profiles
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Use the latest API version and SDK version
Impact: Medium Category: Scalability
APRL GUID: 52bc9a7b-23c8-bc4c-9d2a-7bc43b50104a
Description:
When working with Azure Front Door through APIs, ARM templates, Bicep, or SDKs, using the latest API or SDK version is crucial. Updates bring new functions, important security patches, and bug fixes.
Potential Benefits:
Enhanced security and features
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ARG Query:
Click the Azure Resource Graph tab to view the query
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Configure logs
Impact: Medium Category: Monitoring and Alerting
APRL GUID: 1ad74c3c-e3d7-0046-b83f-a2199974ef15
Description:
Front Door logs offer comprehensive telemetry on each request, crucial for understanding your solution's performance and responses, especially when caching is enabled, as origin servers might not receive every request.
Potential Benefits:
Enhanced insights and solution monitoring
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ARG Query:
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Disable health probes when there is only one origin in an origin group
Impact: Low Category: High Availability
APRL GUID: 38f3d542-6de6-a44b-86c6-97e3be690281
Description:
Front Door health probes help detect unavailable or unhealthy origins, directing traffic to alternate origins if needed.
Potential Benefits:
Reduces unnecessary origin traffic
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ARG Query:
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// Azure Resource Graph Query
// Disable health probes when there is only one origin in an origin group
cdnresources
| where type =~ "microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups"
| extend healthprobe=tostring(properties.healthProbeSettings)
| project origingroupname=name, id, tags, resourceGroup, subscriptionId, healthprobe
| join (
cdnresources
| where type =~ "microsoft.cdn/profiles/origingroups/Origins"
| extend origingroupname = tostring(properties.originGroupName)
)
on origingroupname
| summarize origincount=count(), enabledhealthprobecount=countif(healthprobe != "") by origingroupname, id, tostring(tags), resourceGroup, subscriptionId
| where origincount == 1 and enabledhealthprobecount != 0
| project
recommendationId = "38f3d542-6de6-a44b-86c6-97e3be690281",
name=origingroupname,
id,
todynamic(tags),
param1 = strcat("origincount:", origincount),
param2 = strcat("enabledhealthprobecount:", enabledhealthprobecount)
Select good health probe endpoints
Impact: Medium Category: High Availability
APRL GUID: 5225bba3-28ec-1e43-8986-7eedfd466d65
Description:
Consider selecting a webpage or location specifically designed for health monitoring as the endpoint for Azure Front Door's health probes. This should encompass the status of critical components like application servers, databases, and caches to serve production traffic efficiently.
Potential Benefits:
Improves traffic routing and uptime
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ARG Query:
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Use HEAD health probes
Impact: Medium Category: Scalability
APRL GUID: 5783defe-b49e-d947-84f7-d8677593f324
Description:
Health probes in Azure Front Door can use GET or HEAD HTTP methods. Using the HEAD method for health probes is a recommended practice because it reduces the traffic load on your origins, being less resource-intensive.
Potential Benefits:
Reduces traffic load on origins
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ARG Query:
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Avoid using Classic Azure Front Door
Impact: High Category: Service Upgrade and Retirement
APRL GUID: 82fa3cff-74bd-4063-b726-834f160592fa
Description:
Azure Front Door standard is ~45% cheaper then AFD classic and has many additional benefits. Classic is also scheduled to be retired on March 31, 2027.
Potential Benefits:
Costs savings and additional supported features
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ARG Query:
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Monitor Web Application Firewall
Impact: High Category: Monitoring and Alerting
APRL GUID: 5357ae22-0f52-1a49-9fd4-1f00ace6add0
Description:
Monitoring the health of your Web Application Firewall and the applications it protects is crucial. This can be achieved through integration with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, and Azure Monitor logs, ensuring optimal performance and security.
Potential Benefits:
Enhanced security and health insight
Learn More:
ARG Query:
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