Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which sends data in clear text; VCF interfaces and APIs instead use HTTPS.
Also called Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
In the Ultra Transcenders books
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Each book explains HTTP in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- VMware Cloud Foundation
Broadcom's platform for private cloud. It unifies management of NSX, vSAN, vSphere, VCF Automation and VCF Operations as one fleet; VVF, by contrast, lacks automation and cloud management.
- HTTPS
Secure HTTP, wrapped in TLS. VCF products serve their web UIs and REST APIs this way on 443.
Related terms
- Application rule
Azure Firewall rule type that controls outbound HTTP, HTTPS and MSSQL traffic according to the destination FQDN, with full URL filtering requiring Premium. DNAT and network rules are evaluated before it.
- Authorisation levels
Key requirements for HTTP triggers in Azure Functions: Anonymous needs no key, Function accepts a function or host key, and Admin requires the master key.
- Automatic scaling (App Service)
Rule-free scale-out choice for Premium v2 to v4 App Service plans that adds prewarmed instances according to HTTP traffic. Scaling on a CPU threshold is not possible with it.
- Azure AI Search replica
Additional copy of a search service's engine and indexes. Replicas spread queries for load balancing and improve availability, so adding them is the fix when queries are throttled with HTTP 503.
- Azure Application Gateway
A load balancer for web traffic that works at layer 7, sending HTTP and HTTPS requests to back ends based on host name or URL path. It can also handle TLS termination and run a web application firewall, which Azure Load Balancer cannot since it doesn't read web requests.
- Azure Blob Storage
Azure's service for huge volumes of unstructured objects like documents, pictures, video, backups and logs. A storage account contains containers, which contain blobs, and everything is accessed over HTTPS or HTTP.
- Azure Event Grid
Microsoft's managed pub/sub broker for discrete events. Publishers hand events over, filters decide who receives them, and handlers get them over HTTP by push or by pulling, with failed deliveries retried and, if necessary, dead-lettered. It also works as a broker for MQTT.
- Azure Functions
Serverless compute for event-driven code, started by triggers such as HTTP, timer, Blob or Event Grid and hosted on a Consumption, Premium or Dedicated plan.