Connect Azure Front Door Premium to a storage account origin with Private Link

This article will guide you through how to configure Azure Front Door Premium SKU to connect to your storage account origin privately using the Azure Private Link service.

Sign in to Azure

Sign in to the Azure portal.

In this section, you'll map the Private Link service to a private endpoint created in Azure Front Door's private network.

  1. Within your Azure Front Door Premium profile, under Settings, select Origin groups.

  2. Select the origin group that contains the storage account origin you want to enable Private Link for.

  3. Select + Add an origin to add a new storage account origin or select a previously created storage account origin from the list.

    Screenshot of enabling private link to a storage account.

  4. For Select an Azure resource, select In my directory. Select or enter the following settings to configure the site you want Azure Front Door Premium to connect with privately.

    Setting Value
    Region Select the region that is the same or closest to your origin.
    Resource type Select Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts.
    Resource Select your storage account.
    Target sub resource You can select blob or web.
    Request message Customize message or choose the default.
  5. Then select Add to save your configuration.

Approve private endpoint connection from the storage account

  1. Go to the storage account you configure Private Link for in the last section. Select Networking under Settings.

  2. In Networking, select Private endpoint connections.

    Screenshot of networking settings in a Web App.

  3. Select the pending private endpoint request from Azure Front Door Premium then select Approve.

    Screenshot of pending storage private endpoint request.

  4. Once approved, it should look like the screenshot below. It will take a few minutes for the connection to fully establish. You can now access your storage account from Azure Front Door Premium.

    Screenshot of approved storage endpoint request.

Next steps

Learn about Private Link service with storage account.