Reduce certificate operations risk
Manual renewal can lead to outages when certificates expire. The issue extends beyond encryption: each domain needs an operating owner and a sustainable configuration-change path.
Streamlining entry points with Azure Front Door
Rationalize domain publishing and certificate lifecycle without interrupting application journeys.
Across an extensive application estate, the founder helped standardize more than 100 domains on Azure Front Door and replace manual certificate handling. Over €40,000 in annual savings were reported on the defined scope.
Multi-site organization · Azure Front Door architecture and certificates · Contributor’s role : Lead Cloud Architect
100+
domains moved to Azure Front Door; over €40k annual savings on the relevant scope
Anonymized professional work by the founder of AKITA Consulting; it is not presented as a direct AKITA Consulting contract. Outcomes apply only to the described scope and do not guarantee future results.
Case studies
The challenge
Internet-facing applications needed to remain accessible under governance and security requirements. Cloud architecture work involved platform and application teams without disclosing the organization’s structure. With over a hundred domains, manual certificate work and inconsistent entry points become harder to operate safely. Domain names and internal topology are not disclosed.
Keep control of routing during migration
Front Door consolidation required domain-by-domain checks of DNS, routing, certificates and change ownership rather than moving every entry point at once.
The solution
Account for domains and dependencies
Moving more than 100 domains required understanding application ownership and certificate lifecycle. Detailed cutover order and internal dependencies are not disclosed.
Converge on Azure Front Door
Azure Front Door served as a rationalized entry point for the affected domains. Microsoft-managed certificates replaced manual handling, with automatic renewal and post-migration behavior checks.
Version infrastructure decisions
Terraform was used to version Azure configuration. Versioned changes are easier to review but do not replace traffic-path tests or exception governance.
The outcomes
More than 100 domains migrated
The relevant estate moved to Azure Front Door. Managed certificates replaced manual renewal; no numerical availability improvement is claimed.
Over €40,000 in annual savings
Rationalizing entry points generated more than €40,000 in annual savings on the Azure Front Door scope studied. This is not the overall Azure bill and does not come from WAF investigations.
Lessons learned
Standards simplify operations as well as design
Consolidating entry points helps when ownership, certificate lifecycle and change procedures are clarified too. One unmanaged central configuration can instead concentrate risk.
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