Front Door

(~10 minutes)

Azure Front Door provides SSL Termination / Traffic Routing / Web Application firewall and many other features.

Create a Web Application Firewall (WAF) Policy

• In the Azure portal select Create a WAF Policy

• Policy For : Global WAF (Front Door)

• Choose the appropriate subscription and the rg-sharethrift resource group (the resource group location will be prefilled in)

• Instance details

• Policy Name: sharethrift

• Policy State: enabled

• Choose Next : Policy Settings >

• Mode : Prevention

• Choose Next: Managed Rules >

• Ensure DefaultRuleset is checked.

• Click Review + Create

• Click Create

Create the Front Door

• In the Azure portal select Create a Front Door
• Choose the appropriate subscription and the rg-sharethrift resource group (the resource group location will be prefilled in)

• Choose Next : Configuration >

• In the configuration screen in Frontends/domains, click +

  • Add a frontend host will be displayed

  • Enter Host Name: sharethrift<<ranndom number>>

  • Leave Session Affinity as Disabled

  • Set Web Application Firewall to Enabled

  • Policy: select sharethrift

  • Click Add

• In the configuration screen in Backend Pools, click +

  • For name: set to sharethrift-data-access

  • In Backends, click + add a backend

    • Add the data-access in East US 2

      • Host type : App Service

      • Subscription : <<make the appropriate choice>>

      • Backend Host Name: data-access-<<random number>>.azurewebsites.net

      • (leave the rest of the options the way they are)

      • Click Add

    • Add the data-access in West US 2

      • Host type : App Service

      • Subscription : <<make the appropriate choice>>

      • Backend Host Name: data-access-west<<random number>>.azurewebsites.net

      • (leave the rest of the options the way they are)

      • Click Add

  • in Health Probes specify

    • Path: /api/graphql/.well-known/apollo/server-health

    • Probe Method: GET

  • (leave the rest of the options the way they are)

  • Click Add

• In the configuration screen in Routing Rules, click +

  • Name: sharethrift-data-access

  • Accepted Protocol: HTTPS only

  • Patterns to match : (leave as is)

  • Route Type: Forward

  • Backend Pool: sharethrift-data-access

  • Forwarding Protocol: Https Only

  • URL Rewrite: Disabled

  • Caching: Enabled

  • Query String Caching Behavior: Cache Every Unique URL

  • Dynamic Compression: Enabled

  • Use default cache duration: Yes

  • Click: Add

• Click Review+Create

• Click Create (wait for completion)

Resources

• Microsoft

  • Create a FrontDoor - Portal
  • Apollo GraphQL Healthcheck