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Azure App Service Environment Ase Quick Reference

- 24 May 2021

There are many docs in the ASE official documentation now. I usually find ASE documents a little scattered on the Web and each time I’m on an ASE case, I spend a few minutes looking for the right doc. To avoid this, I was collating the links for my own reference and I thought it might be helpful to you too. I’ve put them scenario wise you don’t have to go through everything every time. I hope this helps!

Author: Madhura Bharadwaj

ASE Basics

Introduction: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/intro

Create External ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/create-external-ase

Create Internal ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/create-ilb-ase

Creating ASE with ARM template: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/create-from-template

Using an ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/using-an-ase

ASE Networking/Routing Concepts

Network Considerations: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/network-info

Controlling inbound traffic: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-control-inbound-traffic

Network Configuration for ASE + ExpressRoute: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-network-configuration-expressroute

Connecting to backend resources from an ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-securely-connecting-to-backend-resources

ASE Config

ASE Encryption/TLS: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-custom-settings

ASE with other devices(WAF/Firewall/Gateway):

ASE + Firewall (lockdown ASE): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/firewall-integration

ILB ASE + Azure App GW: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/integrate-with-application-gateway

WAF on App Gateway: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/web-application-firewall/ag/ag-overview

ASE + Barracuda Firewall: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-web-application-firewall

ASE + Network Virtual Appliance (force tunneling): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/forced-tunnel-support

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Reference Architectures/Diagrams

App Service Networking Features(when to choose what): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/networking-features

ASE Enterprise App Deployment: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/enterprise-integration/ase-standard-deployment

ASE High availability deployment: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/reference-architectures/enterprise-integration/ase-high-availability-deployment

Geo Distributed scale with ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/app-service-app-service-environment-geo-distributed-scale

Network Security Groups (NSGs): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/security-overview

About UDR, BGP Routes, System Routes: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-networks-udr-overview

Azure Firewall & Network Virtual Appliance (NVA): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-firewall-and-network-virtual-appliances/

Availability Zone Support for ASE: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/environment/zone-redundancy

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