How Can I Achieve mTLS With Azure Front Door?
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CuriousCoder92
Hey everyone! I've been testing and reading a lot about Azure Front Door (AFD) but it seems like it doesn't support forwarding client certificates. I'm trying to set up mutual TLS (mTLS) and I'm curious if anyone knows of any workarounds or if they've managed to implement mTLS with Azure Front Door in the request pipeline?
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One option might be to use Azure Application Gateway instead. We considered moving to AFD and encountered similar issues. The team working on it couldn't find a solution involving AFD for mTLS. It seems like it’s just not supported at this time.
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Honestly, I wonder why you’d need AFD with mTLS at all. AFD is designed more for public sites where you want CDN features. You could set up Azure App Gateway with a public endpoint instead, and it might handle your needs better without the hassle.
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AFD really doesn't support mTLS at the moment. So if that's a must-have for your setup, you might want to rethink your strategy with Azure services.
DevOpsDude77: Have they mentioned if they plan to support it in the future?
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FrontendNinja21: Yeah, it's definitely not supported right now. Might be best to look elsewhere.