# Connect Akto with Azure App Services

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## Introduction

Learn about how to send API traffic data from Azure App Services Web App to Akto.

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## Prerequisites

1. Your Web App should have sidecar support enabled at the time of creation.

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## Adding Akto traffic collector to Azure App Services Web App

1. Open Azure Portal and click on App Services in the left navbar.

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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.

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4. Add the following env variables.

```bash
AKTO_INFRA_MIRRORING_MODE=gcp
AKTO_KAFKA_BROKER_MAL=<Akto_Runtime_Load_Balancer_DNS> // 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.

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6. Click on Add button, and add the akto traffic mirroring sidecar.

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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
```

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8. Click on Apply, and traffic should start population in a couple of minutes.


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