Azure Cloud - Application Gateway (6)

Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. It operates at the application layer (OSI layer 7) and provides advanced routing capabilities, SSL termination, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) features.

Key components and features of Azure Application Gateway include:

• Layer 7 Load Balancing: Routes traffic based on HTTP request properties such as URL path or host headers, enabling more granular control over traffic distribution.

• SSL Termination: Offloads SSL decryption from the backend servers, improving performance and simplifying certificate management.

• Web Application Firewall (WAF): Provides protection against common web vulnerabilities and attacks, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting.

• URL-based Routing: Routes traffic to backend server pools based on URL paths, allowing for more specific traffic management.

• Session Affinity: Ensures that a user session remains on the same backend server for the duration of the session, useful for applications that require session persistence.

• Health Monitoring: Continuously monitors the health of backend instances and only directs traffic to healthy instances, ensuring high availability.

• Autoscaling: Automatically adjusts the number of Application Gateway instances based on traffic load, ensuring scalability and cost efficiency.

• Customizable Rules: Supports custom routing rules, allowing for complex routing scenarios.

• Integration with Azure Services: Seamlessly integrates with other Azure services, such as Azure Traffic Manager, Azure Front Door, and Azure Monitor for enhanced functionality.

Integrating Azure Application Gateway with SymphonyAI Service Automation enhances traffic management and security by automating processes, improving monitoring, and streamlining workflows. This integration helps automate routine tasks, improve monitoring and alerting, enforce compliance, and streamline workflows, ultimately leading to better management of traffic resources and enhanced operational efficiency.

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