Azure Firewall
An Azure network security service that is used to protect Azure Virtual Network resources.
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Azure firewall Active -Passive mode similar like PA
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I want to setup Azure firewall 2 instance. 1 is node is active and 1 node is passive. i cant find any such scenarios on internet having such design with failover.
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Praveen Bandaru 850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2025-03-11T13:26:56.9866667+00:00 Hello AzurePro
I understand that you want to set up an Azure firewall with two instances: one active and one passive.
- Azure Firewall does not inherently support an Active-Passive high availability mode like Palo Alto (PA) firewalls. However, you can achieve a similar result using Azure Firewall with Availability Zones.
- Azure Firewall is a fully managed service that supports zone-redundant deployment, distributing traffic across multiple availability zones.
- This ensures high availability but operates in an Active-Active mode rather than Active-Passive.
- Check the document for more understanding High availability
- And also, availability Zones can only be configured during deployment. You can't configure an existing firewall to include Availability Zones.
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Praveen Bandaru 850 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2025-03-12T19:03:54.8733333+00:00 Hello AzurePro
Greetings!
Following up to see if the above suggestion was helpful. And, if you have any further query do let us know.
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