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Route Guacamole traffic through the app gateway

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Description

Route Guacamole traffic through the App Gateway, and do not allow direct connections to guacamole service endpoints.

This would provide the following benefits:

  • TRE web traffic would flow through a single ingress point
  • a single trusted domain name can be used, rather than relying on default azure domain names for guacamole
  • App Gateway WAF features can be enabled for all web traffic rather than just API + UI
  • would meet Apache’s recommendation of hosting behind a reverse proxy: https://guacamole.apache.org/doc/gug/reverse-proxy.html

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Research direction

Start by locating the current App Gateway and Guacamole service endpoint configuration in AzureTRE, then review how web traffic and direct service access are exposed. Done means Guacamole traffic enters through the App Gateway and direct connections to Guacamole endpoints are no longer allowed, while the reverse-proxy arrangement supports the stated WAF and trusted-domain goals.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure
Domain
cloud, infrastructure, networking, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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