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Securing Azure Container Apps With Private Endpoints and Application Gateway

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Lab description

Azure Container Apps is an Azure service that allows you to deploy and manage containers without having to manage the underlying infrastructure. While using the Container Apps service, it's important to understand the importance of securing the communication of the application instance so that you are not exposing it to the internet without a proper communication mechanism.

With Private Endpoints, the traffic between Container Apps and other Azure services remains within the Azure network, eliminating the need to expose your application to the public internet. By combining Azure Container Apps, Private Endpoints, and Application Gateway, you can create a secure and scalable architecture for hosting your containerized applications. This not only protects your application and data but also provides you with greater control over network traffic and enhanced performance.

Learn how to secure the communication of an Azure Container Apps instance using a private endpoint and an Application Gateway in this hands-on lab.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this advanced-level lab, you will be able to:

Create an Application Gateway instance
Configure the Application Gateway to use the private link
Create a Private DNS zone for an Azure Container Apps instance
Test the communication of the Azure Container Apps instance

Intended Audience

Candidates for the Azure DevOps Exam (AZ-400)
Cloud Architects
Data Engineers
DevOps Engineers
Software Engineers

Prerequisites

Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:

Azure Container Apps
Azure Application Gateway
Azure Private Link
Azure Private DNS Zones

The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisites:

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About the author

Parveen Singh

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Parveen is an Azure advocate with previous experience in the professional consulting services industries. He specializes in infrastructure and DevOps with a wide range of knowledge in security and access management. He is also an Azure Certified - DevOps Engineer Expert, Security Engineer, Developer Associate, Administrator Associate, CompTIA Certified - Network+, Security+, and AWS Cloud Practitioner.
Parveen enjoys writing about cloud technologies and sharing the knowledge with the community to help students upskill in the cloud.

Covered topics

Microsoft Azure

Networking for Azure

Development for Azure

Compute for Azure

Azure Application Gateway

Azure DNS

Azure Container Service