meet compliance requirements.
I m considering using something in k8s for north south routing like traefik ambasador or contour.
Azure front door offers a single secure global entry point for web applications apis content and cloud services.
Key vault safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets.
Waf defends your web services against common exploits and vulnerabilities.
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 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.
Azure information protection better protect your sensitive information anytime anywhere.
Refer to front door s routing architecture details and traffic routing methods to learn more about the service.
