Error 404 when accessing website by traffic manager URL

Question

Hi, I am trying to configure a basic traffic manager on my azure account. But I always got 404 not found when I using the traffic manager URL.

I have two app service for the TM endpoints:

1. xxxus.azurewebsites.net 2. xxxeu.azurewebsites.net

TM Url is:

xxxtm.trafficmanage.net

I was able to use www.whatsmydns.net to check what the tm is heading to.

But when I use the TM url, I got this:

Did anyone has the same issue? Looking forward to your help

Thank you

Answer 1

I ran into the exact same thing and just found the solution - the app service plan needs to be at least a standard SKU. I was using a free tier, and that was causing my 404.

From Microsoft's Traffic Manager documentation:

Only Web Apps at the 'Standard' SKU or above are eligible for use with Traffic Manager. Attempts to add a Web App of a lower SKU fail. Downgrading the SKU of an existing Web App results in Traffic Manager no longer sending traffic to that Web App.