# Connect Akto with Azure App Services
## Introduction Learn about how to send API traffic data from Azure App Services Web App to Akto.
## Prerequisites 1. Your Web App should have sidecar support enabled at the time of creation.
Sidecar Enabled
## Adding Akto traffic collector to Azure App Services Web App 1. Open Azure Portal and click on App Services in the left navbar.
App Services
2. Click on the web app for which you want to setup traffic mirroring. 3. Click on Environment Variables under the Settings tab in left navbar.
Environment Variables
4. Add the following env variables. ```bash AKTO_INFRA_MIRRORING_MODE=gcp AKTO_KAFKA_BROKER_MAL= // modify this value with Akto Runtime Load Balancer DNS AKTO_MONGO_CONN=mongodb://0.0.0.0:27017 AKTO_TRAFFIC_BATCH_SIZE=100 AKTO_TRAFFIC_BATCH_TIME_SECS=10 ``` Click on Apply for the changes to be reflected. 5. Go to your web app, and click on Deployment Center under the Deployment tab in left navbar.
Deployment Center
6. Click on Add button, and add the akto traffic mirroring sidecar.
Add Container
7. Enter the following values to spawn a new Akto mirroring container ```bash Name -> mirroring Image source -> Docker Hub or other registeries Image Type -> Public Registry server URL -> index.docker.io Image and tag -> aktosecurity/mirror-api-logging:k8s_agent Port -> 90 ```
Mirroring Container
8. Click on Apply, and traffic should start population in a couple of minutes.