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Provides expert knowledge for Azure Application Gateway: troubleshooting, best practices, architecture, WAF/TLS, and deployment. Use for listeners/routing, autoscale v2, AKS ingress/AGIC, or App Gateway for Containers.
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Application Gateway. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
This skill provides expert guidance for Azure Application Gateway. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
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mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L42 | Diagnosing and fixing common Application Gateway for Containers issues using ALB Controller backend health, metrics, and troubleshooting guides for connectivity, routing, and configuration errors. |
| Best Practices | L43-L47 | Guidance on designing Application Gateway for very high traffic: sizing, autoscaling, performance tuning, capacity planning, and configuration patterns to handle large loads reliably. |
| Decision Making | L48-L59 | Guidance on pricing, billing, and migration decisions for Application Gateway (V1→V2, AGIC→Containers, classic→ARM VMs) and choosing networking for Application Gateway for Containers |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L60-L64 | Guidance on choosing and designing load-balancing strategies and traffic distribution patterns when using Azure Application Gateway for Containers. |
| Limits & Quotas | L65-L70 | Autoscaling, zone redundancy setup, and detailed limits/behavioral constraints (throughput, listeners, rules, connections) for Azure Application Gateway v2. |
| Security | L71-L112 | TLS/mTLS, certificates (Key Vault, Let’s Encrypt, cert-manager), cipher/TLS policies, SSL offload, WAF, DDoS, HSTS, and secure listener/backend configs for Application Gateway and Containers |
| Configuration | L113-L178 | Configuring Azure Application Gateway and Application Gateway for Containers: listeners, routing, probes, health, headers/URL rewrite, session affinity, networking, monitoring, diagnostics, and AKS ingress. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L179-L186 | Patterns for integrating App Gateway for Containers with monitoring, security, and scaling tools: Prometheus/Grafana, Istio, Sentinel/Defender, and AKS pod autoscaling via gateway metrics. |
| Deployment | L187-L199 | Guides for deploying and migrating Application Gateway (v1→v2, IPv6, mTLS), configuring autoscale, and setting up/upgrading AGIC with AKS using portal, ARM, PowerShell, and Helm. |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Use ALB Controller backend health and metrics for troubleshooting | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/alb-controller-backend-health-metrics |
| Troubleshoot common issues in Application Gateway for Containers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/troubleshooting-guide |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Plan Application Gateway for high traffic volume scenarios | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/high-traffic-support |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Choose load balancing strategies in Application Gateway for Containers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/load-balancing-strategies |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Configure autoscaling and zone redundancy for Application Gateway v2 | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-autoscaling-zone-redundant |
| Azure Application Gateway limits and behavioral constraints | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-faq |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Integrate App Gateway for Containers with Prometheus and Grafana | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/prometheus-grafana |
| Integrate Istio service mesh with Application Gateway for Containers | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/service-mesh-integration |
| Integrate Application Gateway for Containers logs with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/siem-integration-with-sentinel |
| Autoscale AKS pods using Application Gateway metrics | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-autoscale-pods |
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