azure-application-gateway

name	azure-application-gateway
description	Expert knowledge for Azure Application Gateway development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. Use when configuring listeners/routing, WAF/TLS, autoscale v2 gateways, AKS ingress/AGIC, or App Gateway for Containers, and other Azure Application Gateway related development tasks. Not for Azure Front Door (use azure-front-door), Azure Load Balancer (use azure-load-balancer), Azure Traffic Manager (use azure-traffic-manager), Azure Firewall (use azure-firewall).
compatibility	Requires network access. Uses mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch or WebFetch to retrieve documentation.
user-invocable	false

Azure Application Gateway Skill

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.

How to Use This Skill

IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch. Returns Markdown.
• Fallback: Use WebFetch. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

Category	Lines	Description
Troubleshooting	L33-L38	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	L39-L43	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	L44-L55	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	L56-L60	Guidance on choosing and designing load-balancing strategies and traffic distribution patterns when using Azure Application Gateway for Containers.
Limits & Quotas	L61-L66	Autoscaling, zone redundancy setup, and detailed limits/behavioral constraints (throughput, listeners, rules, connections) for Azure Application Gateway v2.
Security	L67-L108	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	L109-L174	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	L175-L182	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	L183-L195	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.

Troubleshooting

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

Best Practices

Topic	URL
Plan Application Gateway for high traffic volume scenarios	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/high-traffic-support

Decision Making

Topic	URL
Choose container networking for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/container-networking
Decide and plan migration from AGIC to Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/migrate-from-agic-to-agc
Estimate and understand pricing for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/understanding-pricing
Migrate Azure Application Gateway and WAF from V1 to V2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/migrate-v1-v2
FAQ for Azure Application Gateway V1 retirement and migration	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/retirement-faq
Understand billing and pricing for Azure Application Gateway SKUs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/understanding-pricing
Plan for Azure Application Gateway V1 retirement	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/v1-retirement
Decide and plan migration from classic to Azure Resource Manager VMs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/azure/virtual-machines/migration/migration-classic-resource-manager-faq

Architecture & Design Patterns

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

Limits & Quotas

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

Security

Topic	URL
Set listener-specific TLS/SSL policies on Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-configure-listener-specific-ssl-policy
Configure TLS protocol and cipher suite policy on Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-configure-ssl-policy-powershell
Configure end-to-end TLS on Application Gateway with PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-end-to-end-ssl-powershell
Deploy a private Azure Application Gateway with restricted access	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-private-deployment
Secure Application Gateway session affinity cookie flags	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-secure-flag-session-affinity
Configure TLS policies and cipher suites for Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-ssl-policy-overview
Plan for TLS 1.0/1.1 retirement on Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-tls-version-retirement
Prepare certificates for backend authentication in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/certificates-for-backend-authentication
Configure Key Vault-based TLS certificates via portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configure-key-vault-portal
Integrate Key Vault certificates for TLS on Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configure-keyvault-ps
Set up end-to-end TLS on Application Gateway via portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/end-to-end-ssl-portal
Enable FIPS 140-compliant mode on Application Gateway v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/fips
Configure ECDSA and RSA TLS certificates on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/ecdsa-rsa-certificates
Configure backend mTLS for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-backend-mtls-gateway-api
Use cert-manager and Let’s Encrypt with Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-cert-manager-lets-encrypt-gateway-api
Integrate cert-manager and Let’s Encrypt with Application Gateway for Containers Ingress	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-cert-manager-lets-encrypt-ingress-api
Configure end-to-end TLS with Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-end-to-end-tls-gateway-api
Configure end-to-end TLS with Application Gateway for Containers Ingress	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-end-to-end-tls-ingress-api
Enable frontend mTLS on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-frontend-mtls-gateway-api
Configure SSL offloading on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-ssl-offloading-gateway-api
Configure SSL offloading using Ingress API for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-ssl-offloading-ingress-api
Test and configure Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-waf-gateway-api
Configure TLS policy for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/tls-policy
Configure Web Application Firewall on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/web-application-firewall
Add HSTS security header using Application Gateway rewrite	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/hsts-http-headers-portal
Use Let's Encrypt certificates with Application Gateway for AKS	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-letsencrypt-certificate-application-gateway
Configure JWT validation with Azure Application Gateway and Entra ID	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/json-web-token-overview
Use Azure Key Vault certificates for Application Gateway TLS termination	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/key-vault-certs
Export trusted client CA chains for Application Gateway client auth	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/mutual-authentication-certificate-management
Configure mutual TLS authentication on Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/mutual-authentication-overview
Configure mutual TLS authentication on Application Gateway via portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/mutual-authentication-portal
Configure mutual TLS on Application Gateway with PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/mutual-authentication-powershell
Renew TLS certificates for Azure Application Gateway listeners	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/renew-certificates
Generate self-signed certificates for Application Gateway v2 backends	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/self-signed-certificates
Manage listener TLS certificates in Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ssl-certificate-management
Protect Application Gateway with Azure DDoS Network Protection	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-protect-application-gateway-ddos
Configure TLS termination on Application Gateway with CLI	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-ssl-cli
Configure TLS termination on Application Gateway with PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-ssl-powershell

Configuration

Topic	URL
Configure HTTP header rewrite in Application Gateway via PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/add-http-header-rewrite-rule-powershell
Use backend health reports in Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-backend-health
Configure custom probe in classic Application Gateway via PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-create-probe-classic-ps
Create custom health probe in Application Gateway portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-create-probe-portal
Configure custom probe in Application Gateway via PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-create-probe-ps
Configure and interpret Application Gateway diagnostic logs	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-diagnostics
Create and manage Application Gateway with ILB endpoint	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-ilb-arm
Use Azure Monitor metrics for Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-metrics
Health probe behavior and configuration in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-probe-overview
Configure frontend IP addresses for Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-frontend-ip
Configure backend HTTP settings for Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-http-settings
Configure Azure Application Gateway infrastructure networking	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-infrastructure
Configure listeners and protocols on Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-listeners
Configure core components of Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-overview
Configure request routing rules in Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configuration-request-routing-rules
Configure Azure Monitor alerts for Application Gateway via templates	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configure-alerts-with-templates
Configure private frontend IP for Application Gateway v1	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configure-application-gateway-with-private-frontend-ip
Configure Application Gateway with Azure App Service backend	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/configure-web-app
Create custom error pages in Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/custom-error
Configure ALB Controller Helm chart for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/alb-controller-helm-chart
Configure Application Gateway for Containers via Kubernetes API	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/api-specification-kubernetes
Configure components of Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/application-gateway-for-containers-components
Use Azure Monitor metrics with Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/application-gateway-for-containers-metrics
Configure custom health probes for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/custom-health-probe
Enable and use diagnostic logs for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/diagnostics
Enable and configure gRPC support on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/grpc
Configure HTTP header rewrite rules in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-header-rewrite-gateway-api
Configure HTTP header rewrite using Ingress API for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-header-rewrite-ingress-api
Configure multi-site hosting on Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-multiple-site-hosting-gateway-api
Configure multi-site hosting using Ingress API for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-multiple-site-hosting-ingress-api
Set up path, header, and query string routing in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-path-header-query-string-routing-gateway-api
Configure traffic splitting and weighted routing in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-traffic-splitting-gateway-api
Configure URL redirect rules in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-url-redirect-gateway-api
Configure URL redirects using Ingress API for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-url-redirect-ingress-api
Configure URL rewrite rules in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-url-rewrite-gateway-api
Configure URL rewrite using Ingress API for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-url-rewrite-ingress-api
Configure WebSocket support in Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/how-to-websockets-gateway-api
Configure server-sent events with Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/server-sent-events
Configure ALB Service Mesh Helm chart for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/service-mesh-helm-chart
Configure session affinity for Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/session-affinity
Use WebSocket protocol with Application Gateway for Containers	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/for-containers/websockets
Configure readiness and liveness probes for AKS pods via Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-add-health-probes
Configure Azure Application Gateway Ingress Controller annotations	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-annotations
Configure cookie-based session affinity with Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-cookie-affinity
Expose AKS services over HTTP/HTTPS using Application Gateway ingress	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-expose-service-over-http-https
Expose WebSocket servers through Application Gateway with AGIC	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-expose-websocket-server
Enable multi-namespace support in Application Gateway Ingress Controller	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-multiple-namespace-support
Use private IPs for internal ingress routing with AGIC	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-private-ip
Monitor Azure Application Gateway with Azure Monitor	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/monitor-application-gateway
Reference for monitoring data from Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/monitor-application-gateway-reference
Configure multi-site hosting on Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/multiple-site-overview
Configure mTLS passthrough on Application Gateway via ARM	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/mutual-authentication-arm-template
Route traffic with parameter-based path selection in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/parameter-based-path-selection-portal
Configure Private Link for Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/private-link-configure
Configure request and response buffering in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/proxy-buffers
Configure client IP preservation with Application Gateway Layer 4 proxy	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/proxy-protocol-header
Configure traffic redirection rules in Azure Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/redirect-overview
Configure HTTP header rewrite in Application Gateway portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/rewrite-http-headers-portal
Configure HTTP header and URL rewrite rules in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/rewrite-http-headers-url
Configure URL and query string rewrite in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/rewrite-url-portal
Create Application Gateway and configure header rewrite	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-http-header-rewrite-powershell
Configure URL path-based routing in Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/url-route-overview

Integrations & Coding Patterns

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

Deployment

Topic	URL
Configure externally managed scheduled autoscaling for Application Gateway v2	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/application-gateway-externally-managed-scheduled-autoscaling
Deploy Application Gateway Basic (Preview) in portal	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/deploy-basic-portal
Disable and re-enable AGIC add-on on AKS clusters	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-disable-addon
Deploy AGIC using an existing Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-install-existing
Deploy AGIC with a new Application Gateway instance	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-install-new
Migrate AGIC from Helm deployment to AKS add-on	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-migration
Upgrade Application Gateway Ingress Controller using Helm	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ingress-controller-update-ingress-controller
ARM template for Application Gateway IPv6 frontend	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ipv6-application-gateway-arm-template
Deploy Application Gateway IPv6 frontend with PowerShell	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/ipv6-application-gateway-powershell
Enable AGIC add-on for existing AKS and Application Gateway	https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/application-gateway/tutorial-ingress-controller-add-on-existing