Designing and implementing an Azure Application Gateway service
Azure Application Gateway is a regional service that provides Layer 7 load balancing, SSL/Transport Layer Security (TLS) termination, and WAF capabilities. It is optimized for web traffic and enables you to manage traffic to your web applications.
Understanding Azure Application Gateway tiers
When implementing Azure Application Gateway, one of the first decisions that we need to make is the service tier to implement. Azure Application Gateway offers four service-tier options: Standard (V1), Standard V2, WAF (V1), and WAF V2 (Figure 9.25):
Figure 9.25 – Azure Application Gateway service tiers
The Standard tier is suitable for small-to-medium-scale applications that require basic load-balancing and SSL termination capabilities. It supports features such as SSL offload, session affinity, and URL-based routing. It does not, however, support autoscaling or WAF capabilities. This tier...
